| 2026-06-03 | 60 Minutes Phase 5: Pelley Fired for Insubordination; Cooper Gone; CBS Capture Complete
2 src Scott Pelley · Bari Weiss · Nick Bilton · Anderson Cooper · +7 | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-01 | 60 Minutes 'Black Thursday': Weiss Fires Alfonsi, Vega, Simon; Pelley Says She's 'Murdering' the Show; Dan Rather Letter
3 src Bari Weiss · Sharyn Alfonsi · Cecilia Vega · Tanya Simon · +5 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-30 | NJ State Police Deploy to Delaney Hall, Mass Arrests and Kettling of Solidarity Protesters; ICE Stands Down as State Takes Over Perimeter — May 30–June 1, 2026
10 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-27 | CBS News Declines to Renew Sharyn Alfonsi's Contract After CECOT Segment Conflict with Bari Weiss
6 src Sharyn Alfonsi · Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-23 | Supreme Court Declines Citizen Journalist Case, Sotomayor Dissents on First Amendment Arrest
3 src Supreme Court · Sonia Sotomayor |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Judge Strikes Down Pentagon Press Policy Requiring Pledge Not to Gather Unauthorized Information
5 src New York Times · Pentagon |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | Freedom House Reports U.S. at Lowest Score Ever, Net Decline of 12 Points Since 2005
3 src Freedom House |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | Journalist Estefany Rodriguez Released from ICE Custody After More Than Two Weeks
3 src ICE | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | V-Dem Downgrades U.S. from Liberal Democracy to Electoral Democracy in Historic Report
3 src V-Dem Institute |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | ICE-Detained Journalist Estefany Rodriguez Granted $10K Bond After 12 Days in Custody
3 src ICE |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-20 | Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Faces Legal Complaint After FBI Raided Washington Post Reporter's Home Without Disclosing Press Protections
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Hannah Natanson · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-13 | ACLU Files Amended Tincher v. Noem Complaint with 80+ Declarations of ICE First Amendment Retaliation
2 src American Civil Liberties Union · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Arrests Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Over Church Protest Coverage
3 src Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-29 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Nine Cities Church Protesters Under 18 U.S.C. § 241 and FACE Act; Superseding Indictment Expands to 39 Defendants
8 src Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-18 | Anti-ICE Protesters Disrupt St. Paul Church Service, Triggering Federal Crackdown on Journalists
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-14 | FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter's Home, Seizes Devices in Unprecedented Press Freedom Violation
3 src 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
6 src Freedom of the Press Foundation · Federal Law Enforcement · ICE · Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-21 | CBS News Editor Bari Weiss Pulls 60 Minutes CECOT Prison Abuse Segment Hours Before Broadcast
5 src Bari Weiss · CBS News · 60 Minutes · Sharyn Alfonsi · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-05 | NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts
5 src NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · American Civil Liberties Union · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment
7 src New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-03 | State Department Orders H-1B Visa Denials for Content Moderation and Fact-Checking Workers
4 src State Department · Marco Rubio · Tech companies |
| reported |
| 2025-11-29 | White House Launches Official 'Media Offenders' Portal Targeting Press as Enemies
6 src Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · White House · Washington Post · +12 |
| reported |
| 2025-10-16 | Pentagon Strips Press Credentials After Hegseth Imposes Rules Labeling Journalists as Security Risks
5 src 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
3 src Donald Trump · CBS News · Paramount |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-08 | FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over News Coverage
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump · NBC |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-19 | Nexstar-Tegna $6.2 Billion Merger Creates Media Giant Reaching 80% of US Households
3 src Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-07 | Skydance-Paramount deal closes with contentious FCC regulatory conditions
4 src Paramount Global · Federal Communications Commission | | confirmed |
| 2025-07-11 | Federal court restrains LAPD use of less-lethal force against journalists
3 src U.S. District Court · LAPD · Journalists |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-04 | Congress Eliminates $1.1 Billion in NPR and PBS Funding to "Silence Accurate Reporting"
3 src Republican Congress · Donald Trump · NPR · PBS | | confirmed |
| 2025-06-09 | CPJ: Law enforcement injure multiple journalists covering Los Angeles protests
4 src Committee to Protect Journalists · LAPD · Federal Law Enforcement · National Guard | | confirmed |
| 2025-06-06 | DC Circuit Rules 2-1 That Trump Can Bar AP from White House Events
