A federal judge shot down a request from the Associated Press for an emergency motion to allow the outlet access to White House pool events after being banned by President Donald Trump.
The AP said it was shut out of events after it refused to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, as commanded in an executive order from Trump. "The AP Stylebook" is used by many journalists to standardize writing practices across many news outlets.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden declined to issue a temporary injunction the AP was requesting in order to regain access to the Oval Office and Air Force One. However, he scheduled a hearing for March 20 to fully hear the case.
The AP argued that the ban violated the outlet'sconstitutional right to free speech, while attorneys for the Trump administration argued that the news outlet did not have “special media access to the president.”