A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Trump administration may ban The Associated Press from the Oval Office and other limited spaces for now, pausing a judge's order to return the wire service's access.

In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden's April 8 order deeming unlawful AP's exile from the press pool, a small group of journalists who document the president’s movements and statements in and around the White House.

The White House's exclusion of AP stemmed from the outlet's refusal to use the term Gulf of America in its popular stylebook.

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