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DOJ withdraws subpoena seeking Wall Street Journal reporter’s testimony

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 4, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Unidentified reporter 10 (The Wall Street Journal)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

March 4, 2026: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

June 23, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

DOJ withdraws subpoena for testimony by Wall Street Journal reporter

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 4, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Unidentified reporter 11 (The Wall Street Journal)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

March 4, 2026: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

June 23, 2026: Dropped
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Documentarian pushed by deputy at Minnesota immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: March 1, 2026
Location: Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Targets: Adriano Kalin (Independent)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Photographer indicted after Minnesota church protest coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 27, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Junn Bollmann (Independent)

Arrest status →: Arrested and released
Arresting authority →: Homeland Security Investigations
Charges →: Conspiracy: conspiracy against right of religious freedom at place of worship

Feb. 26, 2026: Charges pending

Obstruction: injure, intimidate and interfere with exercise of right of religious freedom at place of worship

Feb. 26, 2026: Charges pending
Detention date →: February 27, 2026
Release date →: February 27, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

Equipment searched or seized →: Camera, 1

Cellphone, 1

Computer, 1
Status of equipment →: In custody
Search warrant obtained →: No

TV reporter nearly hit by car after Pennsylvania court hearing

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 18, 2026
Location: Cheswick, Pennsylvania
Targets: Gabriella DeLuca (WPXI)

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

TV photographer nearly hit by car after Pennsylvania court hearing

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 18, 2026
Location: Cheswick, Pennsylvania
Targets: David Clark (WPXI)

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

Texas high school reporters have protest pictures deleted by principal

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 12, 2026
Location: Mansfield, Texas
Targets: Lacey Hughlett (Mansfield [Texas] High School Yearbook)

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Texas high school photographers have protest pictures deleted by principal

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 12, 2026
Location: Mansfield, Texas
Targets: Soriyah Jennane (Mansfield [Texas] High School Yearbook)

Equipment damaged →: Work product, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Interior Department orders park service to cut off SFGate after critical coverage

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 10, 2026
Location: San Francisco, California
Targets: SFGate

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

Filmmaker pushed to the ground during interview attempt in Ohio

Incident Details

Updated on: July 29, 2026
Date of incident: February 9, 2026
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Case number: 2:26-cv-00908
Targets: Michael Newman (Independent)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

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

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Journalist jostled, pushed down at Minnesota immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 7, 2026
Location: Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Targets: Aaron Johnson (Independent)

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

Photojournalist struck with police baton at LA immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 4, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jackson Tammariello (Independent)

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem targets press, leakers

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 4, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Shawn Cohen (Daily Mail)

Chilling Statement

FBI questions Oregon photographer about protesters’ identities

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 4, 2026
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Targets: Robert Scherle (Independent)

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Journalist shoved while reporting on Minneapolis anti-ICE barricade

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 2, 2026
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Jorge Ventura (Daily Caller)

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

Photojournalist shoved while covering Minneapolis anti-ICE barricade

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 2, 2026
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Erik Herrera (Independent)

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

Congressman Lloyd Smucker targets press

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 2, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: LNP | LancasterOnline

Chilling Statement

Freelance reporter subpoenaed for testimony, notes in leak investigation

Incident Details

Date of incident: February 2026
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Targets: Matthew Cole (The New York Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Feb. 1, 2026: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to

subpoena for communications or work product

Feb. 1, 2026: Pending

Unknown date: Objected to
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Reporter pelted with projectiles, kettled at LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 31, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Lexis-Olivier Ray (L.A. Taco)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Los Angeles Police Department
Detention date →: January 31, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: No

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

Individuals cut KTTV camera’s cord, steal microphone during LA protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: January 31, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Unidentified photojournalist 35 (KTTV)

Equipment damaged →: Camera equipment, 1

Recording equipment, 1
Actor →: Private individual

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