The wire service sued three of them for denying its reporters access to press events. The White House has objected to The A.P.’s references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.

The suit accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment and retaliating after AP refused to adopt “Gulf of America” terminology.

The Associated Press is suing the White House after its reporters were barred from a number of events because the news organization refuses to call a body of water the "Gulf of America."