Lawyers say threats to press freedom are growing—as are costs to defend reporters.

Several New York Times journalists received subpoenas seeking their testimony before a grand jury.

The Pentagon vowed to appeal the order, saying it threatens security "at a time when protecting our military's secrets is more critical than ever."

A judge has blocked an aspect of the Pentagon's restrictive new press policy while noting it likely violates the First Amendment.

The judge found the provision that journalists obtain an escort and make an appointment for every interview not only harmed public reporting, but was also retaliation for the New York Times' lawsuit.

The Times is challenging a new requirement that reporters covering the military complex have an official escort, part of a broader legal challenge to the Pentagon’s press restrictions.

The edict that journalists be accompanied at all times while on Pentagon grounds was introduced in March after a judge struck down an earlier set of restrictions.

The edict that journalists be accompanied at all times while on Pentagon grounds was introduced in March after a judge struck down an earlier set of restrictions.

A federal judge gutted a set of rules that were adopted after the court declared an earlier press policy unconstitutional, in a case brought by The New York Times.

A federal judge has ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters. U.S.

Senior U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman also admonished the Trump administration, saying suppressing political speech is the “mark of an autocracy, not a democracy.”

How attorney Paula Knudsen Burke and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Local Legal Initiative defend the First Amendment.

Judge Paul Friedman hears a motion to compel compliance with his order to restore press access to the Pentagon.

A federal judge struck down part of Trump’s order cutting NPR and PBS funding, calling it viewpoint discrimination and a First Amendment violation.

The order is unlikely to restart funding for public media after the Corporation of Public Broadcasting was defunded by Congress last year.

Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the president’s move to cease all federal funding for the news outlets amounted to “viewpoint discrimination and retaliation.”

A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.U.S.

A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.

The Pentagon issued a revised policy for credentialing media after a judge struck down the Defense Department’s previous rules that determined access to its headquarters. But a spokesperson for The Ne...

The Times asked a judge to compel Pete Hegseth's team to remove press access restrictions.

Jessica Lee of Loeb & Loeb, Jay Edelson of Edelson PC, and Ted Boutrous of Gibson Dunn are among this year's honorees.

A federal judge struck down the Pentagon’s attempt to gatekeep press access, delivering a major legal blow to Pete Hegseth’s efforts to create a safe space.

A federal judge struck down the Pentagon’s attempt to gatekeep press access, delivering a major legal blow to the Pete Hegseth’s efforts to create a safe space.

A federal judge on Friday voided various parts of a restrictive press policy rolled out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year, ruling that they trampled on the constitutional rights of reporters...

The New York Times won a lawsuit arguing that Secretary Pete Hegseth’s policies violated the Constitution.

A judge ruled that the Navy’s long-standing policy to withhold records from its criminal trials violated the First Amendment.

We are witnessing a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on the press and a clear threat to first amendment freedoms

We are witnessing a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s attacks on the press and a clear threat to first amendment freedoms

The lawsuit, set to be filed in federal court in Washington, DC, names the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, as defendants.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s requirement that journalists pledge not to solicit any unauthorized information violates the First and Fifth amendments, the newspaper alleges, calling it “an attempt ...

NPR was in court for a pivotal hearing arguing that the Trump administration had broken the law with its treatment of public media.