# Timeline: 2026

Recorded incidents and developments dated 2026, oldest first.

- 2026-01-07: Israel: ban on independent entry of foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip, 2023 to 2026 (incident 2026-israel-maintains-ban-on-foreign-press-access-to-gaza) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-israel-maintains-ban-on-foreign-press-access-to-gaza
- 2026-02-10: India: one-year prison sentence for the journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case, February 2026 (incident 2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation
- 2026-04: El Salvador: freeze on assets of shareholders in El Faro's parent company, February to April 2026 (incident 2026-el-salvador-freezes-el-faro-shareholder-assets) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-el-salvador-freezes-el-faro-shareholder-assets
- 2026-08-04: Russia: law on asset freezes and service denials for exiled "foreign agents", August 2026 (incident 2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets
- 2026-09-18: United States: White House hard-pass deactivations for CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters, September 2026 (incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
- 2026-09-18: Trump announces CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be banned from the White House (incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
- 2026-09-19: Secret Service deactivates the three outlets' hard passes; reporters denied entry (incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
- 2026-09-19: WHCA statement on the White House's position on CNN, MS NOW and Politico (incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
- 2026-09-20: Other pool networks decline to fill CNN's vacated rotating pool slot (incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
- 2026-09-21: CNN, MS NOW and Politico file suit against Trump and the White House (incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico
- 2026-09-23: Hearing scheduled in Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump (incident 2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico) https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-white-house-bans-cnn-msnow-politico

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