The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America.

Donald Trump has banned two journalists from the White House after they refused to use the name 'Gulf of America' rather than its internationally recognised title, the Gulf of Mexico

An AP journalist was denied entry to the White House. Trump administration officials said the reporter was kept out because the news agency did not comply with Trump's order renaming the Gulf as the "Gulf of America.