White House Correspondents Protest Lack of Wire Reporters on Air Force One
No reporters from The AP, Bloomberg or Reuters were on the plane, where presidents often take questions from traveling members of the press.
Federal Judge Says Idaho Must Let Execution Witnesses Watch as Lethal Drugs Are Prepped and Pushed
The judge ordered the Idaho Department of Correction to provide the audio and visual access for any executions that occur while a First Amendment lawsuit from a coalition of news organizations moves forward in court.
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.”
The White House Says It ‘Will Determine’ Which News Outlets Cover Trump
The move represented an unprecedented seizing of control over coverage of the American presidency by any administration.
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.
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.