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Does barring the AP from events open to the White House press pool violate the First Amendment? In my view, the answer is “yes.” It is black-letter law that, absent a compelling reason, the government ...

Experts and press advocates characterized the administration's efforts to crack down on leaks as an escalation that could ...

In Friday's AP v. Budowich, the D.C. Circuit stayed the preliminary injunction that required the White House to let the AP back into White House, Air Force One, and Mar-a-Lago briefings. Judge Neomi ...

Americans can now take over a dozen free, online courses hosted by Arizona State University to learn more about their First Amendment rights, thanks to a new partnership between two nonprofits. The ...

The California-based First Amendment Coalition, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Los Angeles Press Club led the letter to DHS. In addition, 27 other press freedom and First Amendment ...

The Associated Press is suing three Trump officials, claiming the White House violated the First and Fifth Amendments by limiting the global news agency’s access to presidential events. In its lawsuit ...

The New York Times is suing the Department of War over its new policy that bars journalists from entering the Pentagon for not adhering to its newsgathering terms. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House raises concerns and hopes regarding First Amendment rights. Concerns arise over Trump's lawsuits against media companies, potentially impacting press freedom ...

“Completely bonkers and unconstitutional,” not to mention “really shocking,” is how a lawyer with expertise on First Amendment press freedoms described to us an order by Judge Crystal Wise Martin in ...

Dos Pueblos High School (DPHS) has been named a recipient of the 2026 First Amendment Press Freedom Award, Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) has announced. The award recognizes schools ...