President Trump celebrated a “big win” Friday after a court ruled that his administration can ban the Associated Press from entering the Oval Office and other restricted areas.
“Big WIN over AP today,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“They refused to state the facts or the Truth on the GULF OF AMERICA. FAKE NEWS!!!”
The 2-1 ruling in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia comes months after the White House barred an Associated Press reporter from the Oval Office in protest of the outlet’s style guidance on the Gulf of America.
The outlet manages the “Associated Press Stylebook,” which is widely used by media publications across the country for guidance on abbreviations, spelling, references and more.
The AP has refrained from updating its style guide to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, as mandated by Trump’s executive order, arguing that the body of water has been called the Gulf of Mexico for “more than 400 years” and other international groups have not acknowledged the change.
“VICTORY! As we’ve said all along, the Associated Press is not guaranteed special access to cover President Trump in the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One, and in other sensitive locations,” White House press secretary Karoline Levitt posted to X following the ruling.
“Thousands of other journalists have never been afforded the opportunity to cover the President in these privileged spaces. Moving forward, we will continue to expand access to new media so that more people can cover the most transparent President in American history rather than just the failing legacy media.
“And by the way @AP, it’s still the Gulf of America.”
“We are disappointed in the court’s decision and are reviewing our options,” a spokesperson for AP told CNN.
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