Source: International Business Times
US President Donald Trump speaks after Tulsi Gabbard (R) was sworn in as director of national intelligence in the Oval Office, but an Associated Press reporter was barred from attending over the renaming issue of the Gulf of America AFP An AP reporter Wednesday was barred from attending White House events for the second straight day, as Donald Trump's administration sought to justify its actions against media that refuse to call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America. "A day earlier the Associated Press said its reporter was blocked from covering an Oval Office signing because the AP "did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump's executive order" that renamed the body of water as the Gulf of America. On Wednesday the reporter for the 180-year-old media organization was again prevented from attending an Oval Office event, the swearing in of new Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.