AP says journalists blocked from Oval Office after judge’s order

AP Continues Fight for More Trump Access

The Associated Press is continuing its fight against the White House after a federal judge ordered that the wire service be given full access to cover presidential events. An AP reporter on Tuesday was allowed into an executive branch event for the first time in two months. That came a week after U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden ruled the government can’t retaliate against the wire service’s decision not to follow President Donald Trump’s …

AP Calls Defamation Suit ‘Frivolous’ as Young Seeks Punitive Damages

AP Calls Defamation Suit ‘Frivolous’ as Young Seeks Punitive Damages The liberal media love to portray themselves as the sole gatekeepers of truth and facts; and when they get called out for getting things wrong, they get very testy and indignant. The Associated Press flashed that attitude in a letter to Navy veteran Zachary Young, and in recent comments about the defamation suit against them (after they falsely claimed Young was engaged in “hu…

AP accuses Trump White House of defying court order restoring access

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press accused aides to President Donald Trump of defying a court order restoring its access to press events in the White House after a judge found the news agency had faced unlawful retaliation. In a court filing on Wednesday, lawyers for the AP accused the White House of continuing to exclude its journalists from the small pool of reporters that travels with the president and attends events in the Oval Office in viol…

Associated Press Seeks New Court Order To Restore Access After Trump White House Excludes All Wire Services From Permanent Pool Slot

UPDATED, with judge setting hearing: The Associated Press is asking a federal judge to enforce his order that the Trump White House had to end its ban on the wire service because it refused to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in style guidance. In a federal court filing this morning, the AP’s attorneys request “the Court’s immediate assistance in enforcing” the judge’s injunction order. The judge, Trevor McFadden, set a heari…

AP Clutches Pearls After White House Responds Accordingly to Judge's Order to Restore Their Access

The White House only decides to keep the agency AP out of the Oval Office. The case is still being tried in court. Meanwhile, the presidential office restricts the next media.