The wire service said the decision stemmed from a style guidance to continue using the name Gulf of Mexico instead of Gulf of America.

The Associated Press was denied access to Trump's executive order signing event.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed for answers about Team Trump's idea for a spending freeze. It didn't go especially well.

The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from attending an event in the Oval Office after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has ordered

The White House banned an Associated Press reporter from attending an executive-order signing in the Oval Office on Tuesday — in protest of the outlet’s style guidance on the Gulf of America, the news agency said.

Apple and Google maps now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as 'the Gulf of America' following President Trump's executive order on the name change.

Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor of The Associated Press, called the administration’s move unacceptable.

The White House barred an Associated Press reporter from covering an event with President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk on Tuesday, in what the longtime newswire said was punishment for its style guide not adopting the president’s new “Gulf of America” label.