CDC fails to approve its scientists’ urgent alert to doctors on measles in pregnancy as US cases hit a 35-year high, Washington Post reports.
CNN, MS NOW, and Politico tell a judge they remain barred from Oval Office and Air Force One pools despite his orders restoring access.
FCC Chair Carr warns broadcasters that airing “fake polls” could violate FCC rules, as Trump demanded in August, after a pollster admitted fabricating data.
White House Counsel Scharf demands Politico retract stories on Chief of Staff Wiles and apologize to Trump by Thursday or face legal action.
Maryland GOP Rep. Harris declines to apologize to student reporter he threatened with prosecution, saying it’s “not very newsworthy” when liberal media badger conservatives.
Federal appeals court rules Florida’s ban on social media accounts for children under 14 is likely constitutional, vacating block on its enforcement.
Judge orders Oklahoma education board to reconsider revoking ex-teacher’s license over a banned-books QR code, citing former state schools chief Walters’ conflict of interest.
Maryland GOP Rep. Harris tries to eject student reporter and threatens prosecution for recording his post-forum press conference, after lecturing audience on the First Amendment.
Federal judge extends block on Trump’s White House ban of CNN, Politico and MS NOW, finding he likely barred them over their coverage.
Justice Department opens antitrust probe of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News and CNN for suspending White House pool coverage after Trump banned CNN.
US Ambassador to Israel Huckabee’s senior aide blocked an embassy memo criticizing Israel’s settlement approvals before Congress could see it, US officials tell The New York Times.
Trump calls anyone who says “artificial intelligence” instead of his “super intelligence” rebrand “the enemy,” just over a week after ordering agencies to use it.
Texas utility regulators sue to keep data centers’ counties secret, citing terrorism, after Attorney General Paxton’s office twice ruled the records public.
Trump says The New York Times and other outlets “should be arrested” for reporting empty upper-deck seats at his Ohio rally.
White House bars Politico from Air Force One for Trump’s Nebraska trip, flying without a print pool reporter after it finds no replacement outlet.
Federal appeals court keeps South Dakota from enforcing a law that can jail people for advertising abortion pills while a free speech suit proceeds.
White House pulls CNN from Trump’s travel pool days after a federal judge blocked its CNN ban on White House grounds.
State Department inspector general finds gutting Voice of America hurt US interests and cost taxpayers over $100 million to keep court-protected journalists on leave.
Trump’s private company files to trademark “TRUMP TV” three days after the White House launched a 24-hour channel by that name, a step that could force the government to license it.
Networks plan to restart White House TV pool Sunday without CNN, which a judge returned to the grounds but the administration barred from Air Force One, NYT reports.
Federal appeals court keeps blocking Tennessee law making it a crime to tell minors about legal out-of-state abortions, ruling it violates the First Amendment.
Appeals court lets Pentagon blacklist Anthropic for barring Claude from autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, a month after a federal judge ruled the ban unconstitutional.
White House bars CNN from Air Force One for Trump’s Knoxville trip after a judge restored its White House access.
White House blocks CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters despite a judge’s order, then readmits them after the outlets seek an emergency hearing.
Springfield, Missouri, police arrest a woman speaking against Flock cameras at a council meeting, after the mayor blocked public comment on reviewing them.
Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer beat Trump’s fraud suit over a 2024 poll, as an Iowa judge rules the First Amendment protects it.
Federal judge restores CNN, Politico and MS NOW’s White House access for 14 days, finding the ban likely skipped due process.
Trump tells UN-credentialed CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins “you should not be here covering me,” a day after CNN sued over his White House ban.
Florida administrative judge recommends dropping charges including gross immorality against Jacksonville teacher kept out of class a year over her post on Charlie Kirk’s killing.
Trump opens new South Lawn helipad but can’t be heard, as TV networks’ refusal to replace banned CNN leaves no microphone.
CNN, Politico and MS NOW sue Trump over their White House ban, as NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox refuse to film Trump in CNN’s place.
Secret Service bars CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from the White House, deactivating badges, a day after Trump banned the outlets over “FICTION and LIES.”
Cobb County, Georgia, superintendent pulls Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s 56-year-old novel “The Bluest Eye” from school libraries after reading only excerpts, with no review committee.
Trump declares CNN, MS NOW and Politico banned from the White House over “fake news,” warns others will follow, but none enforced by day’s end.
Federal judge finds ICE likely violated the First Amendment when agents tracked a Rochester man to three locations over a scathing email calling its director a Nazi.
Interior Department plans to post a dozen signs costing $84,000 outside the National Museum of American History warning visitors of Smithsonian leaders’ “anti-white animus,” The Atlantic reports.
Federal judge tosses Nashville Spanish-language reporter’s claim ICE arrested her in retaliation for covering raids, ruling on procedure and leaving the First Amendment question unanswered.
Jimmy Kimmel moves his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico off ABC and onto YouTube to shield local stations from FCC license threats.
Federal judge permanently bars West Point from making professors seek approval to publish or speak, a rule adopted a month after Trump’s “un-American” ideas order.
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, 73, the institution’s first Black leader, announces he will retire at year’s end, saying Trump’s “improper ideology” attacks played no role.
Federal judge lets Pentagon fire 3 Stars and Stripes journalists for telling CBS their reporting should be free of government influence, finding no clear First Amendment violation.
Federal appeals court refuses to rehear Philadelphia’s fight to restore President’s House panels on 9 people Washington enslaved, leaving the city only a Supreme Court petition.
Trump administration threatens to end federal artifact loans, grants and contracts to the Smithsonian “under current leadership,” escalating a year-long campaign over its slavery and diversity exhibits.
Pentagon yanks decades of classified deployment records off its secret network, days after the Washington Post reported top commanders used them to warn the Iran war is unsustainable.
Pentagon gives 3 million personnel ChatGPT and Musk’s Grok for unclassified work, days after a judge ruled it unlawfully retaliated against Anthropic for refusing surveillance and weapons uses.
Treasury Department denies credentials to New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reporters for the G20 finance meeting it hosts in North Carolina, offering no explanation.
Trump vows to report NBC’s Kristen Welker to the FCC “for rebuke or punishment” over calling his endorsement record “mixed,” after 6 of his picks lost Republican primaries this month.
Homeland Security uses a customs-import law to obtain a Minneapolis journalist’s phone records without court approval, weeks after a judge twice rejected its warrant request.
Pentagon pauses the firing of 3 Stars and Stripes journalists until September 4 after a judge asked for more time to weigh their First Amendment suit.
Federal judge rules unconstitutional the immigration provision Rubio used to deport foreign students for criticizing Israel, in a case won by Stanford’s student newspaper.