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Andrew Ferguson targets news media as FTC chair

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 21, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media Matters for America

Chilling Statement

Journalist subpoenaed by reporters arrested at 2021 California protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 9, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: James Queally (Los Angeles Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

May 9, 2025: Pending

May 23, 2025: Objected to
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Town officials in Arizona remove press table from council chamber

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 30, 2025
Location: Fountain Hills, Arizona
Targets: Media

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Legislature
Type of denial →: Change in policy or practice

Kash Patel targets press, leakers as FBI director

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 28, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Pam Bondi targets journalists, leakers as U.S. attorney general

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 25, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Media

Chilling Statement

Former journalist subpoenaed to testify at ex-mayor’s criminal trial

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 24, 2025
Location: Indio, California
Targets: Barrett Newkirk (The Desert Sun)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

April 24, 2025: Pending

April 30, 2025: Objected to

May 7, 2025: Upheld

May 14, 2025: Unknown
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: State

Tulsi Gabbard targets press, leakers as national intelligence director

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 23, 2025
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: HuffPost, Media, NBC News, The Record, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

Freelance journalist barred from New York school board meeting

Incident Details

Date of incident: April 22, 2025
Location: Mastic Beach, New York
Targets: Jennifer Holloway (PRO_NYC)

Government agency or public official involved →: Local government: Public school district
Type of denial →: Government event

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