Source: CBC News [Canadian state media]
“The Associated Press on Tuesday said the White House barred its reporter from an event at the Oval Office because the news agency would not start using ‘Gulf of America’ to describe the Gulf of Mexico. A statement said an AP reporter was not allowed to attend the signing of an executive order in the afternoon. … Later, a second AP reporter was barred from a late-evening event in the White House Diplomatic Room. … After taking office, Trump ordered that the water bordered by the Southern United States, Mexico and Cuba be renamed to the Gulf of America. In a statement last month, the AP said its reporters and editors would continue to describe the gulf ‘by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen.'” (02/11/25)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gulf-of-mexico-ap-reporter-banned-gulf-of-america-1.7456618?