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In House testimony, RCFP highlights Trump administration’s threats to press freedom

Bipartisan efforts are needed to counter these threats,” RCFP Vice President of Policy Gabe Rottman testified.
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RCFP urges federal district court in Pennsylvania to lift restrictions on accessing immigration records

A federal court is unlawfully prohibiting journalists from copying immigration records at the courthouse. The practice must stop.
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Bodycam, dashcam videos offer new details about what led to fatal police shooting in Pennsylvania

WKBN obtained the recordings after the station’s owner successfully sued the Pennsylvania State Police with free legal help from an RCFP attorney.
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NYPD records show pattern of officer misconduct related to domestic violence, THE CITY reports

A newly released tranche of New York City Police Department disciplinary records reveals that the agency has dealt with a pattern of officer misconduct related to domestic violence, both in response ...
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Newly obtained records undermine RFK Jr. testimony to Congress, The Guardian and AP report

The Guardian and The Associated Press have obtained documents that undermine Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s testimony to Congress ...
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RCFP statement on FBI’s newly unsealed justification for seizing reporter’s electronic devices

A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) On Friday night, a federal court in Virginia ...
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RCFP statement on arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort

Journalist Don Lemon conducts an interview inside a church in Minnesota during a broadcast of his YouTube show. (The Don Lemon Show) Federal agents arrested independent journalists Don Lemon and ...
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Unsealed records shed light on Trump administration’s targeting of noncitizen students, faculty for protected speech

RCFP attorneys co-represented The Intercept and The Center for Investigative Reporting in a successful effort to make the records public. Students at the University of Oregon protest the Trump ...
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Judge orders Tennessee to expand media access to executions

Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, houses all of the state's male death row inmates (AP Photo/George Walker IV) A Tennessee judge has ordered the state to provide ...
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RCFP statement on FBI search of Washington Post reporter’s home

On Wednesday, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post reporter as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified ...
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Los Angeles County must face journalist’s challenge to retaliatory investigation, court rules

Journalist Maya Lau, co-represented by RCFP attorneys, sued LA County for unlawfully investigating her in retaliation for her reporting. Journalist Maya Lau. (Photo by Kira Bayankina) A federal judge ...
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RCFP’s national litigation program is growing. Meet the longtime RCFP attorney promoted to lead it.

When Adam Marshall joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in 2014, the organization was the epitome of a small nonprofit: The team consisted of an executive director, two permanent ...