The War On News

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Claim

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 archived copy
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