A landmark settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit challenging the unlawful targeting and questioning of five journalists about their reporting near the U.S.-Mexico border, upholding the First Amendment rights of the press.
A federal raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home has raised concerns about press freedom and digital privacy, after court documents revealed investigators were authorized to attempt to unlock her phone using her face or fingerprints.
Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act while covering a protest, in what press freedom advocates and courts have called an unprecedented effort to criminalize routine newsgathering.
The ACLU has filed a brief in support of The New York Times’ lawsuit against the Department of Defense, arguing that the new press policy is an unconstitutional attack on free expression and democratic accountability.
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to rescind media protections led to an FBI raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, which journalist Lauren Harper argued was an unnecessary action based on a sham pretext and part of the Trump administration’s war on press freedom.
Two journalists are challenging a Puerto Rican law that threatens press freedom by attempting to ban misinformation, arguing that it violates the First Amendment and could be used to silence dissent.
The Wren Collective has identified 10 significant attacks on democracy and civil rights in the US in 2025, including mass deportation, increased use of the death penalty, dismantling of civil rights enforcement, and attacks on health care, academic freedom, and press freedom.
The ACLU has released a report detailing the Trump administration’s alleged retaliation against the Associated Press for refusing to adopt the administration’s preferred terminology for the Gulf of Mexico, warning that such actions place the US “in dangerous company”.
Attorneys representing journalists, clergy, and private citizens have filed an emergency motion in federal court accusing the Trump Administration of using federal agents to suppress peaceful protests and silence the press outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center in Broadview, Illinois.
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist, is set to be deported to El Salvador after being detained by ICE for over 100 days in retaliation for his reporting on law enforcement, despite the charges being dismissed and an immigration judge granting him bond.
ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union reports that Emmy Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation…
A federal district court has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security from assaulting or retaliating against journalists, legal observers and protesters in Southern California, affirming the First Amendment rights of those documenting and protesting violent immigration raids.
Mario Alexander Guevara, an award-winning journalist and founder of MG News, has been detained by ICE for over two months for his reporting on law enforcement operations, despite an immigration judge granting him bond, and the ACLU has filed a habeas petition arguing his detention is unconstitutional and retaliatory.
The Society of Professional Journalists and a dozen other press freedom and civil liberties organizations have sent a letter to the National Guard urging them to uphold press freedoms during their current deployment to Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – The exclusion of Associated Press (AP) journalists from a White House event has intensified…