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Donald Trump Says White House Will Prohibit Associated Press From Events Until They Agree To Rename Gulf Of Mexico
Donald Trump weighed in directly for the first time on his efforts to freeze out the Associated Press from White House events because the news service declined to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. The AP, the White House Correspondents’ Association and First Amendment groups have condemned the White House’s actions […]
Donald Trump Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump weighed in directly for the first time on his efforts to freeze out the Associated Press from White House events because the news service declined to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Trump pitched himself as restoring free speech to the federal government, but they have used various tactics to try to stymie news outlets. The AP last week was banned from an Oval Office pool, and later from attending a press conference and travel on Air Force One.
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