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AP journalists barred from Air Force One over 'Gulf of Mexico' naming dispute

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The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding the presidential airplane Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump .

It's all because the news agency has not followed Trump ’s lead in renaming the body of water, which lies partially outside U.S. territory, to the “Gulf of America ” The administration has blocked the AP from covering a handful of events at the White House this week .

He spoke Saturday at a security conference in Munich also attended by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and top Trump administration officials. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt , who on Wednesday used the word “lies” in describing AP content, posted on X Friday afternoon about executive orders Trump had signed before his departure. She ended her post: “The @AP was not invited.” Support Provided By: Learn more Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else..

VR Score

75

Informative language

72

Neutral language

73

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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