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Timeline: United States

Recorded incidents in United States, oldest first.

Years: 1901 1909 1913 1914 1917 1918 1922 1925 1926 1927 1933 1934 1937 1938 1939 1941 1942 1944 1948 1950 1951 1953 1955 1959 1960 1962 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1977 1980 1981 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1995 1997 1998 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 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
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1909

4 March 1909

United States: President Theodore Roosevelt seeks criminal libel indictments against the New York World and the Indianapolis News over Panama Canal reporting

1917

1917

United States convicts Mother Earth editor Emma Goldman of draft conspiracy and bars her magazine from the mail

1917

United States Postmaster General Burleson strips the Milwaukee Leader of its mailing rate

July 1917

United States postmaster bars the magazine The Masses from the mail under the Espionage Act

1918

26 June 1918

United States convicts newspaper editor Jacob Frohwerk under the Espionage Act, June 1918

1925

8 June 1925

United States: Supreme Court upholds Benjamin Gitlow's conviction under New York's Criminal Anarchy Law, 1925

1927

1927

Minnesota closes The Saturday Press in 1927; the Supreme Court strikes down the law in 1931

1934

12 July 1934

United States: Louisiana taxes large newspapers' advertising revenue; the tax is struck down in Grosjean v. American Press Co.

1938

28 March 1938

United States: Supreme Court strikes down a Georgia city's permit requirement for distributing literature, 1938

1941

19 December 1941

United States creates an Office of Censorship and a wartime code for the press

1942

August 1942

United States: Justice Department investigates the Chicago Tribune under the Espionage Act over Battle of Midway coverage

1953

1953

United States: Senator Joseph McCarthy's subcommittee questions New York Post editor James Wechsler, 1953

1955

19 September 1955

United States: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi sheriff segregates Black reporters at the Emmett Till murder trial, September 1955

November 1955

United States Senate panel subpoenas dozens of New York Times journalists over Communist ties

1960

1960

United States: Montgomery, Alabama commissioner sues The New York Times for libel over a civil rights advertisement

1962

24 September 1962

United States: Texas judge allows televised pretrial hearing in the Billie Sol Estes case; Supreme Court later limits cameras in criminal courtrooms

1969

1969

United States Supreme Court rules reporters have no privilege to refuse grand jury subpoenas

1971

12 April 1971

United States police search a student newspaper's offices for photographs of a protest

15 June 1971

United States government seeks an injunction to stop The New York Times publishing the Pentagon Papers

16 August 1971

Nixon White House compiles an enemies list naming journalists for official pressure

9 September 1971

United States: Nixon White House "enemies list" naming journalists, September 1971

1975

27 October 1975

United States judge bars the press from reporting a murder suspect's confession before trial

1983

25 October 1983

United States military bars journalists from the invasion of Grenada

1985

1985

United States: Espionage Act conviction of Samuel Loring Morison for leaking satellite photographs to Jane's Defence Weekly, 1985 to 1988

1989

20 December 1989

United States: Pentagon press pool kept from the opening hours of the Panama invasion, December 1989

1990

21 March 1990

United States Supreme Court strikes down Florida law barring a reporter from discussing his own grand jury testimony

8 November 1990

United States federal court bars CNN from broadcasting recordings of Manuel Noriega's calls with his lawyers

1991

17 January 1991

United States military restricts reporters to escorted press pools during the Gulf War

2003

10 February 2003

Pentagon sets ground rules for journalists embedded with United States forces in Iraq

2005

6 July 2005

New York Times reporter Judith Miller jailed for refusing to name a confidential source in the Valerie Plame affair

2010

5 July 2010

United States charges Army analyst Chelsea Manning under the Espionage Act for leaking to WikiLeaks

2013

25 January 2013

United States prosecutes former CIA officer John Kiriakou under the Espionage Act for identifying a covert colleague to a journalist

13 May 2013

United States Justice Department secretly seizes two months of Associated Press phone records

20 May 2013

United States search warrant names Fox News reporter James Rosen a possible co-conspirator in a leak case

10 October 2013

United States: Espionage Act prosecutions of sources for leaks to the press, 2009 to 2013

2014

17 October 2014

United States pursues New York Times reporter James Risen's testimony for years before dropping its demand for his source

2018

7 November 2018

White House revokes CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's press credential after a news conference exchange with President Trump

7 November 2018

United States: White House suspension of CNN correspondent Jim Acosta's hard pass, November 2018

2019

23 May 2019

United States indicts WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act

2020

29 May 2020

Minneapolis police projectile permanently blinds photojournalist Linda Tirado

29 May 2020

Minnesota State Patrol arrests CNN crew live on air in Minneapolis

23 July 2020

Federal officers restrict press access to Portland protests; judge orders them to stop

12 September 2020

Political appointees alter CDC coronavirus guidance before public release

2021

19 July 2021

Justice Department bars seizing reporters' phone and email records

6 November 2021

FBI raids Project Veritas founder's home over Ashley Biden diary investigation

2023

21 July 2023

Federal court strikes down Arizona's law banning recording police within 8 feet

11 August 2023

Police raid Marion County Record newsroom and publisher's home in Kansas

2024

24 May 2024

United States (Louisiana): 25-foot buffer zone law around police officers, May 2024

16 December 2024

Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer over final Iowa poll

2025

1 January 2025

United States (Florida): Halo Law buffer zone around first responders, January 2025

22 January 2025

FCC chair reopens 'news distortion' complaints against CBS and NBC

31 January 2025

United States (Louisiana): Federal court order blocking enforcement of the police buffer zone law, January 2025

6 February 2025

Border czar Tom Homan says ICE media ride-alongs may end over leaks

11 February 2025

United States: White House exclusion of the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One, February 2025

