The White House pointed out that the AP was allowed into its briefing Wednesday but continued to take issue with the style of the gulf’s name. “Nobody has the right to go into the Oval Office and ask the president of the United States questions,” Leavitt said. “We reserve the right to decide who gets to go into the Oval Office.”

"If we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable," said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from attending an event in the Oval Office after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed to the Gulf of America.

The Associated Press said it was blocked from covering President Donald Trump’s executive order signing today because it declined to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in its editorial style standards.