The Associated Press gained an unlikely ally in its battle with the White House over what to call the Gulf of Mexico.

President Trump told Axios' Marc Caputo on Tuesday that he will continue to restrict the Associated Press' access to the White House "until such time as they agree that it's the Gulf of America." Why it matters: Trump has targeted the AP,

The Associated Press remains excluded from White House Events because "it just refuses to go with what the law is" around Gulf of Mexico name change.