5 src Associated Press · White House · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-25 | AG Bondi Rescinds Biden-Era Policy Protecting Journalists from DOJ Subpoenas and Search Warrants
5 src Pam Bondi · DOJ · Trump Administration · Merrick Garland |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-15 | Press Freedom Tracker: White House wrests control of press pool structure
3 src White House · White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) · Associated Press · Trump Administration | | confirmed |
| 2025-04-15 | White House restructures press pool, removes permanent wire position
3 src White House · White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) | | confirmed |
| 2025-04-08 | Judge orders restoration of AP access to White House events
3 src U.S. District Court · Associated Press · White House · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-26 | White House Seizes Control of Press Pool, Removes Reuters and Bloomberg Alongside AP
5 src White House · Associated Press · Reuters · Bloomberg News · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-11 | Associated Press barred from White House events; later restored by court
4 src Associated Press · White House |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-23 | DOJ Expands Surveillance of Journalists Covering Administration
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Journalists |
| confirmed |
| 2020-12-23 | DOJ Secret Court Order Targets Washington Post Journalists Days Before Barr's Resignation
3 src William Barr · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Courts |
| confirmed |
| 2019-05-23 | Julian Assange Charged Under Espionage Act - Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom
3 src Julian Assange · WikiLeaks · Department of Justice · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2018-11-15 | Mexican Journalists Targeted with Pegasus Days After Colleague's Assassination
2 src Citizen Lab · NSO Group |
| confirmed |
| 2017-06-19 | Citizen Lab Exposes Mexican Government Targeting of Journalists and Activists with Pegasus
3 src Citizen Lab · NSO Group · Mexican Government |
| confirmed |
| 2017-06-03 | Reality Winner Arrested for Leaking Russian Election Interference Report
3 src National Security Agency · The Intercept · Department of Justice · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2017-04-15 | DOJ Begins Surveillance of Washington Post Journalists Reporting on Russia Investigation
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-21 | Obama Prosecutes 8 Whistleblowers Under Espionage Act, More Than All Presidents
3 src 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
3 src James Risen · Central Intelligence Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2011-02-06 | Anonymous hacks HBGary Federal, exposing Team Themis: proposed disinformation and harassment campaign against WikiLeaks supporters and journalist Glenn Greenwald on behalf of Bank of America
7 src Greg Hoglund · Glenn Greenwald · Anonymous · Palantir Technologies · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2010-04-08 | Thomas Drake Indicted Under Espionage Act for NSA Whistleblowing
3 src Thomas Drake · National Security Agency · Obama Administration · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2005-12-16 | New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
5 src James Risen · New York Times · George W. Bush · National Security Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2000-06-14 | Media Magnate Gusinsky Arrested, Marking Putin's Media Crackdown
3 src Vladimir Gusinsky · Vladimir Putin | | confirmed |
| 1977-10-20 | Carl Bernstein Exposes CIA Media Network in Rolling Stone: 400+ Journalists Secretly Served Intelligence Agency
3 src CIA · William Colby · George H.W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 1975-07-16 | Pike Committee Investigation: House Intelligence Findings Suppressed After CIA and White House Obstruction
3 src CIA · Gerald Ford · Henry Kissinger · CBS |
| confirmed |
| 1974-12-22 | Hersh NYT Expose of CIA Domestic Surveillance Triggers Church, Pike, Rockefeller Investigations
3 src Seymour Hersh · 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
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · New York Times · Washington Post · Daniel Ellsberg · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1971-06-13 | Pentagon Papers Published Revealing Systematic Government Deception About Vietnam War
6 src Daniel Ellsberg · New York Times · Washington Post · Richard Nixon · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1971-03-24 | Citizens' Commission Distributes COINTELPRO Files to Press, NBC Reports FBI Surveillance Operations
3 src Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI · NBC News · Washington Post |
| confirmed |
| 1969-05-09 | Kissinger Initiates Wiretapping of 17 Journalists and NSC Staff After Hersh Cambodia Leak
3 src Richard Nixon · Henry Kissinger · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 1966-07-04 | Freedom of Information Act Signed After Decade of Executive Branch Opposition
3 src Lyndon B. Johnson | | confirmed |
| 1892-06-25 | Ida B. Wells Publishes "Southern Horrors" Documenting Lynching as Collective Punishment System | | |
| 1837-11-07 | Abolitionist Editor Elijah Lovejoy Murdered by Pro-Slavery Mob; No Prosecutions Follow
4 src John Quincy Adams · John Brown · Abraham Lincoln | | confirmed |