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Carol Hemphill, smiling and wearing a blue shirt and cross necklace, stands outside.

Hands off Texas anti-SLAPP law

SLAPPs•Article

We asked a SLAPP defendant and her lawyer to explain how proposed changes to Texas law could harm consumers and free speech

Published March 5, 2025 Caitlin Vogus

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, pictured here protesting President Donald Trump’s policies

Durbin must rethink repeal of online free speech law

Media Funding•Article

Eliminating Section 230 would harm journalism by giving the largest social media outlets a monopoly

Published Feb. 28, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation

President Donald Trump throws a hat that reads “Trump Was Right About Everything” as he talks to reporters in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 26, 2025.

How Trump’s press pool takeover harms public — including red states

Press Freedom•Article

A press pool that is handpicked by the government is by definition not a free press.

Published Feb. 27, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation

A photo of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem walking alongside a uniformed member of the military.

Trump hides migrant detention away at Gitmo

Op-ed•Article

Detaining migrants at Guantánamo Bay helps the government shut out journalists and control the public narrative.

Published Feb. 18, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau homepage as it appeared on Feb. 18.

Journalists: Post public records without paywalls

Media Funding•Article

News outlets can help preserve the public domain, and maybe even gain some subscribers

Published Feb. 18, 2025 Seth Stern

Secret U.K. spy order imperils press freedom

Encryption•Article

By demanding a back door into end-to-end encrypted iCloud data, the U.K. undermines journalist-source confidentiality

Published Feb. 13, 2025 Caitlin Vogus

James Goodale answers reporters’ questions in front of the Supreme Court during the Nixon era.

Legendary First Amendment lawyer urges press to fight Trump’s attacks

Trump•Article

Potential CBS settlement would only embolden further attacks on press freedom.

Published Feb. 12, 2025 Trevor Timm

Bryan Schott, wearing a blue checkered shirt and white glasses, sits before a brick wall and dresser with books.

Let all journalists cover Utah statehouse

Op-ed•Article

The Utah legislature is retaliating against one journalist and kicking all independent reporters out of the statehouse in the process, a new lawsuit claims

Published Feb. 6, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Members of the press gather ahead of a CBS News vice presidential debate last year.

Trump is using settlements to extract bribes. Judges can step in to stop it

Trump•Article

The judiciary shouldn’t bury its head in the sand while democracy crumbles in its courtrooms

Published Feb. 6, 2025 Seth Stern

Tim Burke’s home newsroom

A perfect setup to criminalize journalism

Biden•Article

Biden’s Tim Burke prosecution will help Trump criminalize the reporting of corporate secrets

Published Jan. 31, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation