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Attacks on the Press
Disney's ABC pulls "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off air after remarks about Charlie Kirk

Disney Sues FCC Over Challenge to Broadcast Licenses, Claiming Retaliation Over ‘Jimmy Kimmel’

ABC had accused the agency of a brazen attempt to chill its constitutionally protected free speech — and by extension, that of every media outlet in the country.

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Marion County Record office

A Kansas Town Will Pay $850K To End a Reporter’s Lawsuit Over a 2023 Raid on Her Paper’s Offices

Now-retired Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn said in her lawsuit that the raid violated press freedoms and protections from unreasonable law enforcement searches.

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FCC commissioners testify before U.S. Congress in Washington

FCC Chairman Defends Actions Against ABC, Says Broadcasters Must Operate ‘In the Public Interest’

ABC has accused the agency of retaliating against it simply because it doesn’t like the political content of ABC’s shows.

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WHCA Dinner in Washington

Trump Returns to Correspondents’ Dinner for a Rambling, Insult-Filled Speech 3 Months After Shooting

Trump’s return to the correspondents’ dinner — and his promise to come back next year as well — represented a notable moment in his relationship with the news media.

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The New York Times Building

Government Withdraws Subpoenas of 3 Reporters for the New York Times After Admitting Legal Errors

The withdrawals in U.S. District Court followed a remarkable back-and-forth between a visibly irritated Judge Arun Subramanian and government lawyers.

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U.S. President Trump delivers remarks at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls

Journalists Urge Correspondents’ Association To Stand up to Trump at Rescheduled Press Dinner

Trump has said he would be attending Friday’s rescheduled dinner, calling the plan to go ahead with the event “a sign of Strength and Fortitude.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump boards the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One after arriving on one of the older planes operating as Air Force One, to return to Washington, at RAF Mildenhall

New York Times Files Motion To Quash Subpoenas Served on Journalists Over Air Force One Coverage

The subpoenas marked a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on media leaks that free press advocates swiftly condemned as a government effort to intimidate news organizations.

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U.S. President Donald Trump returns at Joint Base Andrews

Subpoenas Issued to NY Times Reporters Seen as ‘Unprecedented’ Threat To Press Freedom

Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One.

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