The White House says news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico are telling “lies.'
St. Johns County seeks input for new superintendent searchCouncilman Ron Salem is calling for a special meeting on Wednesday to figure out the next steps when it comes to the Meridian Waste contract, which comes as the trash hauler is threatening to sue the city of Jacksonville over how it’s paid.
Attorney General Pam Bondi swears in Tulsi Gabbard ias the Director of National Intelligence in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington as her husband Abraham Williams holds the Bible. At a regular briefing Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that “it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America, and I’m not sure why news outlets don’t want to call it that."
Julie Pace, AP’s senior vice president and executive editor, wrote to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Wednesday objecting to the moves. Asked if barring AP reporters was retaliatory, Leavitt said that the Interior Secretary has codified the name change in official documents and that “pretty much every other outlet in this room has recognized that body of water as the Gulf of America.”
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