Documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press indicate that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress when he said ...

The state violated Tennessee’s public records law by failing to turn over the policy, a Reporters Committee attorney argues ...

The actions “constituted an egregious affront to the First Amendment right of the press and public to access court proceedings.” The Reporters Committee is condemning both a Louisiana judge’s decision ...

LancasterOnline reporter Tom Lisi filed a request under Pennsylvania’s Right to Know Law seeking some of the reimbursement ...

Reporters Committee asked several journalists who regularly use FOIA in their work — including a couple of our attorneys’ ...

New reporting from The New York Times indicates that a freelancer has been fighting a subpoena he received in February of this year after reporting about a failed Navy SEAL Team 6 mission that took ...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is a U.S. Senate floor vote away from permanently serving as the nation’s top law enforcement official. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Blanche ...

Background: In May 2026, reporter Delaney Nolan of the nonprofit news outlet The Lens submitted a public records request to the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency ...

This post originally appeared in The Nuance, the Reporters Committee’s newsletter on legal and policy issues at the forefront of a free press. Sign up today! The U.S. Department of Defense is seeking ...

If the charges are upheld, federal officials would gain a powerful tool to suppress news reporting in the public interest. Minnesota-based independent journalist Georgia Fort speaks to reporters and ...

This column was originally published in the Hoosier State Press Association’s August 2026 newsletter. Update: Hours after the media coalition sent the letter, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said his office ...