# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america)
- Source: Judge orders AP's Oval Office, Air Force One access restored. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5342369/ap-white-house-court-ruling-oval-office-gulf-of-mexico-america
- 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

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