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At Paramount, criticism is a conflict of interest. Corruption isn't
Dear Friend of Press Freedom: This week, Paramount suddenly discovers a “conflict of interest,” New Jersey courts drag their feet on an unconstitutional prior restraint against a local newspaper, and Indiana dresses up execution secrecy as dignity. Plus, a birthday wish for the Espionage Act’s 109th: a complete overhaul. At Paramount, criticism is a conflict of interest David Ellison’s Paramount rejected an anti-merger ad from Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) last week, citing a conflict of interest. Paramount sure has a strange definition of “conflict of interest.” Its executives see no conflict in agreeing with the Trump administration to hire a right-wing “bias ombudsman” to police CBS’ journalism, promising President Donald Trump “sweeping changes” at CNN if he allows them to buy…
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: Hunter v. United States
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2025 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber Original document [scotus_case]
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2025 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber Original document [scotus_case]
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: United States v. Hemani
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2025 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber Original document [scotus_case]
- InstitutionsSerious
Proposed rule: Request for Information: Identifying Regulations To Facilitate Innovation and Competition to Financial Products and Services for Fintech Firms
Agencies: Commodity Futures Trading Commission — Pursuant to its obligations under Executive Order 14405, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission") is requesting information (this "RFI") from relevant market participants that will assist the Commission in identifying Commission regulations, guidance documents, orders, no-action letters, and other items that may unduly impede fintech firms from entering into partnerships with financial infrastructures and intermediaries regulated by the Commission (including, whether or not registered with the Commission, futures commission merchants ("FCMs"), introducing brokers ("IBs"), swap dealers ("SDs"), commodity pool operators ("CPOs"), commodity trading advisors ("CTAs"), designated contract markets ("DCMs"), swap execution facilitie…
- InformationSerious
News leader Maritza Félix on covering immigration in Arizona
Since President Donald Trump’s return to office, immigration enforcement in the United States has accelerated sharply, creating new and serious obstacles for journalists covering these policy impacts on local communities. The Committee to Protect Journalists has documented the use of immigration authorities to target reporters, including journalists who were in the country legally at the... [US-relevant: signal:arizona]
- Civil LibertiesSerious
Proposed rule: Proposed Rule for Privacy Act Exemptions
Agencies: Treasury Department — In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) gives notice of a proposed exemption for a new system of records entitled "Department of the Treasury, Treasury .032--Federal Program Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Tip Intake and Referral Records" from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. This system of records is being established to support the receipt, maintenance, review, triage, and referral of tips, complaints, allegations, leads, supporting information, and related correspondence concerning suspected waste, fraud, abuse, improper payments, misuse of Federal funds, or other misconduct affecting Federal programs. The exemption is intended to protect investigatory material compiled for law enforce…
- Civil LibertiesSevere
Final rule: Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
Agencies: Agriculture Department, Office of the Secretary — By this rule, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (7 CFR part 15) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align USDA's regulations with the original public meaning of this statute, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions conform to Executive Order 14281. — [topic:civil rights+agency:epa]
- InformationSerious
Paramount+ blocks FPF ad about Trump-Ellison censorship threat
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, June 16, 2026 — Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) revealed today that Paramount+ rejected an ad calling attention to President Donald Trump’s crooked meddling in media transactions to extract favorable coverage. The ad would have run on the platform during the same time as the UFC Freedom 250 event, broadcast live June 14 from the White House on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. The ad warns Americans about the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which would place CNN under the editorial control of David Ellison, a Trump-aligned investor who has already made documented concessions to the administration as a condition of regulatory approval. As the ad shows, Pete Hegseth, Trump’s secretary of defense, has publicl…
- InformationSevere
Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: Paramount+ blocks FPF ad about Trump-Ellison censorship threat
