The Associated Press filed suit today against members of the Trump administration after it prohibited the news service from access to White House events because it refused to change references of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over the White House ban on the news organization’s access to presidential events. The White House blocked the AP over its refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America,

The wire service sued three of them for denying its reporters access to press events. The White House has objected to The A.P.’s references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.

The Associated Press has filed suit against three White House officials responsible for banning the organization’s reporters from the Oval Office and other spaces including the president’s aircraft in retaliation for the wire service’s refusal to fully acquiesce to President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

The wire service’s journalists have been banned from White House events since Feb. 11 over the organization’s use of the name Gulf of Mexico.

A coalition of more than two dozen news outlets is calling on President Donald Trump's administration to restore The Associated Press' participation in the White House press pool after reporters with the global news service were denied access to key events in the past week.

Fox News and Newsmax - are calling on the White House to reverse its ban of the Associated Press over the outlet's refusal to use 'Gulf of America.'