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The Trump administration isn't just investigating alleged crimes.
It’s aggressively pursuing the sources behind the stories, using the legal system as a blunt instrument to stop the flow of information.
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Update: An Iowa judge dismissed President Trump’s consumer fraud lawsuit against pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register, ruling that a faulty poll was protected speech.
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BREAKING: Journalists from @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico regained access to the White House today, after the Trump administration this morning disregarded a judge’s overnight order to restore their credentials and instead initially denied them entry.
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BREAKING: A federal judge ruled today that @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico can temporarily recover press access to the White House, days after President Trump banned them.
But the administration defied the order, denying journalists entry this morning.
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The Florida Senate ordered @SunSentinel and @OrlandoSentinel to destroy a report they obtained through a public records request.
The Senate’s Sept. 15 letter warned that refusing to shred the document could lead to “civil or criminal legal implications.” pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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"Overstayed his welcome": The Trump administration is ramping up its hostile environment for journalists, from American streets to the corridors of the White House.
Originally published in @CJR: pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/…
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BREAKING: The news outlets banned by President Donald Trump from accessing the White House — @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico — filed a federal lawsuit today demanding their credentials be immediately reinstated.
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After @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico journalists were barred from the White House on Saturday, following a Trump ban, the networks sued.
And when CNN was pulled from TV pool rotation today, networks said they’d drop pool TV coverage of Trump altogether.
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‘Overstayed his welcome’: The Trump administration is ramping up its hostile environment for journalists, from American streets to the corridors of the White House.
Read more in @CJR: cjr.org/the_media_today/over…
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Reporter Mike Emery of Indiana’s Western Wayne News was subpoenaed Aug. 28 for trial testimony in connection with his coverage of an industrial fire that displaced thousands in April 2023.
A judge struck down the request Sept. 11. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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BREAKING: Trump announced today that @CNN, @MSNOWNews and @Politico are banned from the White House, effective immediately.
While the president warned that more outlets will follow, there is no sign of steps being taken to implement his order. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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U.S.-based Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano was detained by @ICEGov while driving for a ride-hailing service in Orlando, Florida, on Sept. 14. Galeano, who fled into exile after government arrest orders, has an active asylum case in the U.S. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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A federal judge in Nashville, Tennessee, last week dismissed Spanish-language journalist Estefany Rodríguez’s petition over her two-week March detention by ICE.
She had asked the court for protection against future retaliation for her reporting.
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A federal judge on Sept. 14 barred the implementation of new Department of Homeland Security visa restrictions for foreign journalists, writing that, under the policy, ‘the possibilities for abuse are rampant’: pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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Five reporters invited to cover an event at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California were detained at the gates and held at gunpoint by security personnel on Aug. 17.
The base called it a 'breakdown in communication.' pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker retweeted
In August, the Pentagon polygraphed approximately 50 members of the military staff that supports the Joint Chiefs, amid an investigation into the sources behind news reports of the depletion of crucial munitions. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker retweeted
President Trump has attacked the press on social media nearly every day for over a decade.
Explore the Tracker dataset cataloging Trump's abuse of the press on Truth Social. That and more in this month’s newsletter from managing editor Kirstin McCudden:
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A new defense filing for 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. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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Journalists from @avlwatchdog, @Bloomberg, @nytimes and @WSJ were denied credentials to cover the G20 finance meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, this week without explanation from the Treasury Department. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-i…
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