Judge Sides With New York Times in Challenge to Policy Limiting Reporters’ Access to Pentagon

Times attorneys claim the policy is designed to silence unfavorable press coverage of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Judge Weighs New York Times Bid To Block Policy Limiting Journalists’ Access to Pentagon

The Times sued the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, claiming the credentialing policy violates the journalists’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process.

Teacher Guide: Press Briefings and Journalists’ Rights

Though politicians and journalists need one another, their interactions are by nature often adversarial. A key part of a reporter’s job is to look beyond the story public officials want to tell and to ask uncomfortable questions. But when officials believe reporters go too far, can they ban them from attending future gatherings? And what First Amendment or other rights protect reporters from such actions?

Trump Family Tries to Stop Publication of Tell-All Book by President’s Niece

Trump's family asks for restraining order against Mary Trump's tell-all book on the grounds that it violates a nondisclosure agreement she signed in 2001. Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., a lawyer for Ms. Trump, called Trump’s family’s actions a “brazen violation of the First Amendment.”