The White House barred the U.S.-based reporter for The Associated Press from attending Monday’s joint press conference between President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, as the war between the administration and the outlet continues.

The French press corps, on the other hand, had decided that a Paris-based AP reporter would be the first reporter to ask a question and she was allowed to do so. The U.S.-based AP reporter was stopped from even attending the conference.

This is part of the ongoing feud between the White House and the AP over its use of the name Gulf of Mexico instead of the Gulf of America, a change Mr. Trump made.

AP has been blocked from attending Trump events in the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One and other press conferences.

Mr. Trump has said that the AP will continue to be barred until it starts referring to the body of water between Florida and Mexico as the Gulf of America.

The outlet has argued that since it distributes news around the world, it must stick to names that are recognized globally, not just by Americans.

The outlet filed a lawsuit Friday against three Trump administration officials, claiming the outlet’s exclusion violates the First Amendment.

“The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in the lawsuit.

The outlet called the “targeted attack on the AP’s editorial independence and ability to gather and report the news strikes at the very core of the First Amendment.”

The lawsuit names White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.

• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.