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Wednesday

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Tueaday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

Trump White House seeks tighter grip on message with new limits on press

In the White House briefing room Tuesday, the Trump administration announced its latest steps to tighten its grip on the message it sends out and the news coverage it receives.

Monday

The Trump administration has blocked the Associated Press from covering several of the president's events because it continues to refer to the body of water between Mexico and Florida as the Gulf of Mexico. Under President Trump's direction, the U.S. has renamed it the Gulf of America.

The Trump administration has blocked the Associated Press from covering several of the president's events because it continues to refer to the body of water between Mexico and Florida as the Gulf of Mexico. Under President Trump's direction, the U.S. has renamed it the Gulf of America. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Media

Court ruling lets White House ban on the Associated Press continue, for now

The Trump administration may continue — for now — to keep the AP from covering key events. A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order on Monday.

Friday

A poster with a map captioned "Gulf of America" with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2025.

A poster with a map captioned "Gulf of America" with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2025. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images/AFP

Media

AP sues Trump White House for denying access over 'Gulf of Mexico' row

The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.

From left: AI art, a movie star, a mayor

From left: AI art, a movie star, an embattled mayor. Christie's Images Ltd. 2025; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Christie's Images Ltd. 2025; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images

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Friday

Tuesday

President Trump speaks to the press before signing a proclamation renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America aboard Air Force One en route to New Orleans, Louisiana, on Feb. 9, 2025.

President Trump speaks to the press before signing a proclamation renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America aboard Air Force One en route to New Orleans, Louisiana, on Feb. 9, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

Media

White House defends blocking AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico'

The White House defended its decision to block The Associated Press from covering two official events on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Thursday

Call It 'Gulf Of America,' Not Gulf Of Mexico, Lawmaker Says In Bit Of Satire

Sept. 2005: Hurricane Rita enters the Gulf of Mexico — or Gulf of America, as Mississippi House Rep. Stephen Holland would say. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio hide caption

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The Two-Way

Call It 'Gulf Of America,' Not Gulf Of Mexico, Lawmaker Says In Bit Of Satire

Democratic Rep. Stephen Holland has introduced a bill in the state House to change the name of the gulf. It's a satirical shot aimed at his Republican colleagues, he says. Stephen Colbert had the idea before him.

Call It 'Gulf Of America,' Not Gulf Of Mexico, Lawmaker Says In Bit Of Satire

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