| July 10, 2026 | Customs officers seize Grayzone editor's phones at Virginia airport over Iran reporting | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Donald Trump | Reversed (July 17, 2026) |
| June 9, 2025 | Officer shoots Australian journalist with rubber bullet during Los Angeles immigration protests | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Detention and violence | Karen Bass | Unknown |
| August 11, 2023 | Police raid Marion County Record newsroom and publisher's home in Kansas | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Laura Kelly | Reversed (August 5, 2024) |
| November 6, 2021 | FBI raids Project Veritas founder's home over Ashley Biden diary investigation | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Joe Biden | Unknown |
| July 19, 2021 | Justice Department bars seizing reporters' phone and email records | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Joe Biden | Reversed (April 25, 2025) |
| July 23, 2020 | Federal officers restrict press access to Portland protests; judge orders them to stop | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Access bans | Donald Trump | Reversed (July 23, 2020) |
| May 29, 2020 | Minneapolis police projectile permanently blinds photojournalist Linda Tirado | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Detention and violence | Jacob Frey | Sustained (May 26, 2022) |
| May 29, 2020 | Minnesota State Patrol arrests CNN crew live on air in Minneapolis | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Detention and violence | Tim Walz | Reversed (May 29, 2020) |
| May 23, 2019 | United States indicts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Donald Trump | Reversed (June 25, 2024) |
| September 2018 | Nicaragua: freelance correspondent detained and deported after online campaign | Nicaragua (RSF 2026 rank: 168th of 180) | Expulsion and visa denial | Daniel Ortega | Sustained (September 30, 2018) |
| June 19, 2017 | Mexico: journalist Carmen Aristegui receives Pegasus spyware through phishing texts | Mexico (RSF rank: not recorded) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Enrique Pena Nieto | Unknown (June 20, 2017) |
| October 17, 2014 | United States pursues New York Times reporter James Risen's testimony for years before dropping its demand for his source | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Reversed (October 17, 2014) |
| October 10, 2013 | United States: Espionage Act prosecutions of sources for leaks to the press, 2009 to 2013 | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Unknown |
| May 20, 2013 | United States search warrant names Fox News reporter James Rosen a possible co-conspirator in a leak case | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Sustained (July 12, 2013) |
| May 13, 2013 | United States Justice Department secretly seizes two months of Associated Press phone records | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Barack Obama | Sustained (July 12, 2013) |
| January 25, 2013 | United States prosecutes former CIA officer John Kiriakou under the Espionage Act for identifying a covert colleague to a journalist | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Upheld by a court (February 3, 2015) |
| July 5, 2010 | United States charges Army analyst Chelsea Manning under the Espionage Act for leaking to WikiLeaks | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Secrets and espionage laws | Barack Obama | Reversed (January 17, 2017) |
| July 6, 2005 | New York Times reporter Judith Miller jailed for refusing to name a confidential source in the Valerie Plame affair | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | George W. Bush | Upheld by a court (September 29, 2005) |
| 1969 | United States Supreme Court rules reporters have no privilege to refuse grand jury subpoenas | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Richard Nixon | Upheld by a court (June 29, 1972) |
| November 1955 | United States Senate panel subpoenas dozens of New York Times journalists over Communist ties | United States (RSF 2026 rank: 64th of 180) | Surveillance and subpoenas | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Sustained (December 1, 1956) |