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, June 16, 2026 — Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) revealed today that Paramount+ rejected an ad calling attention to President Donald Trump’s crooked meddling in media transactions to extract favorable coverage. The ad would have run on the platform during the same time as the UFC Freedom 250 event, broadcast live June 14 from the White House on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. The ad warns Americans about the proposed merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which would place CNN under the editorial control of David Ellison, a Trump-aligned investor who has already made documented concessions to the administration as a condition of regulatory approval. As the ad shows, Pete Hegseth, Trump’s secretary of defense, has publicl…
- InstitutionsSerious
Final rule: Fee Schedules; Fee Recovery for Fiscal Year 2026
Agencies: Nuclear Regulatory Commission — The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending the licensing, inspection, special project, and annual fees charged to its applicants and licensees. These amendments are necessary to comply with the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, which requires the NRC to recover, to the maximum extent practicable, approximately 100 percent of its annual budget, less certain amounts excluded from this fee recovery requirement. In addition, the NRC is making amendments to establish fixed caps on service fees to implement section5(a) of Executive Order 14300, "Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission." The fixed fee caps will provide cost predictability and drive increased efficiency and accountability in the NRC's licensin…
- InformationSerious
Proposed rule: Radio Broadcasting Services; Selmer, Tennessee
Agencies: Federal Communications Commission — In this document the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) requests comments on a proposal to amend the Table of FM Allotments, by deleting vacant Channel 288A at Selmer, Tennessee, because it does not comply with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules. A staff engineering analysis determines that Channel 288A at Selmer, Tennessee is short-spaced to Station WVNA-FM by nine kilometers, and there are no alternate channels available to alleviate the existing spacing conflict that would comply with the Commission's spacing requirements. The proposed Selmer deletion is consistent with the Commission's policy that it will not retain a vacant FM channel that would not comply with the Commission's spacing requi…
- InstitutionsSevere
GAO: Federal Data: Congressional Action Needed to Improve Interoperability of Award and Payment Eligibility Data
What GAO Found Agencies can use more than 100 federal data sources—or a combination of them—to verify if recipients meet the eligibility criteria for federal programs throughout the award life cycle (which includes pre-award screening, post-award monitoring, and payment validation). As of September 2025, these included 28 data sources in the Do Not Pay working system (DNP) or designated for inclusion in DNP. However, weaknesses in data interoperability may hinder agencies’ ability to efficiently determine award and payment eligibility. Data interoperability is the ability to share and dissemin [gao:improper payment]
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: E.D. v. Noblesville School District
Cite as: 608 U. S. ____ (2026) 1 ALITO, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES E. D., A MINOR, BY HER PARENT AND NEXT FRIEND, LISA DUELL, ET AL. v. NOBLESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 25–906. Decided June 15, 2026 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE ALITO, dissenting Original document [scotus_case]
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: Alabama v. Powell
Cite as: 608 U. S. ____ (2026) 1 ALITO, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ALABAMA v. MICHAEL ANTHONY POWELL ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF ALABAMA No. 25–848. Decided June 15, 2026 The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS joins Original document [scotus_case]
- InstitutionsSevere
Proposed rule: International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR): Part 130 Changes To Reduce Reporting Burden
Agencies: State Department — In support of the policy directed in Executive Order 14268 to reduce rules and regulations involved in the development, execution, and monitoring of foreign defense sales and of arms transfer cases, the Department of State proposes to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to modernize and streamline reporting on certain political contributions and fees or commissions. — [topic:executive order+agency:epa]
- InstitutionsSevere
GAO: Inspectors General Integrity Committee: Strengthened Oversight and Policy Needed to Ensure Consistent Investigations
What GAO Found From fiscal year 2021 through the first half of fiscal year 2025, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE)’s Integrity Committee (IC) received 16,245 complaints, resulting in 460 cases for review. The IC also completed 15 reports of investigations during that period. Integrity Committee’s Intake, Review, and Investigations Processes GAO found that IC intake processes did not consistently comply with documented policies. To the IC’s credit, GAO estimates that 97 percent of complainants received an immediate response acknowledging complaint receipt [gao:inspector general]
