The Associated Press emphasized that the White House ban on its access to presidential events extends beyond pool ...

A US judge is to hear arguments on Monday in a lawsuit filed by the Associated Press over the White House's denial of its access to President Trump's events.

The AP, in the suit filed in a federal court ... their own words and not be retaliated against by the government," it said. "The Constitution does not allow the government to control speech.

Only radical ideologues and corrupt despots find fault with the AP’s devotion to objectivity in its role as a government watchdog ... Trump to respect the Constitution of the United States ...

"The Constitution does not allow the government ... choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government," the AP's lawyers wrote in the news organization's complaint.