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Trump targets news media, punishing critical coverage of his second term

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 21, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:26-cv-03287
Targets: David Sanger (The New York Times), CNN, Media, MSNBC/MS NOW, Politico, The New York Times
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Chilling Statement

Trump bans three outlets from White House access, citing ‘fake news’

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 19, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:26-cv-03287
Targets: CNN, MSNBC/MS NOW, Politico
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Markwayne Mullin targets press as secretary of homeland security

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 14, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:26-cv-13799
Targets: Media
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Chilling Statement

Nicaraguan journalist detained by ICE in Florida

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 14, 2026
Location: Orlando, Florida
Targets: Luis Galeano (Café con Voz)

Other Incident

Multiple reporters denied G20 summit credentials by Treasury Department

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 29, 2026
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Targets: Alan Rappeport (The New York Times), Matt Grossman (The Wall Street Journal), Asheville Watchdog, Bloomberg News

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Agency
Type of denial →: Press credential or media list

Reporter subpoenaed to testify at trial in lawsuit over Indiana warehouse fire

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 28, 2026
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Targets: Mike Emery (Western Wayne News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 28, 2026: Pending

Sept. 9, 2026: Objected to

Sept. 11, 2026: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

FCC Chair Brendan Carr targets news outlets

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 18, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: ABC, Media

Chilling Statement

Five California reporters held at gunpoint at Space Force base

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 17, 2026
Location: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Targets: Jarrod Zinn (KEYT-TV), Unidentified reporter 12 (Noozhawk), Unidentified reporter 13 (Noozhawk), Unidentified reporter 14 (KSBY), Unidentified reporter 15 (Santa Maria Times)

Other Incident

Photojournalist pushed by federal officers at immigration protest in LA

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 9, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Steven Berumen (Independent)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Reporter confronted by police at his home in New York

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 2, 2026
Location: Malone, New York
Targets: JB Nicholas (The Free Lance News)

Chilling Statement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth targets news outlets, leakers

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 2026
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Targets: Media, Stars and Stripes

Chilling Statement

Photographer’s camera swatted by pedestrian during live shot in LA

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 30, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Kip Ebanks (Newsmax Media)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Venezuelan journalist detained by federal immigration agents in Florida

Incident Details

Updated on: August 14, 2026
Date of incident: July 26, 2026
Location: Miami Beach, Florida
Targets: Wilmer Solano Dávila (Independent)

Other Incident

Rep. Jason Smith targets press as chair of Ways and Means Committee

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 21, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: BreakThrough News

Chilling Statement

Wartime Pentagon goes two-plus months without media briefing

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 20, 2026
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Targets: Media

Other Incident

NY Times reporters’ phone, text records sought by DOJ in secret subpoenas

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 16, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 16, 2026: Pending

July 18, 2026: Objected to

July 23, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: Google (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Intruder enters ‘Today’ show studio, shouts racial slur at anchor

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 16, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Craig Melvin (NBC News)

Other Incident

NY Times reporters’ phone records sought in secret DOJ subpoenas

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 14, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 14, 2026: Pending

July 18, 2026: Objected to

July 23, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Third-party: unidentified (telecom company)
Legal order venue →: Federal

Journalist shoved to the ground by police in Minnesota, breaking his camera

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 14, 2026
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Targets: Aaron Johnson (Independent)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Equipment damaged →: Camera, 1

Camera lens, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Todd Blanche targets press, leakers as acting attorney general

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 13, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

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