White House Blocks AP from Events Over Naming Dispute

WH’s Leavitt Battles FNC’s Kurtz Over AP Lawsuit, Changes to New Press Pool

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared Sunday on the Fox News Channel’s MediaBuzz and debated host Howard Kurtz on a slew of subjects over two segments, including the Associated Press hubbub over its ban from the press pool (the smaller, rotating group of journalists that follow the President to smaller events and on Air Force One) and the press shop taking over the pool’s make-up. On the AP lawsuit and the Gulf of America/Gulf of…

'Deeply troubling escalation': Trump White House blocks AP over Gulf of America policy

The Associated Press said its reporter was barred from a White House event for the third day straight, in a mushrooming row over its refusal to call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America".

Trump administration bars AP reporters for third day, news agency says

AP boss Julie Pace condemns ‘deeply troubling escalation’ in spat over Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.

Modi in US: Why White House blocked AP journalist from PM-Trump presser

The White House barred an AP journalist from a press conference with Trump and Modi, escalating tensions over AP's decision to maintain the name Gulf of Mexico

Associated Press said on Thursday that one of its journalists had again been deprived of access to an event in the White House and denounced a "very disturbing escalation", the Trump administration accusing the news agency of not using the new term "Gulf of America".

Associated Press reporters kept from White House events due to AP's stance on 'Gulf of America'

The Associated Press says its reporters have been kept from some White House press events this week because of the AP's editorial stance on the 'Gulf of America.'