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Wartime Pentagon goes two-plus months without media briefing

Incident Details

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

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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)

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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

Chilling Statement

Reporter hit with skateboard while covering Maine immigration protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 13, 2026
Location: Biddeford, Maine
Targets: Jon Fetherston (Maine Wire)

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

Equipment damaged →: Cellphone, 1
Actor →: Private individual

FBI Director Kash Patel targets press

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Sarah Fitzpatrick (The Atlantic), Elizabeth Williamson (The New York Times), The Atlantic, The New York Times

Chilling Statement

Andrea Lucas targets news media as equal employment opportunity chair

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The New York Times

Chilling Statement

NY Times intelligence reporter subpoenaed by DOJ for grand jury testimony

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Julian E. Barnes (The New York Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

July 10, 2026: Pending

July 15, 2026: Objected to

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

NY Times national security reporter subpoenaed by DOJ

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Eric Schmitt (The New York Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

July 10, 2026: Pending

July 15, 2026: Objected to

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

NY Times investigative reporter subpoenaed by DOJ for testimony

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Eric Lipton (The New York Times)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

July 10, 2026: Pending

July 15, 2026: Objected to

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

Photographer hit with pepper spray by Proud Boy at LA rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Christopher Almaraz (Independent)

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

Photographer struck by Proud Boy at LA rally

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: Los Angeles, California
Targets: Jonny Morales (Independent)

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

Susie Wiles intimidates leakers, press as White House chief of staff

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The New York Times

Chilling Statement

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

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 10, 2026: Pending

July 18, 2026: Objected to

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

NY Times reporters’ phone, text records secretly targeted in DOJ subpoenas

Incident Details

Updated on: July 23, 2026
Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: New York, New York
Targets: The New York Times

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

July 10, 2026: Pending

July 18, 2026: Objected to

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

Editor questioned by officials at Virginia airport; phone seized and searched

Incident Details

Updated on: August 17, 2026
Date of incident: July 10, 2026
Location: Dulles, Virginia
Case number: 1:26-mc-00016
Targets: Max Blumenthal (The Grayzone)
Case status: Ongoing
Type of case: Civil

Border point →: Washington Dulles International Airport
Target nationality →: United States
US citizenship status of target →: U.S. citizen
Denied entry? →: No
Stopped previously? →: Yes
Asked for device access? →: Yes
Asked intrusive questions about work? →: Yes

Equipment searched or seized →: Cellphone, 2

Work product, 2
Status of equipment →: Returned in full
Search warrant obtained →: No

Reporter shoved while covering Maine demonstration

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Incident Details

Updated on: September 16, 2026
Date of incident: July 7, 2026
Location: Bangor, Maine
Targets: Joe Sokol (Maine Wire)

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

Producer detained after judge closes courtroom for grand jury indictment

Incident Details

Date of incident: July 2, 2026
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Targets: Danny Monteverde (WWL-TV)

Arrest status →: Detained and released without being processed
Arresting authority →: Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office
Detention date →: July 2, 2026
Unnecessary use of force? →: Yes

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