Iowa Governor Sues Des Moines Register To Stop Request of ‘Confidential’ Emails

A Register reporter submitted a records request in February to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office, according to the complaint, but she claims they are protected.

College Journalists Wrestle With Transparency as Students Fear Deportation for Speaking Out

Students are being asked to remove previously published content amid what critics have described as unprecedented attacks on campus speech.

Justice Department to Resume Practice of Obtaining Reporters’ Records in Leak Inquiries

New regulations rescind a Biden administration policy that protected journalists from having their phone records secretly seized during leak investigations.

Judge Blocks Trump Push To Cut Funding to Public Schools Over Diversity Programs

The judge said there is reason to believe the department’s actions amount to a violation of teachers’ free speech rights.

Head of NAACP Disinvited From Speaking to Texas State Bar Over Suit Against Trump Administration

At issue is a lawsuit the NAACP and other civil rights and education groups filed in March against President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department.

Two Major Law Firms Urge Judges to Permanently Block Trump’s Executive Orders

A lawyer who presented arguments on behalf of one of the law firms told a judge “the entire executive order is retaliatory.”

Jury Finds The New York Times Did Not Libel Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

The jury deliberated a little over two hours before reaching its verdict. A judge and a different jury had reached the same conclusion about Palin’s defamation claims in 2022.

Harvard Sues Trump Administration To Stop the Freeze of More Than $2 Billion in Grants

The suit called the funding freeze “arbitrary and capricious,” saying it violated its First Amendment rights and the statutory provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.