Judge orders Trump White House to lift access restrictions on Associated Press
Order restores journalists access to White House spaces while the news agency’s lawsuit moves forward
A US judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to restore full access for the Associated Press to presidential events, after the news agency was punished for its decision to continue to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in its coverage.
The order from US district judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of Donald Trump’s, requires the White House to allow the AP’s journalists to access the Oval Office, Air Force One and events held at the White House.
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Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.
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