Donald Trump previously banned Associated Press reporters from the Oval Office, Air Force One, and Mar-a-Lago.
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All In with Chris HayesSep 19, 2026
Multiple sources confirm the White House barred AP reporters from the Oval Office and Air Force One in February 2025, and one source (Yahoo) also reports the cut in access extended to Mar-a-Lago, so the claim holds.
What was said
… I'll get a few of them, but. It's sick. I mean, there's something wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative statements. So yeah, this is a huge escalation, but Donald Trump's war on the press is nothing new. You remember almost as soon as he came into office, he moved to ban Associated Press reporters from the Oval Office and Air Force one and from Mar-a-Lago, because they had the audacity to keep calling the Gulf of Mexico by its actual name after Donald Trump decreed that it should be called the Gulf of America. The AP is suing, and that case is still in the courts. …
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Supports. CNN reports the White House said in February 2025 that the AP was banned from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely, and that the AP would not be allowed on Air Force One for the Mar-a-Lago trip.[1]
Supports. Politico reports the White House barred AP reporters from the Oval Office and Air Force One, and Trump defended the restrictions at a press conference held at Mar-a-Lago.[2]
Supports. A Yahoo report states Trump cut AP access to the Oval Office, Air Force One and Mar-a-Lago, directly matching all three locations in the claim.[3]
Supports. Verfassungsblog describes the AP exclusion from press pool events and notes the courts treated the Oval Office, Air Force One and Mar-a-Lago as presidentially controlled spaces, consistent with the restrictions covering Mar-a-Lago.[4]
Context. The NYT describes the January/February 2025 ban as covering the Oval Office and Air Force One, without mentioning Mar-a-Lago; it does not contradict the Mar-a-Lago element.[5]
Context. The AP's lawsuit remains in litigation and a D.C. Circuit partial stay was issued, but these developments do not undermine the fact that the ban occurred.[4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 3 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of ' ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 2Trump defends barring the Associated Press from Air Force One, Oval Officepolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Judge Weighs Whether To Stop Trump's Press Banyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Everybody Out of the Press Pool - Verfassungsblogverfassungsblog.de · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Trump Has Tried to Bar Reporters From Government Spaces ...nytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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