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.
White House Pressures Columbia University as It Seeks To Deport Pro-Palestinian Activists
Columbia had been given names and was refusing to help the Department of Homeland Security “to identify those individuals on campus.”
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.
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.
White House Says It Has the Right To Punish AP Reporters Over Gulf Naming Dispute
The White House’s attempt at regulating language used by independent media mark a sharp escalation in Trump’s fraught dealings with news organizations.