Associated Press (via Philadelphia Inquirer)

The Associated Press is a not-for-profit cooperative owned collectively by its member newspapers and broadcasters, with no corporate parent or government backer. Independent media analysts currently rate its U.S. political coverage as lean left. Its relationship with the Trump administration has been openly adversarial: the White House banned AP reporters from Oval Office events in early 2025 after the AP refused to adopt the term 'Gulf of America,' the AP sued and won a court order restoring access, and the administration has since listed the AP on its official 'media bias' page.