With a trade war brewing, President Trump gave the Mexican president a sign of grudging respect: “You’re tough,” he told her in a phone call last month, according to four people with knowledge of the exchange. By their most recent conversation, the two leaders were trading compliments and carving out a reprieve from some tariffs…
Dozens of major news organizations, including CNN, The Washington Post and Fox News, wrote to the White House this week urging the Trump administration to immediately lift its ban on The Associated Press, which had been prohibited from attending a number of official press events over the past week. The White House has said it…
As part of a series of executive orders issued after beginning his second term, US President Donald Trump has unilaterally moved to rename the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to the ‘Gulf of America’. The change is in the process of being officially enforced within the United States. The US Board on Geographic Names, which is responsible…
The Associated Press on Wednesday accused the White House of violating the First Amendment and called on the Trump administration to stop blocking its reporters from press events. Julie Pace, the executive editor of The A.P., said in a letter addressed to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, that the White House had…
Google has for years used its popular online services to remind users about cultural events, marking its calendar app with occasions such as Black History Month and Women’s History Month. Last week, some users noticed that the popular app was no longer displaying those observances, as well as a litany of others, prompting an online…
Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. U.S. documents recognise 9th February as Gulf of America Day. Google Maps shows this change, displaying Gulf of America alongside Gulf of Mexico. This is part of Trump’s agenda for U.S. dominance and aims to boost investments and control over the region….
The Trump administration declared on Friday that the Gulf of Mexico had been renamed the Gulf of America, but popular mapping services from Google and Apple have continued showing the old name. On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the U.S. government updated its official…