AP again seeks end of its White House ban, saying the Trump administration is retaliating further
- The Associated Press is seeking a federal judge to restore its access to presidential events, claiming retaliation from the Trump administration for not adhering to an executive order on the Gulf of Mexico name change.
- U.S. District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden denied AP's request for an injunction but urged the administration to reconsider its actions before a second hearing set for March 20.
- The AP asserts that its press credentials offer less access compared to other journalists, disrupting its reporting ability and affecting thousands of news outlets and billions of readers that rely on its journalism.
- Numerous news organizations, including Fox News, have expressed support for the AP, signing a letter urging the White House to reverse its decision on access restrictions.
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Larry Wilson: The AP Stylebook and a Gulf of America
For an American print journalist, it is impossible to overestimate the importance of the Associated Press Stylebook. Hold the phone. Is that instead Style Book? Just checking here … no. Got it right the first time. But it never hurts to look it up. Because as someone who has both filed copy and edited copy that needs to adhere to AP style for over 40 years — my college paper uses it, too — I just hate to get it wrong. And I do mean wrong. If it’…


War of words: Why Trump vs. the AP concerns us all
A seemingly shallow dispute over the name of the Gulf of Mexico is anything but.
Mary Ellen Klas: What declaring war on the AP really means
President Donald Trump’s standoff with the Associated Press over its refusal to abide by his executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico isn’t a benign dust-up between a global media institution and a stubborn president. It’s a deliberate and carefully…
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