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The Associated Press logo is shown at the entrance to the news organization's office in New York on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Jackson, File

The Associated Press, banned from White House press pool, renews request to court for reinstatement

A lawyer for The Associated Press has asked a federal judge once again to reinstate the agency’s access to the White House press pool and some other official events.
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This combination of photos shows ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., speaking during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak

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Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks about a 24 year-old MS-13 gang leader who was arrested in an operation by the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force in Dale City, VA., on March 27, 2025, during a news conference at the Manassas FBI Field Office, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Manassas, VA. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey)

Alleged leader of MS-13 street gang on the East Coast is arrested in Virginia

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Demonstrators rally in support of federal workers outside of the Department of Health and Human Services, Feb. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Appeals court refuses to halt an order for the rehiring of thousands of fired federal workers

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The AP and the Trump administration are due back in court in their fight over White House access

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AP will return to court in suit against the Trump administration

The Associated Press is returning to a Washington courtroom Thursday to ask a judge to restore its full access to presidential events. That’s weeks after the White House retaliated against the news outlet last month for not following President Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
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NASA congratulates astronauts on return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

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President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a reception celebrating Women's History Month in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The White House says nothing classified was shared on Signal. Democrats say that strains credulity

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Atlantic releases the Signal chat showing Hegseth’s detailed attack plans against the Houthis

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump officials texted attack plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

March 26
Pink dye is released into Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada, as part of a project by the company Planetary Technologies to test whether adding alkaline minerals to the ocean can help slow climate change, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (Ocean Alk-Align project via AP)

Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon

March 22
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, in Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans

March 19
In this image provided by NASA, a SpaceX capsule splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, as it lands off the coast of Florida with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. (Keegan Barber/NASA via AP)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

March 19
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump hangs a copy of Declaration of Independence in Oval Office

March 18
This satellite image from NOAA shows a March megastorm building across the United States, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (NOAA via AP)

March megastorm may bring blizzards, tornadoes, flooding and even fires across much of US

March 14
People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza

March 6
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress

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France's President Emmanuel Macron, from second left, speaks with President Donald Trump as Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio react during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

AP again seeks end of its White House ban, saying the Trump administration is retaliating further

March 5
President Donald Trump throws a hat that reads "Trump Was Right About Everything" as he talks to reporters while Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, back center, watch, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (Pool via AP)

As tensions spike between journalists and the president, here’s a look at ‘viewpoint discrimination’

March 1
Elon Musk gestures during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal employees may get more demands to justify their work at Elon Musk’s direction

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Elon Musk, left, receives a chainsaw from Argentina's President Javier Milei, right, as they arrive speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE

February 26
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, on Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings

February 26
Pedestrians walk past the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Judge rejects immediately restoring AP’s access to White House but urges government to reconsider

February 25
President Donald Trump dances as he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden during address at CPAC

February 23
Candles and a photo of Pope Francis are seen in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis is in critical condition after a long respiratory crisis, requiring oxygen at high flow

February 23
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech

February 22
President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Pool via AP)

Trump says AP will be curtailed at the White House until it changes its style to Gulf of America

February 19
President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks at a Housing for Wellbeing event, a government-funded home improvement program, in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico awaits new response from Google on dispute over Gulf of Mexico name before filing lawsuit

February 19
President Donald Trump, center, arrives on Marine One to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ terminology dispute

February 16
President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House blocks AP reporter from Trump-Modi news conference because of Gulf of Mexico fight

February 14
President Claudia Sheinbaum waves as she arrives for a Housing for Wellbeing event, a government-funded home improvement program, in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico threatens to sue Google over ‘Gulf of Mexico’ name change

February 14
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute

February 13
President Donald Trump speaks as Tulsi Gabbard is sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

The relationship between the White House and its press corps is time-tested — and can be contentious

February 13
President Donald Trump, from right, speaks to reporters accompanied by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Burgum's wife Kathryn Burgum, aboard Air Force One where Trump signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day, as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Apple changes Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on maps

February 12
Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House bars AP reporter from Oval Office because of AP style policy on ‘Gulf of America’

February 12
A woman walks by a giant screen with a logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, file)

Google Calendar users no longer see default entries for events like Pride, Black History Month

February 12
A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. Denali, the tallest mountain on the North American continent, is located about 60 miles northwest of Talkeetna. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order

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