# Timeline: 2025

Recorded incidents and developments dated 2025, oldest first.

- 2025-01-01: United States (Florida): Halo Law buffer zone around first responders, January 2025 (incident 2025-florida-halo-law-takes-effect) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-florida-halo-law-takes-effect
- 2025-01-31: United States (Louisiana): Federal court order blocking enforcement of the police buffer zone law, January 2025 (incident 2025-federal-judge-blocks-louisiana-buffer-law) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-federal-judge-blocks-louisiana-buffer-law
- 2025-02-11: United States: White House exclusion of the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One, February 2025 (incident 2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-white-house-bars-ap-gulf-of-america
- 2025-02-25: United States: White House takes over selection of the presidential press pool, February 2025 (incident 2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-whca-loses-control-of-press-pool
- 2025-03-15: United States: U.S. Agency for Global Media action to shut down Voice of America operations, March 2025 (incident 2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-usagm-moves-to-shut-down-voice-of-america
- 2025-03-19: Türkiye: detention, injury and deportation of journalists covering protests, March 2025 (incident 2025-turkiye-detains-and-deports-journalists-covering-protests) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-turkiye-detains-and-deports-journalists-covering-protests
- 2025-04-25: United States: Department of Justice rescission of rules limiting subpoenas of journalists, April 2025 (incident 2025-doj-rescinds-media-subpoena-guidelines) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-doj-rescinds-media-subpoena-guidelines
- 2025-05-01: United States: Executive Order 14290 directing an end to federal funding for NPR and PBS, May 2025 (incident 2025-trump-order-ends-cpb-funding-npr-pbs) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-trump-order-ends-cpb-funding-npr-pbs
- 2025-07-01: United States: Paramount settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview, July 2025 (incident 2025-paramount-cbs-settle-60-minutes-suit) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-paramount-cbs-settle-60-minutes-suit
- 2025-09-17: United States: Federal Communications Commission chairman's remarks and the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, September 2025 (incident 2025-fcc-pressure-precedes-kimmel-suspension) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-fcc-pressure-precedes-kimmel-suspension
- 2025-09-19: United States: Department of Defense press credential rules requiring approval before release of information, September 2025 (incident 2025-pentagon-issues-new-press-credentialing-rules) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-issues-new-press-credentialing-rules
- 2025-10-15: United States: News organizations turn in their Pentagon press credentials, October 2025 (incident 2025-pentagon-press-corps-forfeits-badges) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-pentagon-press-corps-forfeits-badges
- 2025-12-15: China (Hong Kong): conviction and 20-year sentence of the media owner Jimmy Lai under the National Security Law, 2025 to 2026 (incident 2025-hong-kong-convicts-jimmy-lai-under-national-security-law) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-hong-kong-convicts-jimmy-lai-under-national-security-law

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