#1
Reporting
Federal rescission legislation, July 2025
— ~$1.1 billion rescission of previously approved Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding (FY2026–2027).
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#2
Reporting
Corporation for Public Broadcasting — wind-down announcement
(most staff eliminated by Sept. 30, 2025), and CPB grant, interconnection, emergency-service, rural-, tribal-, and remote-station records.
#3
Reporting
Attorney General Pamela Bondi memorandum, April 25, 2025
— rescinding the prior DOJ news-media policy and authorizing subpoenas, warrants, court orders, and compelled testimony under specified approval, notice, and narrow-tailoring requirements; and the prior DOJ news-media policy it replaced.
#4
Scholarly / institutional
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
— journalists covering immigration protests and enforcement operations, 2025–2026.
#5
Background
Department of Defense press-access/credential policy, October 2025 (Sec. Hegseth)
, and credential-surrender records from major Pentagon news organizations.
#6
Scholarly / institutional
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, March 2026 decision
on the Pentagon press policy — First Amendment viewpoint discrimination and Fifth Amendment vagueness; permanent injunction; access restored.
#7
Reporting
Official White House "Media Offenders" webpage
— subsection naming Brian Tyler Cohen and David Pakman — and press-freedom statements comparing it to a government "Enemies List."
#8
Reporting
Grand-jury subpoenas, July 11, 2026 (U.S. Attorney, SDNY)
to New York Times reporters Eric Lipton, Julian E. Barnes, Tyler Pager, and Eric Schmitt; service of some at reporters' homes; the Times' motion to quash; and the underlying NYT reporting on the Qatari-provided Boeing 747-8 retrofitted for presidential use.