White House correspondents protest lack of wire reporters on Air Force One
'Their reports are distributed quickly to thousands of news outlets and millions of readers throughout the world every day, so all have equal access to coverage of the presidency,' the White House Correspondents' Association said in a statement on Monday.
WHCA Statement on the Unprecedented Exclusion of Wires on International Trip. pic.twitter.com/q3EfZr8evf
— WHCA (@whca) May 12, 2025
'This change is a disservice to every American who deserves to know what their highest elected leader is up to, as quickly as possible.'
The White House has been fighting in court with AP, after the news service was blocked from covering smaller 'pool' events when it decided not to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, as President Donald Trump had called for in an executive order.
In response to a ruling in that case, the White House instituted a new media policy which lumped the wire services in with print reporters in a rotation for space on Air Force One or Oval Office events.
A Reuters reporter accompanied the president when he travelled to Pope Francis' funeral.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not return messages seeking comment.
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