# Incidents, head of government Donald Trump, outcome sustained Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news. The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct. Filters: country, continent, tactic, stage, from, to, level, actor, leader, outlet, outcome, source_kind, has_case, plus q, sort (date, date_asc, country, tactic, relevance), per_page (up to 100), page and view (table or cards), as query parameters. 8 incidents match this view. - 31 October 2025: [White House closes 'Upper Press' section of West Wing to reporters](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-white-house-restricts-access-to-upper-press-office). The White House began requiring reporters to make appointments before entering the 'Upper Press' area of the West Wing, home to the press secretary's and senior press aides' offices, citing a need to protect sensitive material after accusi… - 24 July 2025: [FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger after CBS ombudsman and anti-DEI pledges](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-fcc-approves-paramount-skydance-with-ombudsman-condition). The Federal Communications Commission approved Paramount's sale to Skydance Media after Skydance agreed to install an ombudsman to review complaints of bias at CBS News for two years and pledged to end diversity, equity and inclusion progr… - 18 July 2025: [Congress cuts $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-congress-rescinds-cpb-funding). At President Trump's request, Congress passed a rescissions package clawing back roughly $1.1 billion already appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, eliminating federal funding for NPR, PBS and their member stations. - 1 July 2025: [United States: Paramount settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview, July 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-paramount-cbs-settle-60-minutes-suit). On July 1, 2025, Paramount, the parent company of the United States broadcaster CBS News, announced that it would settle for US$16 million a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump, the president of the United States, over how the CBS program 60 M… - 25 April 2025: [United States: Department of Justice rescission of rules limiting subpoenas of journalists, April 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-doj-rescinds-media-subpoena-guidelines). On April 25, 2025, the Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi, head of the Department of Justice, the federal department that prosecutes federal crimes, rescinded rules adopted in 2021 and 2022 under her predecessor, Merrick Garl… - 22 April 2025: [60 Minutes executive producer resigns, citing lost editorial independence](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-60-minutes-producer-owens-resigns-loss-of-independence). 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens resigned, saying corporate owner Paramount had begun supervising the program's content in new ways while it faced President Trump's lawsuit over a Harris interview and pursued a sale requiring feder… - 15 April 2025: [White House ends wire services' guaranteed seat in the press pool](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-white-house-cuts-wire-service-pool-slot). The White House ended the decades-old practice of guaranteeing wire services Associated Press, Reuters and Bloomberg a daily seat in the small press pool that covers the president, making them compete instead for a single rotating print sl… - 25 February 2025: [United States: White House takes over selection of the presidential press pool, February 2025](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool). On February 25, 2025, the White House announced that it would decide which journalists join the press pool, the small rotating group of reporters who cover the president of the United States in spaces such as the Oval Office and Air Force… Download this view. CSV, JSON or Markdown. CC BY 4.0; credit "The War On News, thewaronnews.com". - CSV: https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?leader=donald-trump&outcome=sustained&view=cards&format=csv - JSON: https://thewaronnews.com/incidents.json?leader=donald-trump&outcome=sustained&view=cards - Markdown: https://thewaronnews.com/incidents.md?leader=donald-trump&outcome=sustained&view=cards - Incidents (RSS): https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/feed.xml - Incidents (Atom): https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/atom.xml - Incidents (JSON Feed): https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/feed.json - All incidents (CSV): https://thewaronnews.com/incidents.csv Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?leader=donald-trump&outcome=sustained&view=cards. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.