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Incidents in the United States, national level, 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.

14 incidents match this view.

Country: United States (14)

Continent: North America (14)

Tactic: Access bans (5) Surveillance and subpoenas (4) Funding and ownership pressure (3) Lawsuits against the press (2) Secrets and espionage laws (2) Prior restraint (2) Credential control (1) Detention and violence (1)

Outcome: Sustained (14)

Level: National (14)

Head of government: Donald Trump (8) Barack Obama (2) George W. Bush (1) George H. W. Bush (1) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1)

DateIncidentCountryTacticHead of governmentOutcome
October 31, 2025White House closes 'Upper Press' section of West Wing to reportersUnited StatesAccess bansDonald TrumpSustained
July 24, 2025FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger after CBS ombudsman and anti-DEI pledgesUnited StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpSustained (July 24, 2025)
July 18, 2025Congress cuts $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcastingUnited StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpSustained (July 18, 2025)
July 1, 2025United States: Paramount settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview, July 2025United StatesLawsuits against the pressDonald TrumpSustained (July 1, 2025)
April 25, 2025United States: Department of Justice rescission of rules limiting subpoenas of journalists, April 2025United StatesSurveillance and subpoenasDonald TrumpSustained (April 25, 2025)
April 22, 202560 Minutes executive producer resigns, citing lost editorial independenceUnited StatesFunding and ownership pressureDonald TrumpSustained (April 22, 2025)
April 15, 2025White House ends wire services' guaranteed seat in the press poolUnited StatesAccess bansDonald TrumpSustained
February 25, 2025United States: White House takes over selection of the presidential press pool, February 2025United StatesAccess bansDonald TrumpSustained (September 22, 2026)
May 20, 2013United States search warrant names Fox News reporter James Rosen a possible co-conspirator in a leak caseUnited StatesSurveillance and subpoenasBarack ObamaSustained (July 12, 2013)
May 13, 2013United States Justice Department secretly seizes two months of Associated Press phone recordsUnited StatesSurveillance and subpoenasBarack ObamaSustained (July 12, 2013)
February 10, 2003Pentagon sets ground rules for journalists embedded with United States forces in IraqUnited StatesAccess bansGeorge W. BushSustained (April 14, 2003)
January 17, 1991United States military restricts reporters to escorted press pools during the Gulf WarUnited StatesAccess bansGeorge H. W. BushSustained (February 28, 1991)
November 1955United States Senate panel subpoenas dozens of New York Times journalists over Communist tiesUnited StatesSurveillance and subpoenasDwight D. EisenhowerSustained (December 1, 1956)
December 19, 1941United States creates an Office of Censorship and a wartime code for the pressUnited StatesPrior restraintFranklin D. RooseveltSustained (September 28, 1945)
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