May 2nd, 2025
The White House changed rules for news reporters. It is now harder for some news groups to see President Trump. They want to control what news people say.
This means the AP news group cannot send news to many people.
The White House has a new plan for the press. It says the press person, Karoline Leavitt, will choose who can ask the president questions. People who saw the plan said this.
The White House did not answer questions on Tuesday.
A judge said the government was wrong to stop AP reporters from working.
The White House gave a new rule to some reporters after a meeting.
A group helps choose reporters for some events at the White House. Reporters from AP, Reuters, and Bloomberg always go. One reporter from a newspaper can go too. A different newspaper reporter goes each time.
Now, the White House puts three news groups with print reporters. They get two spaces. Many reporters will share these two spaces. News groups write stories for many places.
The White House says the press person can choose which reporters can come.
The AP said they were very sad. The White House stopped them from working and also stopped other news companies.
News groups in the U.S. and the world use us. Local news uses our stories.
Easton said on Tuesday that the government does not let people talk freely.
A group of reporters said the government wants to pick the reporters who write about the president. They said the government might still pick reporters because of what they think.
Eugene Daniels, the head of the group, said: "The government should not tell the free news what to say about the government."
Trump lets news people who like him come closer.
On Monday, Trump was angry about questions from a reporter.
Trump talks to the media more than Biden.
The new rule from Tuesday did not talk about photographers.
The problem started because AP did not do what the president said about the name of the Gulf of Mexico. A judge said the government cannot tell AP what to say. This is because people can say what they think.
The White House says it can choose who sees the president.
The AP news group had special access before, but they don't have it now.
They don't like what the court said. They will go to a different court on Thursday. They want to wait to do what the court said. Maybe a very important court will decide later.
The government did not let the AP go to some meetings for two months. But on Tuesday, one reporter could go to an event.
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