# The War On News
> A dated record of government actions that limit reporting. US-first, with global context.
> Every page exists as HTML, .md and .json. Every fact is a claim with a verbatim quote, source URL, method and verification date. CC BY 4.0.
> Editor and publisher: Peter Benes, Prince Edward County, Ontario. AI agents research, draft and check the site under his editorial control (see /methodology).
## Record
- [Incidents](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents.md)
- [Timeline](https://thewaronnews.com/timeline.md)
- [Cases](https://thewaronnews.com/cases.md)
- [News Desk](https://thewaronnews.com/news.md)
- [White House revokes hard passes of CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico.md): 2026-09-18, access_ban
- [Russia enacts law freezing exiled "foreign agent" journalists' assets](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets.md): 2026-08-04, legislation
- [Bukele administration freezes El Faro shareholders' personal assets](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-el-salvador-freezes-el-faro-shareholder-assets.md): 2026-04-01, funding_cut
- [Indian journalist sentenced to prison over posts about Adani Group](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation.md): 2026-02-10, arrest_or_detention
- [Israel maintains ban on independent foreign press access to Gaza](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-israel-maintains-ban-on-foreign-press-access-to-gaza.md): 2026-01-07, access_ban
- [Hong Kong convicts and sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 years under security law](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-hong-kong-convicts-jimmy-lai-under-national-security-law.md): 2025-12-15, arrest_or_detention
- [Most Pentagon press corps forfeits badges rather than sign new rules](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-press-corps-forfeits-badges.md): 2025-10-15, credential_revocation
- [Pentagon issues press rules requiring pre-approval to publish](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-issues-new-press-credentialing-rules.md): 2025-09-21, credential_revocation
- [FCC chair's remarks precede ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-fcc-pressure-precedes-kimmel-suspension.md): 2025-09-17, regulatory_pressure
- [Paramount pays $16 million to settle Trump's 60 Minutes lawsuit](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-paramount-cbs-settle-60-minutes-suit.md): 2025-07-01, lawsuit_against_press
- [Trump signs order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-trump-order-ends-cpb-funding-npr-pbs.md): 2025-05-01, funding_cut
- [DOJ rescinds Biden-era guidelines protecting journalists from subpoenas](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-doj-rescinds-media-subpoena-guidelines.md): 2025-04-25, subpoena_or_seizure
- [Turkish authorities detain, injure and deport journalists covering 2025 protests](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-turkiye-detains-and-deports-journalists-covering-protests.md): 2025-03-19, arrest_or_detention
- [USAGM moves to shut down Voice of America; staff sue, win reversal](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america.md): 2025-03-15, funding_cut
- [White House takes control of press pool selection from WHCA](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool.md): 2025-02-25, access_ban
- [White House bars AP from Oval Office and Air Force One over Gulf naming](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america.md): 2025-02-16, access_ban
- [Federal judge blocks enforcement of Louisiana's police buffer-zone law](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-federal-judge-blocks-louisiana-buffer-law.md): 2025-01-31, lawsuit_against_press
- [Florida's "Halo Law" buffer zone around first responders takes effect](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-florida-halo-law-takes-effect.md): 2025-01-01, legislation
- [Louisiana enacts 25-foot buffer zone law limiting filming of police](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-louisiana-enacts-police-buffer-zone-law.md): 2024-05-28, legislation
- [Hungary enacts National Sovereignty Protection Act, December 2023](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-hungary-sovereignty-protection-act.md): 2023-12-20, legislation
- [White House revokes CNN's Jim Acosta press pass after Trump exchange](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2018-white-house-revokes-acosta-press-pass.md): 2018-11-07, credential_revocation
- [Obama DOJ charges eight under the Espionage Act for leaks to press](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2013-obama-doj-charges-eight-under-espionage-act.md): 2013-10-10, subpoena_or_seizure
- [Nixon White House compiles "enemies list" naming journalists](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1971-nixon-white-house-compiles-enemies-list.md): 1971-09-09, other
- [Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/cases/cnn-msnow-politico-v-trump-2026.md): 2026-09-21, case, pending
- [Associated Press v. Budowich](https://thewaronnews.com/cases/ap-v-budowich-2025.md): 2025-02-21, case, on_appeal
- [Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump](https://thewaronnews.com/cases/cnn-v-trump-2018.md): 2018-11-13, case, dismissed
- [Sherrill v. Knight](https://thewaronnews.com/cases/sherrill-v-knight-1977.md): 1977-12-15, case, decided
## Data and tools
- [Dataset](https://thewaronnews.com/data.md): CSV, JSON, Frictionless datapackage.json
- [MCP server](https://thewaronnews.com/mcp.md): Streamable HTTP at /mcp
## Policies
- [Methodology](https://thewaronnews.com/methodology.md), [Editorial policy](https://thewaronnews.com/editorial-policy.md), [Corrections](https://thewaronnews.com/corrections.md)