#Press-Freedom
Events indexed under #Press-Freedom — 54 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | Supreme Court Declines Citizen Journalist Case, Sotomayor Dissents on First Amendment Arrest Supreme Court · Justice Sonia Sotomayor · Priscilla Villarreal · City of Laredo | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-20 | Judge Strikes Down Pentagon Press Policy Requiring Pledge Not to Gather Unauthorized Information Judge Paul L. Friedman · New York Times · Julian E. Barnes · Pentagon | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Freedom House Reports U.S. at Lowest Score Ever, Net Decline of 12 Points Since 2005 Freedom House | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Journalist Estefany Rodriguez Released from ICE Custody After More Than Two Weeks Estefany Rodriguez · ICE · CPJ · RSF | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | V-Dem Downgrades U.S. from Liberal Democracy to Electoral Democracy in Historic Report V-Dem Institute · University of Gothenburg | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | ICE-Detained Journalist Estefany Rodriguez Granted $10K Bond After 12 Days in Custody Estefany Rodriguez · ICE · Nashville Noticias | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government William B. Porter · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Faces Legal Complaint After FBI Raided Washington Post Reporter's Home Without Disclosing Press Protections Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Hannah Natanson · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | ACLU Files Amended Tincher v. Noem Complaint with 80+ Declarations of ICE First Amendment Retaliation American Civil Liberties Union · NewsGuild-CWA · Status Coup News · Kristi Noem · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Arrests Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Over Church Protest Coverage Don Lemon · Georgia Fort · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-18 | Anti-ICE Protesters Disrupt St. Paul Church Service, Triggering Federal Crackdown on Journalists Cities Church · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · David Easterwood · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-14 | FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter's Home, Seizes Devices in Unprecedented Press Freedom Violation Federal Bureau of Investigation · Washington Post · Hannah Natanson · Pam Bondi · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-31 | US Press Freedom Tracker Documents 170 Assaults on Journalists in 2025, 160 by Law Enforcement U.S. Press Freedom Tracker · Freedom of the Press Foundation · Federal law enforcement · ICE · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-21 | CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-05 | NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss · +11 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-04 | New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment The New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-03 | State Department Orders H-1B Visa Denials for Content Moderation and Fact-Checking Workers State Department · Marco Rubio · Tech companies · H-1B visa applicants · +5 | reported | |
| 2025-11-29 | White House Launches Official 'Media Offenders' Portal Targeting Press as Enemies Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · White House · The Washington Post · +23 | reported | |
| 2025-10-16 | Pentagon Strips Press Credentials After Hegseth Imposes Rules Labeling Journalists as Security Risks Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · New York Times · Associated Press · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | CBS Appoints Trump Ally Kenneth Weinstein as Network Ombudsman Following Merger Pressure Kenneth Weinstein · Donald Trump · CBS News · Paramount · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over News Coverage Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump · Comcast · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-19 | Nexstar-Tegna $6.2 Billion Merger Creates Media Giant Reaching 80% of US Households nexstar-media-group · tegna · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-07 | Skydance-Paramount deal closes with contentious FCC regulatory conditions Skydance · Paramount Global · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-11 | Federal court restrains LAPD use of less-lethal force against journalists U.S. District Court · LAPD · Journalists | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-04 | Congress Eliminates $1.1 Billion in NPR and PBS Funding to "Silence Accurate Reporting" Republican Congress · Donald Trump · Anna Gomez · NPR · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-09 | CPJ: Law enforcement injure multiple journalists covering Los Angeles protests Committee to Protect Journalists · LAPD · Federal Law Enforcement · Journalists and reporters · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-06 | DC Circuit Rules 2-1 That Trump Can Bar AP from White House Events U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Judge Neomi Rao · Judge Gregory Katsas · Judge Cornelia Pillard · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-25 | AG Bondi Rescinds Biden-Era Policy Protecting Journalists from DOJ Subpoenas and Search Warrants Pam Bondi · DOJ · Trump Administration · Merrick Garland | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-15 | Press Freedom