AP reporters were barred from presidental events after the agency refused to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America".

The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.

The White House says it will decide which news outlets have access to the president, ripping power away from an independent group of journalists.

The acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration. The White House on Tuesday afternoon identified Amy Gleason as the acting leader of DOGE,

Former U.S. Digital Service expert Amy Gleason — not Elon Musk — is DOGE's acting administrator, says White House.

The White House on Tuesday named Amy Gleason as the acting administrator of the White House DOGE office following weeks of confusion over who was leading the agency. A White House official confirmed Gleason's role to Business Insider.