25 February 2025

United States: White House takes over selection of the presidential press pool, February 2025

15 March 2025

United States: U.S. Agency for Global Media action to shut down Voice of America operations, March 2025

15 April 2025

White House ends wire services' guaranteed seat in the press pool

22 April 2025

60 Minutes executive producer resigns, citing lost editorial independence

25 April 2025

United States: Department of Justice rescission of rules limiting subpoenas of journalists, April 2025

1 May 2025

United States: Executive Order 14290 directing an end to federal funding for NPR and PBS, May 2025

9 June 2025

Officer shoots Australian journalist with rubber bullet during Los Angeles immigration protests

1 July 2025

United States: Paramount settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview, July 2025

18 July 2025

Trump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein birthday letter story

18 July 2025

Congress cuts $1.1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting

24 July 2025

FCC approves Paramount-Skydance merger after CBS ombudsman and anti-DEI pledges

15 September 2025

Trump files, then refiles, $15 billion defamation suit against the New York Times

17 September 2025

United States: Federal Communications Commission chairman's remarks and the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, September 2025

19 September 2025

United States: Department of Defense press credential rules requiring approval before release of information, September 2025

15 October 2025

United States: News organizations turn in their Pentagon press credentials, October 2025

31 October 2025

White House closes 'Upper Press' section of West Wing to reporters

2026

28 April 2026

Appeals court orders FCC to respond to challenge over 'news distortion' policy

10 July 2026

Customs officers seize Grayzone editor's phones at Virginia airport over Iran reporting

18 September 2026

CNN, MS NOW, Politico hard passes deactivated, 2026

18 September 2026

Trump announces CNN, MS NOW and Politico will be banned from the White House ^claim (announcement)

19 September 2026

Secret Service deactivates the three outlets' hard passes; reporters denied entry ^claim (action)

19 September 2026

WHCA statement on the White House's position on CNN, MS NOW and Politico ^claim (statement)

20 September 2026

Other pool networks decline to fill CNN's vacated rotating pool slot ^claim (action)

21 September 2026

CNN, MS NOW and Politico file suit against Trump and the White House ^claim (filing)

22 September 2026

Trump administration files opposition to the outlets' motion for a temporary restraining order ^claim (filing)

23 September 2026

Hearing scheduled in Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump ^claim (hearing)

24 September 2026

Access restored after the order; CNN and MS NOW reporters denied entry to the state dinner arrival for Xi Jinping ^claim (action)

24 September 2026

Outlets tell the court the White House has repeatedly violated the order; reporters regain entry around noon ^claim (filing)

24 September 2026

Judge Timothy Kelly grants a temporary restraining order; White House told to reinstate the three outlets' hard passes ^claim (ruling)

25 September 2026

Network television pool resumes with CNN taking part ^claim (action)

25 September 2026

White House guidance replaces CNN with Real America's Voice News on Air Force One for the September 26 trip to Tennessee ^claim (action)

26 September 2026

No television pool travels on Air Force One to Tennessee after CNN is left off; the other pool networks decline to take its place ^claim (action)

27 September 2026

Network television camera crew films the president's public events again, a day after no TV pool traveled ^claim (action)

27 September 2026

Attorney General Todd Blanche says press access to the White House and Air Force One is a privilege ^claim (statement)

28 September 2026

CNN, MS NOW, Politico and three reporters file a motion for a preliminary injunction ^claim (filing)

29 September 2026

TIME reports that the network television pool is resuming its coverage of the president ^claim (action)

30 September 2026

White House removes CNN from the press pool for the October 1 Texas and Oklahoma trip ^claim (action)

30 September 2026

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 77 media organizations move to file an amicus brief ^claim (filing)

1 October 2026

Court sets the hearing on the preliminary injunction motion for October 8, 2026 ^claim (hearing)

1 October 2026

Judge grants the Society for the Rule of Law and Democracy leave to file an amicus brief ^claim (ruling)

2 October 2026

Defendants file opposition to the preliminary injunction motion ^claim (filing)

2 October 2026

NAACP moves to file an amicus brief supporting the preliminary injunction motion ^claim (filing)

2 October 2026

Judge grants Reporters Committee and 77 media organizations leave to file an amicus brief ^claim (ruling)

5 October 2026

White House does not allow Politico on Air Force One for its print pool turn ^claim (action)

5 October 2026

Plaintiffs file reply in support of the preliminary injunction motion ^claim (filing)

8 October 2026

Court hears preliminary injunction motion and extends temporary restraining order to 2026-10-13 ^claim (hearing)

10 October 2026

Justice Department says it is investigating whether the White House television pool's halt of coverage violated antitrust law ^claim (statement)

13 October 2026

Judge Timothy Kelly grants a preliminary injunction barring the administration from banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House complex while the lawsuit proceeds ^claim (ruling)

14 October 2026

Defendants file a notice of interlocutory appeal to the D.C. Circuit from the preliminary injunction order and opinion ^claim (filing)

19 October 2026

CNN's outside counsel sends the Justice Department a demand letter over CNN's exclusion from Air Force One and pool duties ^claim (statement)

24 October 2026

Trump says in a social media post he may move the White House press corps to a different location ^claim (statement)

28 October 2026

CNN, MS NOW and Politico file an amended complaint seeking access to the Oval Office and Air Force One ^claim (filing)

4 November 2026

Plaintiffs file a further motion for a preliminary injunction and request an expedited hearing ^claim (filing)

5 November 2026

Court sets briefing deadlines and a December 2, 2026 hearing on the further preliminary injunction motion ^claim (hearing)

6 November 2026

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press moves to file an amicus brief on the further preliminary injunction motion ^claim (filing)