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Incidents in North America, outcome ongoing

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.

13 incidents match this view.

Country: United States (12) Guatemala (1)

Continent: North America (13)

Tactic: Access bans (6) Credential control (3) Funding and ownership pressure (3) Lawsuits against the press (3) Prior restraint (1) Official labels (1) Detention and violence (1)

Outcome: Ongoing (13)

Level: National (11) State or province (2)

Head of government: Donald Trump (10) Jeff Landry (2) Alejandro Giammattei (1)

DateIncidentCountryTacticHead of governmentOutcome
September 18, 2026United States: White House hard-pass deactivations for CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters, September 2026United StatesAccess bansDonald TrumpOngoing (September 21, 2026)
April 28, 2026Appeals court orders FCC to respond to challenge over 'news distortion' policyUnited StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpOngoing (April 28, 2026)
October 15, 2025United States: News organizations turn in their Pentagon press credentials, October 2025United StatesCredential controlDonald TrumpOngoing (April 9, 2026)
September 19, 2025United States: Department of Defense press credential rules requiring approval before release of information, September 2025United StatesCredential controlDonald TrumpOngoing (April 9, 2026)
September 16, 2025Trump files, then refiles, $15 billion defamation suit against the New York TimesUnited StatesLawsuits against the pressDonald TrumpOngoing (October 16, 2025)
July 18, 2025Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein birthday letter storyUnited StatesLawsuits against the pressDonald TrumpOngoing
March 15, 2025United States: U.S. Agency for Global Media action to shut down Voice of America operations, March 2025United StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpOngoing (March 28, 2025)
February 11, 2025United States: White House exclusion of the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One, February 2025United StatesAccess bansDonald TrumpOngoing (July 22, 2025)
January 31, 2025United States (Louisiana): Federal court order blocking enforcement of the police buffer zone law, January 2025United StatesAccess bansJeff LandryOngoing (January 31, 2025)
January 29, 2025FCC chair reopens 'news distortion' complaints against CBS and NBCUnited StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpOngoing
December 16, 2024Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer over final Iowa pollUnited StatesLawsuits against the pressDonald TrumpOngoing (July 10, 2026)
May 24, 2024United States (Louisiana): 25-foot buffer zone law around police officers, May 2024United StatesAccess bansJeff LandryOngoing (January 31, 2025)
June 14, 2023Guatemala convicts investigative journalist Jose Ruben Zamora on money-laundering chargeGuatemalaDetention and violenceAlejandro GiammatteiOngoing
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