Tracker: White House wrests control of press pool structure White House · U.S. Press Freedom Tracker · White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) · Associated Press · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-15 | White House restructures press pool, removes permanent wire position White House · White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) · Wire services | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-08 | Judge orders restoration of AP access to White House events U.S. District Court · Associated Press · The White House · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-26 | White House Seizes Control of Press Pool, Removes Reuters and Bloomberg Alongside AP White House · Associated Press · Reuters · Bloomberg News · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-11 | Associated Press barred from White House events; later restored by court Associated Press · White House | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-23 | DOJ Expands Surveillance of Journalists Covering Administration U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · National Security Division · Journalists · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2020-12-23 | DOJ Secret Court Order Targets Washington Post Journalists Days Before Barr's Resignation William Barr · Michael R. Sherwin · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Courts · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-23 | Julian Assange Charged Under Espionage Act - Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom Julian Assange · WikiLeaks · Department of Justice · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2018-11-15 | Mexican Journalists Targeted with Pegasus Days After Colleague's Assassination Javier Valdez Cárdenas · Andrés Villarreal · Ismael Bojórquez · Citizen Lab · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-19 | Citizen Lab Exposes Mexican Government Targeting of Journalists and Activists with Pegasus Citizen Lab · NSO Group · Mexican Government · Carmen Aristegui · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-03 | Reality Winner Arrested for Leaking Russian Election Interference Report Reality Winner · National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-15 | DOJ Begins Surveillance of Washington Post Journalists Reporting on Russia Investigation U.S. Department of Justice · Ellen Nakashima · Greg Miller · Adam Entous · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-06-21 | Obama Prosecutes 8 Whistleblowers Under Espionage Act, More Than All Presidents Barack Obama · Eric Holder · Edward Snowden · Chelsea Manning · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-14 | Jeffrey Sterling Indicted Under Espionage Act for Alleged Leak to James Risen Jeffrey Sterling · James Risen · Central Intelligence Agency · Obama Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-04-08 | Thomas Drake Indicted Under Espionage Act for NSA Whistleblowing Thomas Drake · National Security Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2005-12-16 | New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program James Risen · Eric Lichtblau · New York Times · George W. Bush · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2000-06-14 | Media Magnate Gusinsky Arrested, Marking Putin's Media Crackdown Vladimir Gusinsky · Vladimir Putin · Media-Most | confirmed | |
| 1977-10-20 | Carl Bernstein Exposes CIA Media Network in Rolling Stone: 400+ Journalists Secretly Served Intelligence Agency Carl Bernstein · CIA · William Colby · George H.W. Bush | confirmed | |
| 1975-07-16 | Pike Committee Investigation: House Intelligence Findings Suppressed After CIA and White House Obstruction Otis Pike · CIA · Gerald Ford · Daniel Schorr · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1974-12-22 | Hersh NYT Expose of CIA Domestic Surveillance Triggers Church, Pike, Rockefeller Investigations Seymour Hersh · The New York Times · William Colby · Gerald Ford · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1971-06-30 | Supreme Court Rules 6-3 for Press Freedom in Pentagon Papers Case - Rejects Nixon Administration Prior Restraint Attempt U.S. Supreme Court · New York Times · Washington Post · Daniel Ellsberg · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1971-06-13 | Pentagon Papers Published Revealing Systematic Government Deception About Vietnam War Daniel Ellsberg · New York Times · Washington Post · President Richard Nixon · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1971-03-24 | Citizens' Commission Distributes COINTELPRO Files to Press, NBC Reports FBI Surveillance Operations Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI · NBC News · Washington Post · Betty Medsger · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1969-05-09 | Kissinger Initiates Wiretapping of 17 Journalists and NSC Staff After Hersh Cambodia Leak Richard Nixon · Henry Kissinger · Alexander Haig · J. Edgar Hoover · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1966-07-04 | Freedom of Information Act Signed After Decade of Executive Branch Opposition President Lyndon B. Johnson · Representative John Moss · Senator Edward Long · American Society of Newspaper Editors | confirmed | |
| 1837-11-07 | Abolitionist Editor Elijah Lovejoy Murdered by Pro-Slavery Mob; No Prosecutions Follow Elijah Parish Lovejoy · Pro-slavery mob · Alton, Illinois authorities · John Quincy Adams · +2 | confirmed |