| 18 September 2026 | CNN, MS NOW, Politico hard passes deactivated, 2026 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Ongoing (21 September 2026) |
| 10 July 2026 | Customs officers seize Grayzone editor's phones at Virginia airport over Iran reporting | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Donald Trump | Reversed (17 July 2026) |
| 28 April 2026 | Appeals court orders FCC to respond to challenge over 'news distortion' policy | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Ongoing (28 April 2026) |
| April 2026 | El Salvador: freeze on assets of shareholders in El Faro's parent company, February to April 2026 | El Salvador (RSF 2026 rank: 143rd of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Nayib Bukele | Sustained (8 May 2026) |
| 31 October 2025 | White House closes 'Upper Press' section of West Wing to reporters | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Sustained |
| 15 October 2025 | United States: News organizations turn in their Pentagon press credentials, October 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Credential control | Donald Trump | Ongoing (9 April 2026) |
| 19 September 2025 | United States: Department of Defense press credential rules requiring approval before release of information, September 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Credential control | Donald Trump | Ongoing (9 April 2026) |
| 17 September 2025 | United States: Federal Communications Commission chairman's remarks and the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, September 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Reversed (23 September 2025) |
| 15 September 2025 | Trump files, then refiles, $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Donald Trump | Ongoing (16 October 2025) |
| 24 July 2025 | FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger after CBS ombudsman and anti-DEI pledges | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Sustained (24 July 2025) |
| 18 July 2025 | Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein birthday letter story | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Donald Trump | Ongoing |
| 18 July 2025 | Congress cuts $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Sustained (24 July 2025) |
| 1 July 2025 | United States: Paramount settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview, July 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Donald Trump | Sustained (1 July 2025) |
| 9 June 2025 | Officer shoots Australian journalist with rubber bullet during Los Angeles immigration protests | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Detention and violence | Karen Bass | Unknown |
| 1 May 2025 | United States: Executive Order 14290 directing an end to federal funding for NPR and PBS, May 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Unknown |
| 25 April 2025 | United States: Department of Justice rescission of rules limiting subpoenas of journalists, April 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Donald Trump | Sustained (25 April 2025) |
| 22 April 2025 | 60 Minutes executive producer resigns, citing lost editorial independence | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Sustained (22 April 2025) |
| 15 April 2025 | White House ends wire services' guaranteed seat in the press pool | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Sustained |
| 15 March 2025 | United States: U.S. Agency for Global Media action to shut down Voice of America operations, March 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Ongoing (28 March 2025) |
| 25 February 2025 | United States: White House takes over selection of the presidential press pool, February 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Sustained (22 September 2026) |
| 11 February 2025 | United States: White House exclusion of the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One, February 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Ongoing (22 July 2025) |
| 6 February 2025 | Border czar Tom Homan says ICE media ride-alongs may end over leaks | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Unknown |
| 31 January 2025 | United States (Louisiana): Federal court order blocking enforcement of the police buffer zone law, January 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Jeff Landry | Ongoing (31 January 2025) |
| 22 January 2025 | FCC chair reopens 'news distortion' complaints against CBS and NBC | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Donald Trump | Ongoing |
| 1 January 2025 | United States (Florida): Halo Law buffer zone around first responders, January 2025 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Ron DeSantis | Sustained (1 January 2025) |
| 16 December 2024 | Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer over final Iowa poll | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | Donald Trump | Ongoing (10 July 2026) |
| 24 May 2024 | United States (Louisiana): 25-foot buffer zone law around police officers, May 2024 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Jeff Landry | Ongoing (31 January 2025) |
| 11 August 2023 | Police raid Marion County Record newsroom and publisher's home in Kansas | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Laura Kelly | Reversed (5 August 2024) |
| 21 July 2023 | Federal court strikes down Arizona's law banning recording police within 8 feet | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Doug Ducey | Reversed (21 July 2023) |
| 14 June 2023 | Guatemala convicts investigative journalist Jose Ruben Zamora on money-laundering charge | Guatemala (RSF 2026 rank: 128th of 180) | Detention and violence | Alejandro Giammattei | Ongoing |
