As AP notes in its lawsuit, "On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. The gulf shares borders with Mexico and Cuba, and by its own terms,

The White House said Tuesday that it would take over which outlets are allowed into the press pool covering the president, wrestling such control from the White House Correspondents’ Association. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said moving forward,

The AP sued Trump officials over the White House ban on the news org because of its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America."