Earlier this month, the Trump administration began barring the AP from the Oval Office, Air Force One and other areas that have been open to the agency for a century.

But the judge hinted that future rulings in the suit could go differently, cautioning the White House to “think about whether what they’re doing is really appropriate.”

A Trump-appointed federal judge in Washington, D.C. denied the Associated Press' request to immediately stop the Trump administration from banning its reporters from events—though he seemed open to ending it soon.

A federal judge on Monday declined to restore The Associated Press’s access to certain spaces open to the media at the White House, including the Oval Office amid the Trump administration’s battle against the wire service over its refusal to use “Gulf of America” in its popular stylebook.

The Trump-appointed judge declined to grant emergency relief to the wire service — but suggested it has a strong case.

The Trump administration may continue — for now — to keep the AP from covering key events. A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order on Monday.

A federal U.S. district judge allowed the Trump White House to keep its ban on the Associated Press. The AP sued the Trump administration after the White House restricted the wire service from covering President Donald Trump at his press conferences in the Oval Office and aboard Air Force One,

A federal judge has rejected a request from The Associated Press to restore its access to presidential events after it was barred for not referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." The post Trump-appointed judge refuses to restore AP’s White House access,

A federal judge denied the Associated Press’ request to immediately allow its reporters to resume covering White House events and travel aboard Air Force One after they were banned over how the news organization references “Gulf of America” in its style guide.

A federal judge declined on Monday to temporarily restore the Associated Press’ access to some of President Donald Trump’s events, the Oval Office and Air Force One. US District Judge Trevor McFadden turned down a request from AP to temporarily lift a ban Trump imposed earlier this month to punish the news organization over its decision to continue using the phrase “Gulf of Mexico” even though Trump renamed the body of water “Gulf of America.

District Judge Trevor N. McFadden denied the AP’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have restored press access, after President Trump’s “Gulf of America” decree.