A federal judge on Monday denied a request by the Associated Press to immediately restore full access for the news agency's journalists after President Donald Trump's White House barred them for continuing to refer to the Gulf of Mexico in coverage.

A judge on Monday refused to order President Trump to allow the AP back into the White House press pool, as a fight over the Gulf of Mexico continues.

A federal judge declined to order the White House to immediately restore the Associated Press’ access to the Oval Office and various White House events, after Donald Trump restricted the news organization as punishment for failing to change references of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.