State Department revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk after deputy secretary urged users to send him critical posts.
News outlets from The Atlantic to Newsmax refuse Pentagon press policy requiring pre-approval to report unclassified information, as Tuesday deadline arrives.
Vanderbilt Faculty Senate votes 30-11 to condemn Trump administration compact requiring faculty silence on off-campus politics and force against protests in exchange for preferential funding.
MIT rejects Trump compact exchanging federal funding for adoption of administration priorities on gender, admissions and campus speech.
Cards Against Humanity removes game rules to avoid Trump tariffs, reclassifies as information material and donates all profits to American Library Association to fight censorship.
Hegseth investigates nearly 300 Pentagon employees for online criticism of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after shooting death, calling dissent domestic terrorism and conduct unbecoming.
Wyoming librarian fired after refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books and defending Pride Month wins $700,000 settlement from Campbell County after nearly 30 years of service.
Hawaii state library system bans words “censorship” and “banned” from Banned Books Week displays and orders removal of American Library Association materials providing facts about book banning.
Cruz uses Senate committee authority to demand Wikipedia bias documents weeks after criticizing FCC chair for pressuring ABC, comparing government media pressure to mafia shakedown.
Hegseth defends Pentagon press restrictions on Fox News as Defense Department walks back requirement for pre-approval of even unclassified information but maintains credential revocation threat for “security risks.”
Trump orders ICE, Border Patrol, and military to arrest flag burners and claims one-year imprisonment despite lacking authority to determine guilt or sentencing under Constitution.
Journalist Mario Guevara deported after 100 days detention following arrest livestreaming protest, charges dismissed, as CPJ calls it first documented deportation tied to reporting retaliation.
FBI severs ties with civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center day after Musk accused it of inciting Kirk assassination, second break after ADL split.
Newsom threatens to cut state funding to California universities that sign Trump compact requiring closure of departments hostile to conservatives, 15% cap on international students, and acceptance of administration’s gender definitions.
FBI Director Patel fires trainee who displayed Pride flag on desk, citing Trump’s Article II powers and calling it “inappropriate political signage” despite trainee’s 2022 Attorney General’s Award.
Apple removes ICEBlock app tracking ICE agent locations after Attorney General Bondi demands takedown, citing Dallas gunman who allegedly used the app while targeting agents but killed two immigrants.
Jane Fonda relaunches father’s McCarthy-era First Amendment committee with 550 celebrities after FCC chair threatened broadcasters over Kimmel’s comments on Kirk’s death, prompting temporary removal from air.
Voice of America stops all broadcasts and furloughs journalists 2 days after judge threatened contempt for defying restoration order, breaking with past shutdowns that treated news to authoritarian countries as essential.
White House offers 9 universities preferential federal funding in exchange for capping foreign enrollment at 15%, screening students for views ‘hostile’ to U.S., and sharing discipline records with immigration authorities.
Energy Department bans words ‘climate change’ and ’emissions’ from office whose mission is reducing emissions causing climate change.
Nexstar and Sinclair reverse Kimmel blackout after FCC chair threatened “news distortion” complaints if host wasn’t fired.
U.S. Park Police remove a Trump-Epstein protest statue from the National Mall one day after it appeared, offering a vague justification.
In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, Alphabet said YouTube will restore channels banned for spreading pandemic-era COVID and election misinformation, blaming the original bans on pressure from the Biden administration.
Broadcast giants Nexstar and Sinclair block Jimmy Kimmel’s return on ABC stations in a quarter of the U.S.
Returning from a weeklong suspension, Jimmy Kimmel tearfully denied intending to mock Charlie Kirk’s death, condemned political violence, called for national de-escalation, and defended free speech over censorship.
Trump creates the novel “domestic terrorist organization” label for the Antifa movement via executive order.
A West Point professor files a First Amendment class-action lawsuit, alleging a free speech crackdown followed a Trump executive order.
Sinclair will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s return on its more than 35 affiliate stations despite ABC’s decision to reinstate the show.
Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel six days after suspending him under pressure from the FCC chair and following a free speech protest led by the ACLU.
Despite his own recent leak, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth escalates his press crackdown by requiring reporters to agree to prior restraint on unclassified information.
For the third straight day, Trump threatened broadcast licenses over dishonesty following ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!
A U.S. Attorney requested a threat assessment of CA Gov Newsom’s office after it posted that a new ICE mask ban meant Secretary Noem would “have a bad day.”
EPA political appointees halted Office of Water research for a new political review two months after dismantling the agency’s main research branch.
The Trump administration canceled the USDA’s annual hunger report two and a half months after signing legislation that cut food stamps for 3 million people.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth imposes new Pentagon press restrictions, including a pledge requiring reporters to protect ‘sensitive information.’
Senator Ted Cruz likens the FCC chair’s threats against ABC to mob tactics, drawing a rebuke from President Trump.
ABC will pay the crew of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ two days after pulling the show over Kimmel’s refusal to apologize for political commentary.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr targets ‘The View’ for investigation one day after his pressure on ABC led to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
The FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner accuses her chairman of ‘weaponizing’ licensing authority to censor broadcasters, stating ‘the threat is the point’.
The day after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel, Trump threatens to pull broadcast licenses for negative coverage, saying the decision is up to his FCC chairman.
Texas A&M President Mark Welsh resigns 10 days after a viral classroom video on gender content sparked a successful ouster campaign by top state Republicans.
Trump celebrates the removal of Jimmy Kimmel’s show from ABC and urges NBC to fire hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers next.
The Education Dept. unites 40 conservative groups to create ‘patriotic’ civics curriculum despite a federal ban on such influence.
Trump plans to designate antifa a terrorist organization, contradicting his former FBI director’s testimony that it is a movement.
An Army veteran pleads not guilty to charges from Jeanine Pirro’s office for a protest held the same day as Trump’s flag burning order.
Ousted CDC Director Susan Monarez tells a Senate committee that HHS Secretary Kennedy ordered her to fire scientists and pre-approve vaccine recommendations.
House Democrats and four Republicans block Rep. Nancy Mace’s resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments following Charlie Kirk’s murder.
Disney’s ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after major station owner Nexstar Media and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr pressured the network over the host’s commentary on Charlie Kirk’s murder.
The Justice Dept. deleted a report showing right-wing violence is more prevalent just as Trump began blaming the left after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Oklahoma education chief Ryan Walters accused schools of hypocrisy for skipping his Charlie Kirk moment of silence while hosting ‘pride parades’.
