After losing a court case about The Associated Press getting access to the president, the White House announced a new media rule on Tuesday. This rule makes it much harder for news agencies that give information to media companies around the world to get access to Donald Trump. It was the latest attempt by the government to control how its actions are reported.

This action could stop the Associated Press and other news agencies from reaching many people through many news organizations. This happened after a judge said the White House had gone against the organization's right to speak freely by stopping it, because the White House did not agree with the organization's choice not to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

The White House is creating a new way to manage press conferences in small areas like the Oval Office and Air Force One. People who have seen the plan say that the press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, will have the final decision on which reporters can ask her boss questions.

The White House did not reply to requests for their opinion on Tuesday evening.

Last week, a judge decided that the White House was wrong to punish the Associated Press (AP) by stopping their journalists from covering events. This punishment happened because the AP didn't want to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. The judge told the government to treat the AP the same way they treat other news groups.

The day after ignoring McFadden's decision and keeping the ban on AP, the White House quietly shared details about a new rule with some journalists.

For many years, the White House Correspondents Association has managed the reporters for events with limited space. They have always included reporters from the news agencies AP, Reuters, and Bloomberg. In addition, one print reporter was chosen, rotating among reporters from over 30 news organizations.

The White House has decided to group together the three news agencies with newspaper reporters for two positions. This means that about 36 reporters will share these two regular positions. News agencies usually write stories that are published in many places in the country and the world.

Despite the change, the White House stated that Trump's press secretary will still have the power to choose which reporters can be in the group each day. The new rule also says that reporters will be allowed in even if their news organization has a different opinion.

In a statement, Lauren Easton from the AP said they were very disappointed that the White House chose to limit all news agencies instead of giving the AP its access back.

"Wire services give news to thousands of news organizations in the U.S. and around the world," said Easton, who speaks for the AP. "Newspapers and TV stations in every state use our news to tell people in their communities what is happening."

The government keeps ignoring the basic American right to speak freely without government control or punishment, Easton said Tuesday night.

The group of White House reporters said the government wants to choose who reports on the president. This suggests they may continue to unfairly favor certain viewpoints.

Eugene Daniels, the head of the association, said the government should not control the independent news groups that write about it.

When Leavitt was in charge, the White House let news groups that like Trump have more access. This was clear on Tuesday. The first reporter she spoke to at a meeting asked two questions and also said good things about Trump's plans.

During a meeting in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump became angry when a reporter from CNN, Kaitlan Collins, asked questions about a man who was sent back to prison in El Salvador. At one point, Trump said that CNN "hates our country." He then clearly showed how her difficult questions were different from an easy question asked by another reporter.

Even though there have been some difficult moments, Trump has been more open with the media than the president before him, Joe Biden. He especially likes speaking to the media in small places, like the Oval Office. This means that the new rules about media access will have a bigger effect.

The new rules, which started on Tuesday, didn't say if photographers could go in. Before this, in a court meeting about the AP's case, their main White House photographer, Evan Vucci, and writer Zeke Miller said how the ban had made their work harder. They explained that their job is to get news and pictures to their customers fast.

The problem began when the Associated Press (AP) decided not to follow the president's order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. But AP style does say that President Trump wanted it called the Gulf of America. McFadden agreed with AP, saying the government cannot punish the news group for what it says, because that is using its right to speak freely.

The White House thinks that letting journalists see the president is a special chance, not a right, and that they should control who gets this chance. This is like how they choose who President Trump talks to alone. In court papers from last weekend, his lawyers said that even after the judge's decision, the time when the Associated Press could easily go to public presidential events without issues was ending.

The government said that no other news group in the US gets the same guaranteed access as the AP did before. They also said the AP might be used to being treated specially, but the Constitution doesn't say this special treatment must last forever.

The government has asked a higher court to look at McFadden's decision again. They will be in court on Thursday to say that the decision should be stopped until the case is completely finished, maybe by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The government has not stopped the AP news agency from attending Leavitt's meetings for the last two months. However, it has prevented AP reporters with White House passes from going to events in the East Room. This changed on Tuesday when one reporter was permitted to attend an event with the Navy football team.