The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner is a big event. It is a night where reporters and government officials come together. It is supposed to be fun and light-hearted. But lately, it has become tense and political. This year, the dinner is on April 26th. The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) organizes it. They usually have a comedian perform afte...
A federal judge recently declined to temporarily reinstate the Associated Press' (AP) full access to the White House. This decision came after the White House banned AP from attending certain events due to a naming dispute over the Gulf of Mexico. The judge, Trevor McFadden, did not find enough evidence of "irreparable harm" to the AP to warrant immediate interventio...
President Donald Trump has been making waves, but not in the way you might expect. He's been trying to control the press, specifically the Associated Press (AP), by banning them from covering his events. The reason? The AP refused to change its style guide to match Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America. " The AP argued that since the Gulf is...
In a surprising move, the White House has decided to ban the Associated Press (AP) from covering events in the Oval Office and on Air Force One. Why? Because the AP refused to use the new name for the Gulf of Mexico, which the White House has decided to call the "Gulf of America. " The White House has been pushing for this change for a while. The President a...