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Original analyses on press freedom trends and monthly incident roundups written by U.S. Press Freedom Tracker staff with features on First Amendment issues published by our partner organizations.

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Press ‘brutalized’ covering LA protests

The majority of press freedom aggressions documented so far in 2026 have occurred in California and Minnesota, both of which saw protests around federal immigration operations.

Published

April 30, 2026

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Media in the courthouse

Published

April 13, 2026

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
‘No Kings,’ and curbing government restrictions on the press

Published

March 31, 2026

Written by

Kirstin McCudden

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Press ‘brutalized’ covering LA protests

The majority of press freedom aggressions documented so far in 2026 have occurred in California and Minnesota, both of which saw protests around federal immigration operations.

Published

April 30, 2026

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Media in the courthouse

Published

April 13, 2026

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Trump, allies pursue multipronged campaign against the press

Published

April 2, 2026

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
‘No Kings,’ and curbing government restrictions on the press

Published

March 31, 2026

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Record number of violations mar first two months of year

Published

February 26, 2026

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
A troubling picture of press freedom pressures to start 2026

Published

January 29, 2026

Written by

Kirstin McCudden
Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025

More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped

Published

December 15, 2025

Written by

Stephanie Sugars
Journalists arrested in the U.S. 2017-present

December 15, 2025

Arrests and detainments of journalists in the U.S. year-over-year overview, 2017-forward