The Trump administration and the AP have been at odds over the wire service's refusal to comply with the president's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The AP Stylebook is the standard used in newsrooms across the country and most of the world. Google Maps and Apple Maps have switched to the term Gulf of America.

The White House Correspondents Association has joined other news organizations in supporting the Associated Press' right to use the term "Gulf of Mexico" in its reporting, despite President Trump's decision to rename it the "Gulf of America.