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US Federal Judge Orders White House to Restore Associated Press Media Access

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A US federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's ban on The Associated Press (AP) from attending presidential events and accessing certain areas of the White House violates the First Amendment's free press rights. The ban, which started in mid-February, prevented AP journalists and photographers from entering the Oval Office and traveling on Air Force One.

  1. US
    Donald Trump
    Republican Party
    1. We're going to keep them out until such time as they agree it's the Gulf of America.
  2. US
    Trevor McFadden
    US Department of Justice
    1. If the government opens its doors to some journalists… it cannot shut those doors to others because of their viewpoints.
    2. The Government offers no reason besides the Gulf issue for the exclusion.
    3. The Government has singled out the AP because of its refusal to update the Gulf's name in its Stylebook.
    4. So while the AP does not have a constitutional right to enter the Oval Office, it does have a right to not be excluded because of its viewpoint.
    5. 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.
    6. The AP has been economically hemorrhaging for the last two months, and its condition will only worsen as its customers flee to other news services absent injunctive relief.
  3. US
    Charles Tobin
    1. The White House changed its policy to a rotation system that happens to exclude the AP.
  4. US
    Lauren Easton
    Associated Press
    1. Today's ruling affirms the fundamental right of the press and public to speak freely without government retaliation. This is a freedom guaranteed for all Americans in the US Constitution.
  5. US
    White House Correspondents' Association
    1. We are thrilled Associated Press reporters, photographers and video journalists are to be allowed back into presidential events from which they had been banned by the administration just for using words the White House did not like.
  6. US
    Associated Press
    1. The decision, while a preliminary injunction, handed the AP a major victory at a time the White House has been challenging the press on several levels.
    2. As a global news agency that disseminates news around the world, the AP must ensure that place names and geography are easily recognisable to all audiences.

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sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.The Times of India
  5. 5.Agence France-Presse
  6. 6.Associated Press

perspectives

  1. 1.US under Donald Trump
  2. 2.2024 US Presidential Election
  3. 3.US Politics
  4. 4.Social Media
  5. 5.News media
  6. 6.Freedom of the press
  7. 7.Twitter Takeover by Elon Musk

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.White HouseUS
  2. 2.White House Correspondents' AssociationUS
  3. 3.Columbia UniversityUS

persons

  1. 1.Donald TrumpUS
  2. 2.Trevor McFaddenUS
  3. 3.Lauren EastonUS
  4. 4.Charles TobinUS
  5. 5.Karoline LeavittUS
  6. 6.Susie WilesUS
  7. 7.Taylor BudowichUS
  8. 8.Katie Fallow

technicals

  1. 1.Gulf of Mexico
  2. 2.Oval Office
  3. 3.First Amendment
  4. 4.Gulf of America
  5. 5.Air Force One
  6. 6.US Constitution
  7. 7.White House's East Room
  8. 8.Fifth Amendment