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Journalist ejected from Capitol Hill news conference on Epstein files

Incident Details

Date of incident: September 3, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Michael Tracey (Independent)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Government event

Andrew Ferguson targets news media as FTC chair

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 15, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media Matters for America

Chilling Statement

Trump, his administration move to punish outlets during second term

Incident Details

Date of incident: August 1, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN, Media, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, National Public Radio, PBS News, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio y Televisión Martí, The New York Times, Voice of America

Chilling Statement

Brendan Carr targets news outlets as chair of the FCC

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 29, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: ABC News, CBS News, KCBS, MSNBC, National Public Radio, NBC News, NBCUniversal, PBS News

Chilling Statement

Kari Lake targets press as senior adviser for U.S. Agency for Global Media

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 22, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Alhurra, Alhurra-Iraq, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio y Televisión Martí, Sawa Iraq, Sawa Levant, Voice of America

Chilling Statement

WSJ reporter pulled from press pool in retaliation for Epstein article

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 21, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Tarini Parti (The Wall Street Journal)

Government agency or public official involved →: Federal government: White House
Type of denial →: Government event

Kristi Noem targets press, leakers as homeland security secretary

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 1, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN, Media, The Dakota Scout

Chilling Statement

Cyberattack hits journalists’ email accounts at Washington Post

Incident Details

Date of incident: June 12, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The Washington Post

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