White House bars AP reporter from Oval
Office because of AP style policy on ‘Gulf
of America’
Posted By: Imright, 2/12/2025 1:02:40 AM
NEW YORK — The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America. The reporter, whom the AP would not identify, tried to enter the White House event as usual Tuesday afternoon and was turned away. Later, a second AP reporter was barred from a late-evening event in the White House Diplomatic Room. The highly unusual ban, which Trump administration officials had threatened earlier Tuesday unless the AP changed the style on the Gulf, could have constitutional free-speech implications.
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Mexican president signals possible lawsuit
against Google over Gulf of America name change 6 replies
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday her government was deciding whether to initiate a lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps.
"We are going to wait. We are already seeing, observing what this would mean from the perspective of legal advice, but we hope that they will make a revision," Sheinbaum said, according to Reuters.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Google.
(Photo) Google renamed the body of water after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change it. Now, Google Maps users in the United States will see "Gulf of America" in the app,
President Donald Trump doubled down on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s comments about how the U.S. will bring about a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine during a Thursday press conference.While addressing an audience at a Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Hegseth that both Russia and Ukraine “must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective” and stressed that the U.S. “does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement.”
You can almost hear a pin drop at the border.
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Forty years ago, a radio personality coined the phrase “jump the shark” in reference to the episode of the sitcom “Happy Days” in which the character Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a live shark on water skis. The term is often applied to dying franchises that turn to sensational language or scenes to try to revive the fading interest of the public. More often, you jump the shark and land in utter obscurity.
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Paul Bedard writes at The Gazette:
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Scientist warns it might be too late to
deflect ‘city-killer’ asteroid heading
toward Earth 25 replies
deflect ‘city-killer’ asteroid heading
toward Earth 25 replies
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TIME TO NAME NAMES: Trump to Reveal the
Biggest Fraudsters and Beneficiaries of
Gov't Waste 22 replies
Biggest Fraudsters and Beneficiaries of
Gov't Waste 22 replies
We’ve been reading so much about all the rampant waste in the federal government, from USAID to the Education Department to FEMA, that Elon Musk and DOGE continue to uncover at a staggering pace.
But sometimes you wonder, who are the beneficiaries of all this fraud and waste—where’s the money going? I mean, besides to terrorists, social justice warriors and the like.
Your questions may soon be answered. Grab the popcorn and fluff the couch pillows because Donald Trump told reporters at a briefing in the Oval Office Wednesday afternoon that he plans to name names at a press conference scheduled for Thursday. Responding to a reporter's question, he charged:
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