The White House said that the Associated Press will continue to be barred from access to Donald Trump’s Oval Office events and other coverage at the complex, punishment for the news organizations refusal to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in its Stylebook.

The White House had blocked an Associated Press journalist from a news conference with two major world leaders

Associated Press journalists have been blocked from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the organization has declined to use the term ‘Gulf of America.’

The White House has sparked outrage for attacking the free press by banning Associated Press journalists from covering President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One and in the Oval Office. The all-out suppression effort had been building all week as the Trump administration barred AP White House correspondents and photographers from certain events because of the news organization’s decision to stick with the four-centuries-old name “Gulf

"The Associated Press continues to ignore the lawful geographic name change of the Gulf of America," a White House official said.