This is a WILD story. Today's IFC hearing revealed a $50 MILLION budget shortfall because of $60 MILLION DOLLARS IN OVERTIME for our overpopulated corrections system. Per hearing and article, legislators weren't told but the Governor's office was aware? nevadacurrent.com/2025/04/03/pri…

This just in from The Associated Press: "We are deeply disappointed that the administration has chosen to restrict the access of all wire services, whose fast and accurate White House coverage informs billions of people every single day, rather than reinstate The AP to the wire pool." More >>>

"The administration's actions continue to disregard the fundamental American freedom to speak without government control or retaliation," The AP says. "This is a grave disservice to the American people." Here's the full context: cnn.com/2025/04/15/med…

THREAD: We’ve reported that Veterans Affairs officials have warned that Trump’s cuts are hurting veterans. VA Secretary Doug Collins Doug Collins called our story a “false narrative,” but did not say anything was inaccurate. Here’s what our story revealed and how we engaged with the VA.

Attacks on the Press, and the Specter of 2020, in LA: Police assaults on journalists recall the violent aftermath of the George Floyd uprising. By Columbia Journalism Review's Jon Allsop: cjr.org/the_media_toda…

Are you a journalist covering LA protests? Check out our digital security guide on how to protect yourself, secure your communications and protect the information on your devices: freedom.press/digisec/blog/h…

“They didn’t seem to care that we were media.” Lexis-Olivier Ray said federal agents fired pepper balls at him and other members of the press while they were covering an immigration protest in downtown LA June 7: pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…

Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the passing of legendary whistleblower, anti-war hero, and FPF co-founder Daniel Ellsberg (Memorial). His courageous decision to leak the Pentagon Papers to the press in 1971 led to the most important Supreme Court case for press freedom in the century.

Journalists have been assaulted, hit with projectiles, tear-gassed, and forced out of public areas during the L.A. protests that began June 6. We're tracking almost 50 attacks — mostly by law enforcement. Watch West Coast reporter Briana Erickson explain.

🧵 54 years ago today, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in The New York Times Co. v. United States, and defended the First Amendment right of free press against prior restraint by the government. nytimes.com/2016/06/30/ins…

Tulsi Gabbard has reportedly fired a FOIA official who released a document in response to our request. Transparency is not a fireable offense. That's what FOIA is for — allowing the public to dictate what is shared. See how we’re fighting back. freedom.press/the-classified…

🚨 PSA: If you are an ICE or DHS employee with firsthand knowledge of unreported immigration enforcement activities you think the public should know, find a news outlet that uses @securedrop and send it as an anonymous, encrypted tip. Audio, video, documents all accepted.

It's clear to me that First Amendment protections of journalists and non-citizens "are not nearly as firm as we’d like to believe," says Australian writer Alistair Kitchen, who was deported after interrogation at LAX in June. Read and watch our interview:pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…

Journalist Alistair Kitchen was denied entry into the U.S. in June. He was put on a plane back to Australia after being detained for 12 hours at LAX and questioned about his coverage of the pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University. Watch our interview: youtube.com/watch?v=NFeNaz…

If you are a journalist — or know one — who has been attacked, seriously threatened, denied access by a public official or targeted with a legal order in the course of reporting, let us know. You can now submit tips in English or Spanish. Email: [email protected]

Today marks three years since the gruesome murder of Las Vegas Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German. Last year, county official Robert Telles was found guilty of the fatal stabbing and was sentenced to life in prison. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…

It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know. Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: propublica.org/tips/

A CA law meant to safeguard journalists at protests turns four this fall. But it was openly defied this summer. Nearly half of nationwide press freedom violations so far in 2025 have happened in that state — almost all at the hands of law enforcement. pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/californi…

“It’s not the way I wanted to come back to my country – deported like a criminal,” Mario Guevara (MGNews) told Briana Erickson. Read about journalist Mario Guevara’s deportation from Atlanta to El Salvador in this story by Ramon Antonio Vargas, based on reporting by the Tracker: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/o…

Mario Guevara (MGNews) Briana Erickson Ramon Antonio Vargas Watch the full interview with Guevara, an exclusive with U.S. Press Freedom Tracker: youtube.com/watch?v=8Hqf_l…