A federal judge denied the Associated Press' request to restore full White House access after President Donald Trump's administration barred its reporters for continuing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its original name.
A U.S. district judge on Monday rejected the Associated Press’ attempt to regain full media access to the White House, following its refusal to adopt President Donald Trump’s directive to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."
Judge Trevor McFadden ruled against issuing a temporary injunction, stating that the restrictions on AP journalists in "more private areas" of the White House differ from past cases where press access was revoked.
The AP filed a lawsuit against three senior Trump officials, arguing that barring its journalists violates First Amendment protections by attempting to dictate the language used in news reporting. However, White House lawyers argued that the AP has no constitutional right to special access.
The ban prevents AP reporters from covering events inside the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One, and in other restricted areas, limiting their ability to witness key moments firsthand.
The White House Correspondents’ Association warned that the decision could "chill and distort news coverage of the president," while Reuters and other media organizations issued statements supporting the AP.
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Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening global grain supplies after recent strikes on Black Sea agricultural infrastructure, while Moscow carried out a new overnight attack on Ukraine’s major Danube port of Izmail.
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Record rainfall in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture has killed four people and left thousands stranded overnight at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, as torrential rain disrupted rail, bus and texi services across the prefracture and left more than 20,000 households without power.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province. A man died of the virus in Bas-Uélé in the north, the African Union’s health agency said.
At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine last month, according to UN investigators, marking the highest monthly civilian casualty toll since March 2022.
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