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Celebrate the truth. Don’t weaken Texas anti-SLAPP law

SLAPPs•Article

Speaking the truth shouldn’t subject you to drummed-up lawsuits, endless legal proceedings, and potentially bankrupting legal fees, journalist Charles Ornstein told us

Published March 13, 2025 Caitlin Vogus

Freelance photojournalist Matthew Kaplan, at center left in green, was arrested while covering an anti-deportation protest in Gary, Indiana, on Jan. 18, 2025.

Prosecution of Indiana journalist furthers national anti-press climate

Arrests/Prosecutions•Article

Journalists must be allowed to cover protests and their aftermath

Published March 10, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation

President Donald Trump speaks before Tulsi Gabbard is sworn in as the Director of National Intelligence Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington

Don’t break Texas anti-SLAPP law

SLAPPs•Newsletter

Plus: Will Democrats make it so expensive to run a social media platform that only those loyal to Trump can stay in business?

Published March 7, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation

Three officers stand in a stairwell, wearing vests and balaclavas. The words “POLICE ICE” appear on the vest of one officer with his back toward the camera.

‘Fox & Friends’ no friends to free press

Leaks•Article

Recent comments by ‘Fox & Friends’ co-hosts that police should ‘go after’ a journalist for reporting the news are as shortsighted as they are wrong

Published March 6, 2025 Caitlin Vogus

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 talks to reporters aboard Air Force One in January.

Press pool takeover drowns First Amendment

Trump•Newsletter

Plus: Why Senate must not confirm Ed Martin

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

Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Edward Martin, pictured in 2023 - close up.

Senate must reject Ed Martin’s bid to be top DC prosecutor

Trump•News Release

Martin has already shown he’ll abuse the office to target free speech

Published Feb. 27, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation

The Crossroads monument in Clarksdale, Mississippi

Judge issues inexcuseable censorship order

Prior Restraint•Newsletter

Plus: Trump hides migrant detention away at Gitmo

Published Feb. 21, 2025 Freedom of the Press Foundation