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Karoline Leavitt targets media as White House press secretary

Incident Details

Date of Incident: February 12, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media, The Associated Press

Chilling Statement

AP reporters barred from White House events over editorial style policy

Incident Details

Updated On: April 15, 2025
Date of Incident: February 11, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Case number: 1:25-cv-00532
Targets: The Associated Press
Case Status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

AP photojournalist’s cameras seized outside Indiana courthouse

Incident Details

Updated On: October 21, 2024
Date of Incident: October 18, 2024
Location: Delphi, Indiana
Targets: Michael Conroy (The Associated Press)

Equipment Seized →: Camera, 2

Storage device, 2
Status of Seized Equipment →: Returned in full
Search Warrant Obtained →: No

Equipment Broken →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Law enforcement

Top state legal officers warn outlets against giving ‘material support’ to Hamas

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 4, 2023
Location: Multiple
Targets: CNN, Reuters, The Associated Press, The New York Times

Chilling Statement

Senator calls on Justice Department to investigate news outlets

Incident Details

Date of Incident: November 9, 2023
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: CNN, Reuters, The Associated Press, The New York Times

Chilling Statement

Apparent cyberattack hits AP news website, causes brief outage

Incident Details

Date of Incident: October 31, 2023
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The Associated Press

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Tennessee state representative introduces resolution to reprimand AP for reporting

Incident Details

Date of Incident: January 20, 2022
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Targets: The Associated Press

Chilling Statement

As many as 20 journalists investigated by secretive CBP division

Incident Details

Date of Incident: December 11, 2021
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ali Watkins (Politico), Arianna Huffington (HuffPost), Martha Mendoza (The Associated Press), Media, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal

Chilling Statement

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