The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Media

The Associated Press

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-7.16: On 8 April 2025 the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Associated Press a preliminary injunction against the White House's exclusion of the AP from the press pool and some limited-access events, finding the exclusion viewpoint-based after the AP kept using "Gulf of Mexico." Press accounts report that the D.C. Circuit later stayed the injunction in part.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 878 8 April 2025. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Judge Trevor N. McFadden): Associated Press v. Budowich, No. 1:25-cv-00532 (D.D.C.), Memorandum Order, Doc. 46
  • Exhibit 1066 12 May 1997 (letter published 11 May 1997). Associated Press, as carried by the Spokesman-Review: Newspaper: Problems in story linking CIA, crack ('We fell short at every step', editor writes in letter to readers)
  • Exhibit 1087 18 August 2022. Associated Press, as carried by NBC News: RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine group kicked off Instagram and Facebook