White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP policy on ‘Gulf of America’ Elon Musk speaks to reporters alongside President Trump in the Oval Office on Feb. 11.

Why it matters: Trump has targeted the AP, which has said it will continue to use the 400-year-old Gulf of Mexico instead of Trump's preferred Gulf of America, as part of longstanding Republican ...

White House justifies blocking AP reporters over ‘Gulf of America’ gripe as holding ‘lies accountable’ - ‘Nobody has the right to go into the Oval Office and ask a president of the ...

Trump demands AP use "Gulf of America" or lose access to White House events 01:07. The Associated Press pushed back against the Trump administration on Tuesday after one of its reporters was ...

Before his Jan. 20 inauguration, Trump announced plans to change the Gulf of Mexico’s name to the “Gulf of America” — and signed an executive order to do so as soon as he was in office.

Last Friday, the AP was banned due to its decision to continue to refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its internationally recognized name instead of following Trump’s executive order to call it the ...

As AP notes in its lawsuit, "On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. The gulf shares borders with Mexico and Cuba, and by ...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One after signing a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day, as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday ...

AP says it will use ‘Mount McKinley’ — but not ‘Gulf of America’ The change comes three days after Trump signed an executive order to rename the two landmarks.

while noting Trump's wishes that it instead be renamed the Gulf of America. For decades, a reporter and photographer for the AP — a 179-year-old wire service whose material is sent to thousands of ...