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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a comprehensive database of press freedom incidents in the United States. border and physical attacks.

Press Freedom Tracker is a comprehensive database of press freedom incidents in the United States — everything from arrests of journalists and the seizure of their equipment to interrogations at the U.S. The Press Freedom Tracker documents incidents across the country, involving national, state and local authorities.

A new defense filing for journalist Don Lemon reveals that on Jan. 20, days before his arrest for covering a church serv...
03/09/2026

A new defense filing for journalist Don Lemon reveals that on Jan. 20, days before his arrest for covering a church service protest in St. Paul, Minnesota, a DHS agent subpoenaed Verizon Wireless for his cellphone info.

Lemon faces federal prosecution in the case.

Independent journalist Don Lemon’s telecommunications were the target of an administrative subpoena issued to Verizon Wireless by the Department of …

Journalists from Bloomberg, The New York times and The Wall Street Journal were denied credentials to cover the G20 fina...
03/09/2026

Journalists from Bloomberg, The New York times and The Wall Street Journal were denied credentials to cover the G20 finance meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, this week without explanation from the Treasury Department:

Journalists for several major news outlets had their requests for credentials to cover a Group of 20 summit in Asheville, …

President Trump has attacked the press on social media nearly every day — calling it 'fake news' and 'treasonous' and in...
31/08/2026

President Trump has attacked the press on social media nearly every day — calling it 'fake news' and 'treasonous' and insulting individual journalists — for more than a decade.

Explore the Tracker dataset that catalogs every time Trump president uses Truth Social to abuse the news media and journalists. That and more in this month’s newsletter from managing editor Kirstin McCudden:

What 3,725 (and counting) of Trump’s anti-press posts look like

After JB Nicholas reported on a crash near his home in upstate New York, three police officers knocked on his door just ...
26/08/2026

After JB Nicholas reported on a crash near his home in upstate New York, three police officers knocked on his door just after midnight on Aug. 2 and warned that he could face charges if he continued contacting the family of someone involved in the crash.

After JB Nicholas reported on a pickup truck that struck and seriously injured a cyclist in Malone, New York, three …

Jim Rodenbush, the fired adviser to the Bloomington-based Indiana Daily Student newspaper, refiled a First Amendment law...
21/08/2026

Jim Rodenbush, the fired adviser to the Bloomington-based Indiana Daily Student newspaper, refiled a First Amendment lawsuit in state court against Indiana State University on Aug. 4.

Administrators at Indiana University Bloomington fired the adviser to the Indiana Daily Student on Oct. 14, 2025, and then hours …

Update: The founder-editor of The Gray Zone sued federal officials Monday after his phones were seized by Customs and Bo...
21/08/2026

Update: The founder-editor of The Gray Zone sued federal officials Monday after his phones were seized by Customs and Border Protection in July. Max Blumenthal was also questioned about his work after arriving at Dulles Airport in Virginia from a reporting trip to Iran.

Journalist Max Blumenthal was stopped, questioned and had his cellphones seized and searched by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents …

Documentary filmmaker Lev Omelchenko lost a federal lawsuit Aug. 6 against the city of Atlanta and police officers who a...
21/08/2026

Documentary filmmaker Lev Omelchenko lost a federal lawsuit Aug. 6 against the city of Atlanta and police officers who arrested him in 2021 while filming a ‘Cop City’ protest.

The judge held the officers were protected by qualified immunity.

Journalist Lev Omelchenko, arrested on Sept. 8, 2021, while filming a protest in Atlanta, has since filed a lawsuit against …

Journalist Carlitos Ricardo Parias has spent more than 300 days behind bars, the longest known time a journalist has bee...
20/08/2026

Journalist Carlitos Ricardo Parias has spent more than 300 days behind bars, the longest known time a journalist has been in U.S. custody.

In October 2025, he was shot in the arm and arrested by federal agents who boxed in his car for an immigration stop in LA.

Independent journalist Carlitos Ricardo Parias was shot in the arm and arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles, California, on …

The NewsGuild sued the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday over recent changes limiting the duration of foreign j...
19/08/2026

The NewsGuild sued the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday over recent changes limiting the duration of foreign journalists’ visas in the U.S., calling it an effort to “chill reporting.”

Upon replacing Kristi Noem as secretary of homeland security, Markwayne Mullin joined President Donald Trump in taking steps to punish …

Wilmer Solano Dávila, a Venezuelan journalist seeking asylum in the U.S., was released from immigration detention Aug. 1...
19/08/2026

Wilmer Solano Dávila, a Venezuelan journalist seeking asylum in the U.S., was released from immigration detention Aug. 14 after his arrest late July in Miami Beach, FL, during a traffic stop.

Wilmer Solano Dávila, a Venezuelan journalist, was taken into custody by Customs and Border Protection during a traffic stop in …

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