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CNN, MS NOW, Politico ask judge to extend block against Trump's White House press ban

The outlets said in their September 21 lawsuit that Trump’s bans were unlawful viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees free press rights.

An updated solidarity sign adding CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO hangs outside the Associated Press booth at the White House grounds after US President Donald Trump banned three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, in Washington, D.C., US, September 21, 2026.
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press, at Shannon Airport in Ireland, September 13, 2026.

Trump's White House press pool ban lifted by federal judge, reporters regain access to White House

CNN Senior White House Report Betsy Klein during a television report on a street corner outside the White House grounds after earlier being denied entry, on September 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.

CNN, MS NOW reporters blocked from entering White House after Trump ban on 'fake news' - report

Bari Weiss speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, US, May 3, 2022.

No. 10: Bari Weiss: The journalist who went from challenging legacy media to running it


BBC journalist leaves Russia due to 'unprecedented surveillance'

Russian authorities designated the BBC's Andrei Zakharov a 'foreign agent' in October, a decision the British broadcaster said at the time it strongly rejected and would try to overturn.

Pedestrians walk past a BBC logo at Broadcasting House in London, Britain, January 29, 2020.

Polish ruling party set to renew bid for passage of media reform bill

The bill outlines reforms that would strengthen a ban on companies from outside the European Economic Area controlling Polish broadcasters. There are concerns it will infringe upon media freedoms.

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling party Law and Justice, speaks during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Beata Szydlo at the party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland.

Journalists' group condemns Iran’s regime for hostage plot

Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad was the target of death threats and attempted kidnapping by the Islamic Republic regime.

Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist and women's rights activist, speaks on stage at the Women In The World Summit in New York, U.S, April 12, 2019

Belarusian regime condemned by human rights, free press organizations

This week, Belarusian security police searched offices and homes of lawyers and human rights activists, detaining at least 10 people in a new crackdown on opponents of President Lukashenko.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich in Minsk, Belarus November 30, 2020.

US official orders end to information gathering on journalists

The intelligence unit shared intelligence reports on journalists from the New York Times and the blog Lawfare, noting they had published leaked unclassified documents about DHS operations in Portland, the newspaper reported.

US POLICE during the Ferguson riots in 2015.

Turkey arrests prominent journalist on espionage charges

Muyesser Yildiz, the Ankara news editor for the OdaTV online news portal, was detained on Monday. She was formally arrested on Thursday following her questioning.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the re-opening of the Ottoman-era Yildiz Hamidiye mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, August 4, 2017

Cameraman who criticized PA fired from Associated Press

Eyad Hamad, a veteran Palestinian cameraman, received threats from PA security officials who told him that they would see to it that he gets fired from AP.

Palestinian cameraman Eyad Hamad, who was fired from the Associated Press after the Palestinian Authority filed a "complaint" against him.

Israel, Palestinian Authority violate rights of journalists - report

The Committee to Support Journalists documented 86 violations against Palestinian journalists in December.

Mortally wounded Palestinian journalist Yasser Murtaja, 31, is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops at the Israel-Gaza border, in the southern Gaza Strip April 6, 2018.

Corruption Warriors: Investigative journalists in the Arab world

Despite region’s systemic repression of the press, reporters step up exposure of graft

‘THE JERUSALEM Post’ printing press in action in days gone by.

Ranked 142 in press freedom, Pakistan issues 'censorship' advisory

Media regulatory body PEMRA publishes advice following TV viewers “expressing loath and disapproval.”

MAN in Pakistan reads a newspaper with news about the disqualification of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court..