# Claim 29

Access was conditioned on AP adopting the administration's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Access was conditioned on AP adopting the administration's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: AP's refusal to adopt "Gulf of America" styling
- About: [incident 2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america)
- Source: AP sues White House officials over Gulf of America access ban. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305226/ap-sues-white-house-gulf-of-america-mexico-trump
- Publisher: NPR
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2025-02-21

## Quotation from the source

> We're going to keep them out until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America.

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