Trump removes wire service spot from press rotation after legal loss to AP

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The Trump administration removed the news wire spot from its daily White House press pool, stripping the daily, intimate access to presidential activities the Associated Press and other legacy outlets have enjoyed for decades.

The White House announced the plan on Tuesday after losing a legal battle in an effort to ban the AP from the daily press pool due to a disagreement with the outlet over what to call the newly named “Gulf of America.”

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