Associated Press (via WTOP / Boston Globe)

The Associated Press is a not-for-profit news cooperative, collectively owned by U.S. newspaper and broadcast members, with no single private or government owner. Independent bias analysts generally rate it center to center-left; its straight-news wire format limits editorializing, but reviewers have noted left-leaning framing in word choice and sourcing. During the second Trump term the AP has been in direct legal conflict with the White House: after the AP refused to adopt the term 'Gulf of America' in its style guide, the administration revoked its press-pool access, and the AP filed a First Amendment lawsuit, reflecting a broadly critical posture toward the current administration.