A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Associated Press’ request for an injunction blocking the White House’s ban on the outlet’s access to the Oval Office and East Room, adding that the Trump administration must “immediately rescind the denial of AP’s access.” The White House had previously banned the AP from the Oval Office for refusing to use the term “Gulf of America” instead of Gulf of Mexico.
“The Court simply holds that under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists — be it to the Oval Office, the East Room or elsewhere — it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints,” Trump-appointed U.S.