A pair of top journalists for The Associated Press covering the White House testified on Thursday to the damage caused to the outlet by President Trump’s decision to revoke its access to key West Wing spaces over the organization’s refusal to use “Gulf of America” in its widely used stylebook.

AP Chief White House Correspondent Zeke Miller and Evan Vucci, the AP’s top photographer in Washington, D.C., described what they called “diminished” and delayed reporting because of the administration’s banning them from being part of the small group of journalists who document the president each day, otherwise known as the press pool.

The pair took the stand during a court hearing over whether to restore the wire service’s access to the pool, which is allowed in certain areas of the White House with limited space such as the Oval Office and their access to traveling with the president on Air Force One.

AP has a long tradition of having a reporter and photographer in the press pool each and everyday both at the White House and when the president is traveling.

“AP’s barred time and again because of our journalism,” Miller said in open court on Thursday.

The AP sued three top White House officials last month over the ban after its reporters were barred from the Oval Office and Air Force One because the outlet refused to change its stylebook guidelines to use “Gulf of America” after Trump renamed the Gulf of Mexico.

News organizations across the industry use the AP Stylebook for spelling, grammar and guidelines on how to refer to certain people and places in aim of making such references........

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