{ "title": "Incidents", "canonical_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents", "filters": {}, "sort": "date", "count": 23, "page": 1, "pages": 1, "per_page": 50, "facets": { "country": [ { "value": "US", "label": "United States", "count": 16 }, { "value": "RU", "label": "Russia", "count": 1 }, { "value": "SV", "label": "El Salvador", "count": 1 }, { "value": "IN", "label": "India", "count": 1 }, { "value": "IL", "label": "Israel", "count": 1 }, { "value": "HK", "label": "Hong Kong", "count": 1 }, { "value": "TR", "label": "Türkiye", "count": 1 }, { "value": "HU", "label": "Hungary", "count": 1 } ], "continent": [ { "value": "north-america", "label": "North America", "count": 17 }, { "value": "asia", "label": "Asia", "count": 4 }, { "value": "europe", "label": "Europe", "count": 2 } ], "tactic": [ { "value": "access_ban", "label": "Access bans", "count": 4 }, { "value": "funding_and_ownership_pressure", "label": "Funding and ownership pressure", "count": 4 }, { "value": "detention_and_violence", "label": "Detention and violence", "count": 3 }, { "value": "credential_control", "label": "Credential control", "count": 3 }, { "value": "lawsuits_against_press", "label": "Lawsuits against the press", "count": 2 }, { "value": "surveillance_and_subpoenas", "label": "Surveillance and subpoenas", "count": 2 } ], "level": [ { "value": "national", "label": "National", "count": 21 }, { "value": "state_or_province", "label": "State or province", "count": 2 } ], "outcome": [ { "value": "unknown", "label": "Unknown", "count": 23 } ], "leader": [], "era": [ { "value": "2020s", "label": "2020s", "count": 20 }, { "value": "2010s", "label": "2010s", "count": 2 }, { "value": "1970s", "label": "1970s", "count": 1 } ], "year": [ { "value": "1971", "label": "1971", "count": 1 }, { "value": "2013", "label": "2013", "count": 1 }, { "value": "2018", "label": "2018", "count": 1 }, { "value": "2023", "label": "2023", "count": 1 }, { "value": "2024", "label": "2024", "count": 1 }, { "value": "2025", "label": "2025", "count": 13 }, { "value": "2026", "label": "2026", "count": 5 } ], "has_case": [ { "value": "0", "label": "without a court case", "count": 20 }, { "value": "1", "label": "with a court case", "count": 3 } ] }, "results": [ { "slug": "2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico", "title": "White House revokes hard passes of CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters", "occurred_on": "2026-09-18", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "access_ban", "tactics": [ "access_ban" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 2, "summary": "President Trump announced on Truth Social that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be barred from the White House. The next day, Secret Service deactivated the three outlets' hard passes and turned their reporters away from the grounds.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico" }, { "slug": "2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets", "title": "Russia enacts law freezing exiled \"foreign agent\" journalists' assets", "occurred_on": "2026-08-04", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "RU", "country_name": "Russia", "continent": "europe", "jurisdiction": "RU", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": null, "tactics": [], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Russia's State Duma passed, and President Putin signed, a law allowing authorities to freeze bank accounts, block property sales and deny consular services to Russians in exile designated \"foreign agents,\" a group RSF says is overwhelmingly journalists.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets" }, { "slug": "2026-el-salvador-freezes-el-faro-shareholder-assets", "title": "Bukele administration freezes El Faro shareholders' personal assets", "occurred_on": "2026-04-01", "occurred_on_precision": "month", "country": "SV", "country_name": "El Salvador", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "SV", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "funding_and_ownership_pressure", "tactics": [ "funding_and_ownership_pressure" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "El Salvador's government froze the personal assets of individual shareholders of El Faro's parent company between February and April 2026, which CPJ said \"marks a dangerous escalation in the Bukele administration's long-standing effort to dismantle El Faro through administrative harassment.\"", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-el-salvador-freezes-el-faro-shareholder-assets" }, { "slug": "2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation", "title": "Indian journalist sentenced to prison over posts about Adani Group", "occurred_on": "2026-02-10", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "IN", "country_name": "India", "continent": "asia", "jurisdiction": "IN", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "detention_and_violence", "tactics": [ "detention_and_violence" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Investigative journalist Ravi Nair was sentenced to one year in prison over social media posts critical of the Adani Group, part of a documented pattern of arrests and legal pressure on Indian journalists.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation" }, { "slug": "2026-israel-maintains-ban-on-foreign-press-access-to-gaza", "title": "Israel maintains ban on independent foreign press access to Gaza", "occurred_on": "2026-01-07", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "IL", "country_name": "Israel", "continent": "asia", "jurisdiction": "IL", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "access_ban", "tactics": [ "access_ban" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Israel continued to bar foreign journalists from entering Gaza independently, a restriction press-freedom bodies said forced reliance on Palestinian journalists working under extreme risk; CPJ recorded a record 129 media workers killed in 2025, most by Israeli forces.