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A federal judge has temporarily overturned President Trump’s bid to ban the Associated Press from having access to the White House and various Trump administration events because the AP refuses to use the name Gulf of America when referring to the body of water in its news coverage. US District Judge Trevor McFadden ruled that, while the AP’s lawsuit to permanently lift the ban moves through the courts, the news organization has the right to access to the press room as it covers the President. Joe Concha is a Fox News contributor and author of several books, including the upcoming “The Greatest Comeback Ever: Inside Trump’s Big Beautiful Campaign”. He appeared on 710 WOR’s Mendte in the Morning program to discuss the ruling.
“The AP has obviously taken an activist position,” Concha told host Ken Rosato, filling in for Larry Mendte. “Obama and Biden, they had changed things before- not something as big as the Gulf, but as far as, like, the names of mountains or military bases, and the AP went right along with it. This is to play the resistance, and they’re supposed to be a wire service. Most other news organizations are going along with it, so I think they’re just doing it for attention. Here we are talking about it, so I guess it’s working, I suppose.”
Meanwhile, Concha highlighted another example of government inefficiency at work- literally. Federal agencies have spent money since 2021 buying new furniture for empty office buildings. “$4.6 billion for furniture, in buildings where 94% of federal workers aren’t showing up for work. They’re in their pajamas watching Captain Kangaroo and doing their jobs from home- but remember, Ken, Elon Musk is the problem, not what he’s finding. Nope, actually, it’s the opposite.”
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