Associated Press, Banned From White House Press Pool, Renews Request for Reinstatement
The White House retaliated against the news outlet last month for not following President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
The AP and the Trump Administration Are Due Back in Court in Their Fight Over White House Access
The AP has sued Trump’s team for punishing a news organization for using speech that it doesn’t like.
A Look at ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’ As Tensions Spike Between Trump and Journalists
A federal judge hearing the case this week observed that it seemed an obvious constitutional problem, calling Trump’s actions “pretty clearly viewpoint discrimination.”
Judge Rejects Immediately Restoring AP’s Access to White House but Urges Government To Reconsider
With no ruling made, the White House is free to continue barring the AP from the Oval Office and beyond.
AP Sues 3 Trump Administration Officials, Citing Freedom of Speech
The AP says its case is about an unconstitutional effort by the White House to control speech — in this case refusing to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
Trump: AP’s White House Access Will Be Curtailed Until It Adopts ‘Gulf of America’
It was the first time the president himself had commented on the issue since the White House began not allowing AP to cover several of his events last week.
AP Reporter, Photographer Barred From Air Force One Over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ Dispute
Journalists consider the administration’s move a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment — a governmental attempt to dictate what a news company publishes under threat of retribution.
The Relationship Between the White House and Its Press Corps Can Be Contentious
This week, the White House barred Associated Press journalists from three media appearances by President Donald Trump — two of them in the Oval Office itself.