{"id":311693,"date":"2025-04-10T14:20:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T18:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=judge-orders-white-house-to-restore-aps-access"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:20:30","slug":"judge-orders-white-house-to-restore-aps-access","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/judge-orders-white-house-to-restore-aps-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders White House to restore AP&#8217;s access"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Judge orders White House to restore AP\u2019s access<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Mississippi judge\u00a0dismisses former governor\u2019s lawsuit\u00a0against news org<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Publishers call on U.S. government to make AI pay for content<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Majorities in both parties agree that Trump and U.S. news media have a bad relationship<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd25\u00a0<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A federal judge<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/judge-lifts-trump-white-house-restrictions-ap-while-lawsuit-proceeds-2025-04-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordered the Trump administration to restore The Associated Press\u2019 access<\/a> as the media outlet\u2019s lawsuit against the White House proceeds. The administration had barred the news agency from some spaces for its refusal to change its style guidance from the \u201cGulf of Mexico\u201d to solely the \u201cGulf of America,\u201d but the judge said that <strong>policy violates the First Amendment.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/03\/31\/most-americans-say-they-are-tuned-in-to-news-about-the-trump-administration\/#views-on-the-trump-administration-s-relationship-with-the-news-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Pew Research Center study<\/a>, Americans are more likely to say\u00a0<strong>the Trump administration has been too critical of the media\u00a0<\/strong>(46%) than to say the administration has not been critical enough (22%), while 29% say the administration has been mostly fair. Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to say the Trump administration has been too critical of the news media (70% vs. 23%).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other hand, similar shares of Americans say the U.S. news media have been too critical of the Trump administration (39%) and that they have not been critical enough (36%). Another 22% say the media have been mostly fair toward Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc\u00a0<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Mississippi judge <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/media\/2025\/04\/05\/phil-byrant-mississippi-today-lawsuit-dismissed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismisses former governor\u2019s defamation lawsuit<\/a> against <strong>nonprofit news organization<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/business\/media\/trump-paramount-mediator-60-minutes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mediation set<\/a> for <strong>Trump\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>lawsuit against<\/strong> <strong>CBS News<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Judge\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/09\/politics\/newsmax-dominion-defamation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rules against<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Newsmax\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0<strong>Dominion Voting Systems<\/strong>\u00a0defamation suit<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Some <strong>Trump aides<\/strong> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/08\/business\/media\/white-house-journalists-pronouns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refusing to respond to reporters\u2019 questions<\/a> if they have their <strong>pronouns in their email signatures<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Gershkovich, WSJ<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/wall-street-journal-evan-gershkovich-movie-book-drama-1236361686\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">planning separate projects<\/a> on the journalist\u2019s imprisonment saga\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Newsletter writers<\/strong> say they are <a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/media\/former-substack-creators-say-theyre-earning-more-on-new-platforms-that-offer-larger-shares-of-subscription-revenue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">making more money<\/a> on<strong> platforms other than Substack<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>At university newsrooms, <\/strong>student journalists are<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/07\/student-journalists-remove-stories-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resigning and requesting stories<\/a> be taken down amid <strong>Trump administration crackdowns<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n<li>A look at <strong>student journalists<\/strong> covering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2025\/04\/how-student-journalists-are-making-national-news-local\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local angles on national stories<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of publishers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/644612\/major-publishers-stop-ai-theft-ad-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calling on the U.S. government<\/a> to <strong>make Big Tech pay for the content that it uses in AI technology. <\/strong>The ad campaign, organized by the News\/Media Alliance trade association, comes after Google and OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/630079\/openai-google-copyright-fair-use-exception\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submitted proposals to ask the government for exemptions<\/a> to <strong>allow their models to train on copyrighted materials.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2025\/04\/03\/how-the-us-public-and-ai-experts-view-artificial-intelligence\/#regulation-and-responsible-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center survey<\/a> looked at experts\u2019 opinions on AI, as well as those of Americans as a whole. <strong>Both the public and experts largely worry the U.S. government will not go far enough in regulating AI\u2019s use in the U.S.:<\/strong> 58% of U.S. adults and 56% of experts surveyed say they\u2019re more concerned about this than about the government going too far.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcca\u00a0<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our chart this week looks at Americans\u2019 assessments of the relationship between the Trump administration and the U.S. news media. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/03\/31\/most-americans-say-they-are-tuned-in-to-news-about-the-trump-administration\/#most-americans-say-that-trump-and-the-media-have-a-bad-relationship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey conducted in late February and early March<\/a>, <strong>most Americans (64%) believe the relationship between the Trump administration and the media is a bad one,<\/strong> while just 11% say it\u2019s good. This view is widely held in both parties: 67% of Democrats and 61% of Republicans say the relationship is bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e7dfc6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e7dfc6;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"766\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-08.png?resize=480,438 480w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-08.png?resize=782,713 782w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-08.png?resize=840,766 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/03\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-08.png?w=840\" alt=\"Bar chart showing majorities in both political parties say that the relationship between the Trump administration and the news media is bad\" class=\"wp-image-203153 not-transparent\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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