| 15 February 2023 | Nicaragua strips 94 political opponents, including journalists, of citizenship | Nicaragua (RSF 2026 rank: 168th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Daniel Ortega | Sustained |
| 6 November 2021 | FBI raids Project Veritas founder's home over Ashley Biden diary investigation | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Joe Biden | Unknown |
| 20 July 2021 | Court orders RCMP to stop restricting press access at Fairy Creek logging blockades | Canada (RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180) | Access bans | John Horgan | Reversed (20 July 2021) |
| 19 July 2021 | Justice Department bars seizing reporters' phone and email records | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Joe Biden | Reversed (25 April 2025) |
| 12 September 2020 | Political appointees alter CDC coronavirus guidance before public release | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | Donald Trump | Unknown |
| 23 July 2020 | Federal officers restrict press access to Portland protests; judge orders them to stop | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Reversed (23 July 2020) |
| 29 May 2020 | Minneapolis police projectile permanently blinds photojournalist Linda Tirado | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Detention and violence | Jacob Frey | Sustained (26 May 2022) |
| 29 May 2020 | Minnesota State Patrol arrests CNN crew live on air in Minneapolis | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Detention and violence | Tim Walz | Reversed (29 May 2020) |
| 23 May 2019 | United States indicts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Donald Trump | Reversed (25 June 2024) |
| 7 November 2018 | White House revokes CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's press credential after a news conference exchange with President Trump | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Credential control | Donald Trump | Reversed (19 November 2018) |
| 7 November 2018 | United States: White House suspension of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's hard pass, November 2018 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Credential control | Donald Trump | Reversed (19 November 2018) |
| September 2018 | Nicaragua: freelance correspondent detained and deported after online campaign | Nicaragua (RSF 2026 rank: 168th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Daniel Ortega | Sustained (30 September 2018) |
| 19 June 2017 | Mexico: journalist Carmen Aristegui receives Pegasus spyware through phishing texts | Mexico (RSF rank: not recorded) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Enrique Pena Nieto | Unknown (20 June 2017) |
| 17 October 2014 | United States pursues New York Times reporter James Risen's testimony for years before dropping its demand for his source | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Reversed (17 October 2014) |
| 10 October 2013 | United States: Espionage Act prosecutions of sources for leaks to the press, 2009 to 2013 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Unknown |
| 20 May 2013 | United States search warrant names Fox News reporter James Rosen a possible co-conspirator in a leak case | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Sustained (12 July 2013) |
| 13 May 2013 | United States Justice Department secretly seizes two months of Associated Press phone records | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Sustained (12 July 2013) |
| 25 January 2013 | United States prosecutes former CIA officer John Kiriakou under the Espionage Act for identifying a covert colleague to a journalist | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Upheld by a court (3 February 2015) |
| 5 July 2010 | United States charges Army analyst Chelsea Manning under the Espionage Act for leaking to WikiLeaks | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Reversed (17 January 2017) |
| 6 July 2005 | New York Times reporter Judith Miller jailed for refusing to name a confidential source in the Valerie Plame affair | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | George W. Bush | Upheld by a court (29 September 2005) |
| 10 February 2003 | Pentagon sets ground rules for journalists embedded with United States forces in Iraq | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | George W. Bush | Sustained (14 April 2003) |
| 17 January 1991 | United States military restricts reporters to escorted press pools during the Gulf War | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | George H. W. Bush | Sustained (28 February 1991) |
| 8 November 1990 | United States federal court bars CNN from broadcasting recordings of Manuel Noriega's calls with his lawyers | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | George H. W. Bush | Upheld by a court (18 November 1990) |
| 21 March 1990 | United States Supreme Court strikes down Florida law barring a reporter from discussing his own grand jury testimony | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Bob Martinez | Reversed (21 March 1990) |
| 20 December 1989 | United States: Pentagon press pool kept from the opening hours of the Panama invasion, December 1989 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | George H. W. Bush | Ongoing (6 April 1990) |
| 1985 | United States: Espionage Act conviction of Samuel Loring Morison for leaking satellite photographs to Jane's Defence Weekly, 1985 to 1988 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Ronald Reagan | Upheld by a court (1 January 1988) |
| 25 October 1983 | United States military bars journalists from the invasion of Grenada | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Ronald Reagan | Reversed (1 April 1985) |
