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DOJ Subpoenas New York Times Reporters Over Air Force One Security Reporting

The Justice Department says it is pursuing a leak investigation that could test legal protections for anonymous sources.

Justice Department Subpoenas New York Times Reporters as Questions Grow Over Qatar‑Donated Air Force One

DOJ Withdraws Grand‑Jury Subpoenas for Washington Post and Wall Street Journal Reporters

São Paulo Judge Orders Journalist to Serve Open‑Regime Jail Term Over Unpaid Defamation Fine

Ronson Chan Sent to Jail After High Court Rejects Appeal

STF Overturns Court Order That Forced Rede Gazeta to Remove Posts

Turkish Court Orders Release of Deutsche Welle Reporter Pending Trial

Court of Appeal Orders Journalist to Pay €142,500 to Canal+

New York Times Sues Pentagon Again Over Reporter Escort Rule

New York Times Sues Pentagon to Overturn Reporter Escort Rule

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Is Acquitted in Kuwait and Departs the Country

Far-Right Magazine Frontières Editor Erik Tegnér on Trial Over Publishing Lawyers’ Personal Data

Don Lemon Says DOJ Targeted Him, Details Arrest on The View

VOA Journalists Sue Kari Lake, Alleging Pro‑Trump Propaganda at U.S.-Funded Broadcaster

Nashville Immigration Reporter Freed on $10,000 Bond After Two Weeks in ICE Custody

Kerala Court Grants Bail to Republic TV Journalists Arrested Over Filming Iranian Ship

Global Rights Groups Urge Sharif to Protect Journalists and Reform PECA

Pastor Accuses Don Lemon of Being 'In on the Terror' as Lemon Defends His Role as Journalism

FBI Says Lockdown Mode Thwarted Access to Washington Post Reporter’s iPhone

Judge Keeps ICE Operation in Minnesota as DOJ Opens Civil‑Rights Probe and Protests Spread