The White House barred AP journalists from Trump appearances. Here's what to know about the press pool and the 1st Amendment's guarantee of a free press.

For the third day in a row, the White House barred an AP reporter from attending official events because the organization won’t use the name Gulf of America.

The White House has decided to ban The Associated Press from the pool of reporters allowed inside the Oval Office due to its stance over the “Gulf of America.”

According to the White House, the "real constitutional crisis" is the courts issuing rulings that Donald Trump doesn't like. That's ridiculous.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says judges are "abusing their power to unilaterally block President Trump's basic executive authority."

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.”

The White House had blocked an Associated Press journalist from a news conference with two major world leaders

President Donald Trump said on Thursday the U.S. and India have struck an agreement that includes India importing more U.S. oil and gas to shrink the trade deficit between the two countries. Trump made the comments after a bilateral meeting at the White House with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

President Donald Trump greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House with a bear hug on Thursday and called him “a great friend of mine,