Fox News and Newsmax are among the outlets who are urging the Trump administration to lift a ban on the Associated Press from accessing certain White House events, a punishment imposed on the wire service for failing to change references of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Associated Press journalists have been blocked from places like the Oval Office and Air Force One because the organization has declined to use the term ‘Gulf of America.’

More than 30 news organizations signed letters to the White House, urging the Trump administration to reverse a policy barring AP journalists from official events.

The Trump administration and the AP have been at odds over the wire service's refusal to comply with the president's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The AP Stylebook is the standard used in newsrooms across the country and most of the world. Google Maps and Apple Maps have switched to the term Gulf of America.

Lago, US President Donald Trump, on February 19, highlighted the reasons for banning the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One.