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Donald Trump, then president-elect, speaks to incoming Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr.

Bootlicking Brendan’s back at it

Trump•Newsletter

Plus: It’s almost World Press Freedom Day. Someone forgot to tell the world

Published May 1, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Incarcerated people watching television at a California prison.

Lessons from prison on media consolidation and censorship

Incarcerated Journalists•Newsletter

Plus: WHCA … WTF?

Published April 24, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Free journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

ICE•Newsletter

Plus: Meet the immigration judge who didn’t get fired

Published April 17, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

President Donald Trump’s helicopter flies away, with blurred images of people and an American flag in the foreground.

Whistleblower prosecution has nothing to do with national security

Leaks•Newsletter

Plus: DOJ wants to scrap the Presidential Records Act

Published April 10, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

A mobile billboard in Washington, D.C., featuring Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, part of a campaign by the advocacy group Free Press.

Brendan Carr’s localism hoax

Trump•Newsletter

Plus: NPR, PBS ruling explains why all Trump censorship is illegal

Published April 3, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

The Monitor/Valarie Gonzalez via AP, File

Tell Congress to stop newsroom raids

Search & Seizure•Newsletter

Meet the new Pentagon press policy, same as the old Pentagon press policy

Published March 27, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

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FCC chair seeks Iran-style media obedience

Trump•Newsletter

Tell Congress: Reform Section 702

Published March 20, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Daniel Ellsberg speaks to reporters in Los Angeles on April 28, 1973.

Pass the Daniel Ellsberg Act!

Espionage Act•Newsletter

Plus: Free Estefany Rodríguez from ICE

Published March 13, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit Tehran, Iran, on March 6, 2026.

Press must be transparent about wartime censorship

Prior Restraint•Newsletter

No, Florida should not have its own CIA

Published March 6, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison arrives before President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Feb. 24, 2026

Censorship is bad for business

Oligarchs•Newsletter

Plus, order restricting Natanson search didn’t go far enough

Published Feb. 27, 2026 Freedom of the Press Foundation