Claim 30

AP journalists lost access to two of the venues most central to day-to-day presidential coverage.

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

Statement: AP journalists lost access to two of the venues most central to day-to-day presidential coverage.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: AP excluded from Oval Office and Air Force One pool coverage
About: incident 2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america
Source: Judge orders AP's Oval Office, Air Force One access restored
Publisher: NPR
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-04-08

Quotation from the source

Trump and his aides have barred the news service's White House reporters from dozens of events since February, including events limited to the reporting pool