AP calls it Mexico Golf, angry the White House: NPR

Associated Press says the White House blocked to cover an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Mexico Golf as the Gulf of America.

AP Executive Editor Julie Pace said the White House informed the news agency that its journalists would be cut off from attending President Trump’s signing of a new executive order because it had not adapted to his language with Trump’s preferred name of the water mass.

“It’s alarming that Trump administration would punish the AP for its independent journalism,” Pace wrote in a statement Posted on its website. “Limiting our access to the Oval Office Based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely hinders public access to independent news, it clearly violates the first change.”

The event was news -worthy; Trump and his adviser, billionaire Elon Musk, talked about the sweeping cuts they made to the federal government as part of Musk’s government efficiency efforts known as DOGE.

Trump signed one Executive Order On his first day, the Gulf renamed “in recognition of this thriving economic resource and its critical significance for our country’s economy and its people,” according to the order.

The White House has not responded to NPR’s request for comment. It comes as the Trump administration applies increasing pressure on mainstream -news sites by limiting access to key sites and launching research.

ApS Stilbook is not only used by its own journalists, but by other news sites and institutions across the globe. In its guidance, the AP advises that the water mass east of Mexico, which extends from Texas to Florida, should retain its historical title.

“The Mexico Golf has been wearing this name for more than 400 years,” states in the updated stylebook input. “Watch it with its original name while recognizing the new name Trump has chosen.”

The US geological study has officially adopted “America Gulf.” Apple and Google Maps also call it with that name when searched by users based in the US

Outside of the country, “Mexico Golf” is still used.

As AP Stylebook notes, “Trump’s order carries only authority in the United States. Mexico as well as other countries and international bodies do not need to recognize the name change.”

Other news organizations offered support for AP. “The White House cannot dictate how news organizations report the news, nor should it punish working journalists because it is unhappy with their editors ‘decisions,” said Politicos Eugene Daniels, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. “Administration movement to prevent a reporter from Associated Press from an official event open to news coverage today is unacceptable.”

The move is in line with others against the press.

Under Defense Secretary and Former Fox News -host Pete Hegeth, Pentagon has detached eight news organizations from their workstations there, including NPR, the New York TimesNbc news, cnn, the Washington PostPolitico, Bakken and War Zone.

Seven conservative and right -wing places took their spots, including Breitbart Radio, One America News Network, Newsmax and New York Post. A liberal.

Trump had litigation against ABC News and Facebook; Their parent company recently decided its suits by paying millions of dollars per year. Piece to his future presidential library. CBS’s parent company, Paramount, seems to settle another trial that Trump filed over a 60 minutes Interview with the then Vice President Kamala Harris during last year’s presidential race, according to several people with knowledge. They spoke on condition of anonymity in view of the ongoing trial.

Legal observers say the strength of Trump’s cases ranged from weak (ABC) to junk (Meta and CBS).

Trump’s main regulator of TV media, federal communications commissioner Brendan Carr, has opened studies of ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and NPR. On Tuesday, Carr sent a letter to the chairman and CEO of Comcast, the parent company of NBC, over its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

“Promoting inevitable forms of discrimination cannot quadrate with any reasonable interpretation of federal law,” wrote Carr, wrote, According to Newsmaxwhich first reported his letter on Tuesday. FCC did not respond to NPR’s request for comment.

In a statement shared with NPR, Comcast said it would answer FCC’s question and that its business “has been built on a foundation of integrity of respect for all our employees and customers.”