| 1980 | Haiti's Duvalier government arrests and deports Radio Haiti-Inter staff, driving its director into exile | Haiti (RSF 2026 rank: 107th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Jean-Claude Duvalier | Reversed (1 February 1986) |
| 27 October 1975 | United States judge bars the press from reporting a murder suspect's confession before trial | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | J. James Exon | Reversed (30 June 1976) |
| 9 September 1971 | United States: Nixon White House "enemies list" naming journalists, September 1971 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Richard Nixon | Unknown |
| 16 August 1971 | Nixon White House compiles an enemies list naming journalists for official pressure | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Richard Nixon | Reversed (27 June 1973) |
| 15 June 1971 | United States government seeks an injunction to stop The New York Times publishing the Pentagon Papers | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | Richard Nixon | Reversed (30 June 1971) |
| 12 April 1971 | United States police search a student newspaper's offices for photographs of a protest | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Ronald Reagan | Upheld by a court (31 May 1978) |
| 1969 | United States Supreme Court rules reporters have no privilege to refuse grand jury subpoenas | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Richard Nixon | Upheld by a court (29 June 1972) |
| 24 September 1962 | United States: Texas judge allows televised pretrial hearing in the Billie Sol Estes case; Supreme Court later limits cameras in criminal courtrooms | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Price Daniel | Reversed (7 June 1965) |
| 1960 | United States: Montgomery, Alabama commissioner sues The New York Times for libel over a civil rights advertisement | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Lawsuits against the press | John Patterson | Reversed (9 March 1964) |
| 28 September 1959 | Cuba: Prime Minister Fidel Castro publicly criticizes Havana newspapers that questioned his government, September 1959 | Cuba (RSF rank: not recorded) | Official labels | Fidel Castro | Sustained (11 May 1960) |
| November 1955 | United States Senate panel subpoenas dozens of New York Times journalists over Communist ties | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Sustained (1 December 1956) |
| 19 September 1955 | United States: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi sheriff segregates Black reporters at the Emmett Till murder trial, September 1955 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Hugh L. White | Sustained |
| 1953 | United States: Senator Joseph McCarthy's subcommittee questions New York Post editor James Wechsler, 1953 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Unknown |
| August 1942 | United States: Justice Department investigates the Chicago Tribune under the Espionage Act over Battle of Midway coverage | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Reversed (1 August 1942) |
| 19 December 1941 | United States creates an Office of Censorship and a wartime code for the press | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Sustained (28 September 1945) |
| 3 September 1939 | Canada: War Measures Act regulations authorize review of hundreds of newspapers and ban political organizations | Canada (RSF 2026 rank: 20th of 180) | Prior restraint | William Lyon Mackenzie King | Sustained (31 December 1945) |
| 28 March 1938 | United States: Supreme Court strikes down a Georgia city's permit requirement for distributing literature, 1938 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | Eurith D. Rivers | Reversed (28 March 1938) |
| 12 July 1934 | United States: Louisiana taxes large newspapers' advertising revenue; the tax is struck down in Grosjean v. American Press Co. | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Funding and ownership pressure | Oscar K. Allen | Reversed (10 February 1936) |
| 1927 | Minnesota closes The Saturday Press in 1927; the Supreme Court strikes down the law in 1931 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Prior restraint | Theodore Christianson | Reversed (1 June 1931) |
| 8 June 1925 | United States: Supreme Court upholds Benjamin Gitlow's conviction under New York's Criminal Anarchy Law, 1925 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Alfred E. Smith | Upheld by a court (8 June 1925) |
| 26 June 1918 | United States convicts newspaper editor Jacob Frohwerk under the Espionage Act, June 1918 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Woodrow Wilson | Upheld by a court (10 March 1919) |
| July 1917 | United States postmaster bars the magazine The Masses from the mail under the Espionage Act | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Woodrow Wilson | Upheld by a court (1 November 1917) |
| 1917 | United States convicts Mother Earth editor Emma Goldman of draft conspiracy and bars her magazine from the mail | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Detention and violence | Woodrow Wilson | Upheld by a court (14 January 1918) |
| 1917 | United States Postmaster General Burleson strips the Milwaukee Leader of its mailing rate | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Shutdowns and blocking | Woodrow Wilson | Upheld by a court (7 March 1921) |
| 4 March 1909 | United States: President Theodore Roosevelt seeks criminal libel indictments against the New York World and the Indianapolis News over Panama Canal reporting | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Insult and defamation laws | Theodore Roosevelt | Reversed (3 January 1911) |
