Exhibit 878

Associated Press v. Budowich, No. 1:25-cv-00532 (D.D.C.), Memorandum Order, Doc. 46

Exhibit 878 · Court opinion

Associated Press v. Budowich, No. 1:25-cv-00532 (D.D.C.), Memorandum Order, Doc. 46

For that editorial choice, the White House sharply curtailed the AP's access to coveted, tightly controlled media events with the President.

Grants the Associated Press a preliminary injunction against White House officials' exclusion of the AP from the press pool and some limited-access events, on the finding that the exclusion was viewpoint-based after the AP kept using 'Gulf of Mexico.' The court stayed its own order through 13 April 2025; the D.C. Circuit later stayed the injunction in part (as reported).

Source: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Trevor N. McFadden)
Date: 8 April 2025
Quoted from: Memorandum Order, p. 1
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/doc/158396.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: Court's preliminary findings. The June 2025 D.C.

Cited by

Finding POL-7.16: Primary record On 8 April 2025 the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Associated Press a preliminary injunction against the White House's exclusion of the AP from the press pool and some limited-access events, finding the exclusion viewpoint-based after the AP kept using "Gulf of Mexico." Press accounts report that the D.C. Circuit later stayed the injunction in part.