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-israel-maintains-ban-on-foreign-press-access-to-gaza" }, { "slug": "2025-hong-kong-convicts-jimmy-lai-under-national-security-law", "title": "Hong Kong convicts and sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 years under security law", "occurred_on": "2025-12-15", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "HK", "country_name": "Hong Kong", "continent": "asia", "jurisdiction": "HK", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "detention_and_violence", "tactics": [ "detention_and_violence" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Hong Kong media owner Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, was convicted on national-security charges on December 15, 2025 and sentenced to 20 years in prison on February 8, 2026, in a case UN experts and press-freedom groups said was connected to his publication's coverage.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-hong-kong-convicts-jimmy-lai-under-national-security-law" }, { "slug": "2025-pentagon-press-corps-forfeits-badges", "title": "Most Pentagon press corps forfeits badges rather than sign new rules", "occurred_on": "2025-10-15", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "credential_control", "tactics": [ "credential_control" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "At least 30 news organizations, including nearly every major U.S. outlet, gave up their Pentagon press badges in mid-October 2025 rather than sign the new pre-publication pledge; only One America News accepted the rules.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-press-corps-forfeits-badges" }, { "slug": "2025-pentagon-issues-new-press-credentialing-rules", "title": "Pentagon issues press rules requiring pre-approval to publish", "occurred_on": "2025-09-21", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "credential_control", "tactics": [ "credential_control" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon issued new credentialing rules requiring reporters to pledge not to solicit or publish unclassified-but-sensitive information without pre-approval, on pain of losing their badges.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-issues-new-press-credentialing-rules" }, { "slug": "2025-fcc-pressure-precedes-kimmel-suspension", "title": "FCC chair's remarks precede ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel", "occurred_on": "2025-09-17", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "funding_and_ownership_pressure", "tactics": [ "funding_and_ownership_pressure" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "FCC Chair Brendan Carr suggested broadcasters could face regulatory consequences over Jimmy Kimmel's on-air remarks; ABC suspended Kimmel's show the same day, followed within hours by affiliate groups Nexstar and Sinclair.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-fcc-pressure-precedes-kimmel-suspension" }, { "slug": "2025-paramount-cbs-settle-60-minutes-suit", "title": "Paramount pays $16 million to settle Trump's 60 Minutes lawsuit", "occurred_on": "2025-07-01", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "lawsuits_against_press", "tactics": [ "lawsuits_against_press" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Paramount, parent of CBS News, paid $16 million to settle a lawsuit by Trump over how 60 Minutes edited a Kamala Harris interview; CBS made no admission of wrongdoing, and future presidential-candidate interviews will be released as transcripts.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-paramount-cbs-settle-60-minutes-suit" }, { "slug": "2025-trump-order-ends-cpb-funding-npr-pbs", "title": "Trump signs order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS", "occurred_on": "2025-05-01", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "funding_and_ownership_pressure", "tactics": [ "funding_and_ownership_pressure" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "President Trump signed Executive Order 14290, \"Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media,\" directing federal agencies to stop funding NPR and PBS through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; NPR and PBS said the order exceeds presidential authority.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-trump-order-ends-cpb-funding-npr-pbs" }, { "slug": "2025-doj-rescinds-media-subpoena-guidelines", "title": "DOJ rescinds Biden-era guidelines protecting journalists from subpoenas", "occurred_on": "2025-04-25", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "surveillance_and_subpoenas", "tactics": [ "surveillance_and_subpoenas" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Attorney General Pam Bondi rescinded Biden-era Justice Department guidelines that had barred prosecutors from seeking reporters' records or testimony to identify government leak sources, reinstating a discretionary balancing test.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-doj-rescinds-media-subpoena-guidelines" }, { "slug": "2025-turkiye-detains-and-deports-journalists-covering-protests", "title": "Turkish authorities detain, injure and deport journalists covering 2025 protests", "occurred_on": "2025-03-19", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "TR", "country_name": "Türkiye", "continent": "asia", "jurisdiction": "TR", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "detention_and_violence", "tactics": [ "detention_and_violence" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Turkish authorities detained at least 13 journalists, injured at least 14 in beatings or with rubber bullets, and deported at least one foreign correspondent while covering protests following the detention of Istanbul's mayor in March 2025.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-turkiye-detains-and-deports-journalists-covering-protests" }, { "slug": "2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america", "title": "USAGM moves to shut down Voice of America; staff sue, win reversal", "occurred_on": "2025-03-15", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "funding_and_ownership_pressure", "tactics": [ "funding_and_ownership_pressure" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "USAGM Senior Advisor Kari Lake moved to shut down Voice of America operations under an executive order to shrink the federal bureaucracy; VOA journalists sued, and a federal judge ordered staff reinstated pending litigation.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america" }, { "slug": "2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool", "title": "White House takes control of press pool selection from WHCA", "occurred_on": "2025-02-25", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "access_ban", "tactics": [ "access_ban" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "The White House announced it would decide which outlets rotate through the small press pool that travels with the President, ending more than a century of the press corps managing its own pool rotation through the WHCA.