CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a changing media landscape and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s most prominent and persistent late-night critics. firstamendmentwatch.org/stephen-colber…

President Donald Trump on Monday followed up his lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over last week’s Jeffrey Epstein story by banishing one of the newspaper’s reporters from Air Force One for an upcoming Scotland trip. firstamendmentwatch.org/banishing-a-re…

Columbia University announced disciplinary action Tuesday against students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the Ivy League school’s main library before final exams in May and an encampment during alumni weekend last year.firstamendmentwatch.org/columbia-unive…

The U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied an appeal by The AP for a hearing on its efforts to restore full access to cover presidential events, not ending its case but allowing the White House to continue its control over access to President Donald Trump.firstamendmentwatch.org/appeals-court-…

A district court judge in New York issued a preliminary injunction Friday night stopping the mass cancellation of National Endowment for the Humanities grants to members of the Authors Guild on the grounds that their First Amendment rights were violated.firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-issues-t…

More than 20 mostly Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its efforts to cut Medicaid payments to the nation’s largest abortion provider — Planned Parenthood.firstamendmentwatch.org/more-than-20-d…

Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding and ends investigations into alleged discrimination, officials said Wednesday.firstamendmentwatch.org/brown-universi…

UCLA reached a $6M settlement with 3 Jewish students and a Jewish professor whose lawsuit against the university argued it violated their civil rights by allowing pro-Palestinian protesters to block their access to classes and other areas on campus. firstamendmentwatch.org/ucla-reaches-6…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a cornerstone of American culture for three generations, announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by Congress.firstamendmentwatch.org/corporation-fo…

The Trump administration is freezing $339 million in research grants to UCLA, accusing the school of civil rights violations related to antisemitism, affirmative action and women’s sports, according to a person familiar with the matter.firstamendmentwatch.org/trump-administ…

Maine can’t enforce a voter-approved foreign election interference law that a federal appeals court said likely violates the Constitution by limiting political donations.firstamendmentwatch.org/maine-cant-enf…

The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Aug. 8, after the Department of Justice accused the school of antisemitism and other civil rights violations. firstamendmentwatch.org/trump-administ…

In her latest opinion piece, law professor Amy Gajda discusses the impact of Hulk Hogan's case on privacy and publishing rights.firstamendmentwatch.org/hulk-hogans-la…

First lady Melania Trump demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and threatened to sue if he does not.firstamendmentwatch.org/melania-trump-…

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore millions of dollars in National Science Foundation grants it has withheld from the University of California, Los Angeles, saying they were made in violation of her earlier court ruling. firstamendmentwatch.org/trump-administ…

Nine people pleaded not guilty to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of a widening elections investigation that is being criticized by Latino rights activists as being politically driven. firstamendmentwatch.org/9-people-plead…

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children, an issue of growing national concern.firstamendmentwatch.org/supreme-court-…

A state judge in Texas has appointed a receiver to take over and sell conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars assets to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes in legal judgments to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-appoints…

A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities.firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-strikes-…

In an interview, FIRE's staff attorney Zach Silver discussed the right to record police in Pennsylvania, focusing on a recent case filed on behalf of a City of Allentown resident.firstamendmentwatch.org/newsmaker-inte…