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Timeline: 2026

Recorded incidents and developments dated 2026, oldest first.

Years: 1971 2013 2018 2023 2024 2025 2026
Types: Access ban Arrest or detention Credential revocation Funding cut Lawsuit against the press Legislation Other Regulatory action Subpoena or seizure
Countries: Hong Kong Hungary Israel India Russia El Salvador Türkiye United States

2026

January 7, 2026
Israel maintains ban on independent foreign press access to Gaza
February 10, 2026
Indian journalist sentenced to prison over posts about Adani Group
April 2026
Bukele administration freezes El Faro shareholders' personal assets
August 4, 2026
Russia enacts law freezing exiled "foreign agent" journalists' assets
September 18, 2026
White House revokes hard passes of CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters
September 18, 2026
Trump announces CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be banned from the White House claim (announcement)
September 19, 2026
Secret Service deactivates the three outlets' hard passes; reporters denied entry claim (action)
September 19, 2026
WHCA statement on the White House's position on CNN, MS NOW and Politico claim (statement)
September 20, 2026
Other pool networks decline to fill CNN's vacated rotating pool slot claim (action)
September 21, 2026
CNN, MS NOW and Politico file suit against Trump and the White House claim (filing)
September 23, 2026
Hearing scheduled in Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump claim (hearing)