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool" }, { "slug": "2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america", "title": "White House bars AP from Oval Office and Air Force One over Gulf naming", "occurred_on": "2025-02-16", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "access_ban", "tactics": [ "access_ban" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 1, "summary": "The White House barred Associated Press reporters from the Oval Office and Air Force One after AP declined to adopt \"Gulf of America\" in its style guide in place of \"Gulf of Mexico.\"", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america" }, { "slug": "2025-federal-judge-blocks-louisiana-buffer-law", "title": "Federal judge blocks enforcement of Louisiana's police buffer-zone law", "occurred_on": "2025-01-31", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US-LA", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "lawsuits_against_press", "tactics": [ "lawsuits_against_press" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "A federal judge blocked enforcement of Louisiana's 25-foot police buffer-zone law, ruling that the law \"has a chilling effect on Plaintiffs' First Amendment rights.\"", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-federal-judge-blocks-louisiana-buffer-law" }, { "slug": "2025-florida-halo-law-takes-effect", "title": "Florida's \"Halo Law\" buffer zone around first responders takes effect", "occurred_on": "2025-01-01", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US-FL", "level": "state_or_province", "tactic_primary": null, "tactics": [], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Florida's \"Halo Law,\" signed by Governor Ron DeSantis, took effect January 1, 2025, creating a buffer zone around first responders similar to Louisiana's law and drawing the same First Amendment concerns for journalists filming police.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-florida-halo-law-takes-effect" }, { "slug": "2024-louisiana-enacts-police-buffer-zone-law", "title": "Louisiana enacts 25-foot buffer zone law limiting filming of police", "occurred_on": "2024-05-28", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US-LA", "level": "state_or_province", "tactic_primary": null, "tactics": [], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Louisiana enacted a law creating a 25-foot buffer zone that anyone, including journalists, must keep from active law-enforcement activity, which press advocates said would limit filming of police conduct.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-louisiana-enacts-police-buffer-zone-law" }, { "slug": "2023-hungary-sovereignty-protection-act", "title": "Hungary enacts National Sovereignty Protection Act, December 2023", "occurred_on": "2023-12-20", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "HU", "country_name": "Hungary", "continent": "europe", "jurisdiction": "HU", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": null, "tactics": [], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2020s", "granularity": "granular", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "Hungary's National Assembly enacted a \"sovereignty protection\" law creating a state office empowered to investigate organizations, including independent media, it deemed to threaten national sovereignty; RSF and ten Hungarian outlets warned it could cripple independent newsrooms.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-hungary-sovereignty-protection-act" }, { "slug": "2018-white-house-revokes-acosta-press-pass", "title": "White House revokes CNN's Jim Acosta press pass after Trump exchange", "occurred_on": "2018-11-07", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "credential_control", "tactics": [ "credential_control" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2010s", "granularity": "anchor", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 2, "summary": "After a contentious exchange at a post-election press conference, the White House revoked CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's hard pass; a federal judge ordered it temporarily reinstated on due-process grounds, and the White House restored it.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-white-house-revokes-acosta-press-pass" }, { "slug": "2013-obama-doj-charges-eight-under-espionage-act", "title": "Obama DOJ charges eight under the Espionage Act for leaks to press", "occurred_on": "2013-10-10", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": "surveillance_and_subpoenas", "tactics": [ "surveillance_and_subpoenas" ], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "2010s", "granularity": "anchor", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "A CPJ report found the Obama administration's Justice Department had brought Espionage Act charges against six government employees and two contractors for leaking to journalists since 2009, more than all prior administrations combined.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-obama-doj-charges-eight-under-espionage-act" }, { "slug": "1971-nixon-white-house-compiles-enemies-list", "title": "Nixon White House compiles \"enemies list\" naming journalists", "occurred_on": "1971-09-09", "occurred_on_precision": "day", "country": "US", "country_name": "United States", "continent": "north-america", "jurisdiction": "US", "level": "national", "tactic_primary": null, "tactics": [], "leader_slug": null, "leader_name": null, "issue_of_the_day": null, "outcome": "unknown", "outcome_on": null, "outcome_note": null, "era": "1970s", "granularity": "anchor", "status": "in_effect", "case_count": 0, "summary": "White House Counsel John Dean's office compiled a memorandum, later called the \"enemies list,\" naming political opponents including journalists, for potential use of federal resources such as IRS audits against them.", "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1971-nixon-white-house-compiles-enemies-list" } ], "downloads": { "csv": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?format=csv", "json": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents.json", "md": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents.md" }, "license": { "name": "CC BY 4.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" } }