The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the blocking of its journalists. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House,

The wire service sued three of them for denying its reporters access to press events. The White House has objected to The A.P.’s references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.

The AP has sued the Trump administration after it was banned from White House events, the Oval Office and Air Force One.