Wire reporters are among the most knowledgeable and dedicated to the White House beat. They are on duty every day of the year and anywhere in the world needed to cover a president. Their work is a key building block for other media's work. Wires fill a critical role in the

Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say apnews.com/article/irs-di…

For 179 years, The Associated Press has reported news firsthand:

AP gets a standing ovation as they are awarded a prize for presidential coverage at the WH correspondents association dinner

.@WHCA President Eugene Daniels: "We journalists are a lot of things. We are competitive and pushy. We are impatient and sometimes we think we know everything...What we are not is the opposition. What we are not is the enemy of people. What we are not is the enemy of the state."

.The Associated Press wins 2025 Collier Prize for state government accountability reporting, via UF College of Journalism and Communications: buff.ly/VMXrTwA

A new Pope from Chicago needs a true Chicago introduction... 🔊

ProPublica reporter Rob Davis began with a simple question: Had Nike truly become a beacon of environmental stewardship and fair labor practices, as it claimed? To find the answer, he had to travel across the Pacific Ocean. propublica.org/article/nike-l…

BEST OPENING LINE TO A STORY THIS YEAR: "Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX’s rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up." Bravo, AP News. 10/10, no notes.

Hats off to Michelle L. Price - the whole article is a great read apnews.com/article/trump-…

Mariam Dagga, visual freelance journalist for AP, chronicled the wounded & dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital. Dagga was killed today by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital. A gallery of her photos, curated by AP photo editors: apnews.com/photo-gallery/…

Mariam Dagga, our freelancer who was killed today by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, had bylined this powerful piece on malnourished children in Gaza just last week apnews.com/article/palest…

⁦The Associated Press⁩ reporting calls into question why and how Israel attacked a Gaza hospital apnews.com/article/israel…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie. apnews.com/article/myanma…

stunning images.

Pope Leo XIV encouraged international news agencies on Thursday to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation, as he strongly backed a free, independent and objective press. He praised reporters on the ground in Gaza and Ukraine.

The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came. Now Lesotho’s care system is crumbling. Clinics shut down, workers were let go, and patients stopped treatment. Experts are sounding alarms. apnews.com/projects/Lesot…

AP executive editor Julie Pace says they're fighting "for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by their government based on its preferences." apnews.com/article/associ…

It's an example of a news industry leader fighting instead of folding under Trump pressure — though the fight is not without risks; an adverse ruling could further embolden the White House.

AP statement at the end of today's appeals court oral argument: "Today AP once again stood up for the public's right to speak freely without government retaliation. That’s what we’ve been doing throughout this case – defending this fundamental freedom for all Americans and all