- Civil LibertiesSevere
A year after ICE raids terrorized Los Angeles, a rattled city counts its scars: ‘The arrests never really stopped’
ICE enforcement [workplace_raid]. <p>Thousand of arrests last summer led to mass protests and some deaths – across the city, communities bear the scars</p><p>Most people in Brian Gavidia’s life haven’t seemed to notice that a year has passed since armed federal immigration agents descended on their city.</p><p>In East Los Angeles, in the neighborhood w
- Civil LibertiesCrisis
‘We’re doing it all for them’: Radio Jornalera NJ exposes conditions faced by immigrants in detention
Delaney Hall — triggers: hunger strike [NJ]. <p>Grassroots outlet reports from New Jersey’s Delaney Hall – and helps family members connect with loved ones inside</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&utm_campai
- InformationSerious
PPE protects your right to know
Dear Friend of Press Freedom: “If I hadn’t had it, I’d be dead right now.” That’s how one journalist described the protective gear that kept her alive while covering a protest. So why are authorities trying to take it away? Plus: Our latest fights against the government secrecy and media mergers that are harming the public’s right to know. PPE protects the public’s right to know Reporters covering protests in the United States have been shot with crowd-control munitions, sprayed with tear gas, hit with cars, and physically attacked by both law enforcement and demonstrators. So it makes sense that many journalists wear personal protective equipment like helmets, goggles, and gas masks at demonstrations, and that organizations like Reporters Without Borders offer grants for reporters to buy…
- Civil LibertiesCrisis
Final rule: Revising HUD's Noise Abatement and Control Regulations
Agencies: Housing and Urban Development Department — This direct final rule revises the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) regulations governing noise abatement and control. This final rule amends these regulations to provide that relevant HUD program offices, based on project funding, rather than only the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), have the authority to issue approvals related to projects in unacceptable noise zones. This final rule also eliminates unnecessary noise surveillance and data provisions to reflect current HUD practices. — [topic:surveillance+agency:epa]
- InstitutionsSerious
D.D.C.: United States v. Jevric
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. Civil Action No. 23-cr-63 (RDM) ENIS JEVRIC, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Pending before the Court is Defendant Enis Jevric’s motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Dkt. 67. For the reasons Original document [restoration:set aside]
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd.
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2025 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber Original document [scotus_case]
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: Abouammo v. United States
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2025 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber Original document [scotus_case]
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2025 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber Original document [scotus_case]
- Civil LibertiesSevere
Final rule: Rescinding Portions of Department of Transportation's Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281
Agencies: Transportation Department — By this rule, the U.S. Department of Transportation amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VI") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281. These revisions also align with changes made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to its Title VI Regulations at 28 CFR part 42, effective December 10, 2025. — [topic:civil rights+agency:epa]
- InstitutionsSevere
Final rule: Grants for the Rural Veterans Coordination Pilot; Rescission
Agencies: Veterans Affairs Department — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is rescinding its regulations that govern the Rural Veterans Coordination Pilot (RVCP) grant program because the statutory authority for this program has expired. Removing these provisions will ensure that VA's regulations accurately reflect current law and programs, eliminate potential confusion regarding the availability of the RVCP grant program, and promote regulatory clarity and transparency. This is a deregulatory action in furtherance of Executive Order 14219, which requires that Federal regulations reflect the best reading of underlying statutory authority. — [topic:executive order+agency:epa]
- Civil LibertiesSevere
Final rule: EOIR Fees
Agencies: Justice Department, Executive Office for Immigration Review — In this interim final rule ("IFR"), the Department of Justice ("Department") is updating its fee regulations for filings with the Executive Office for Immigration Review ("EOIR") to comply with a recent statutory enactment. — [topic:immigration+agency:epa]
- InformationSerious
Public Law: Public Law 119 - 38 - Epstein Files Transparency Act
Content Files PDF TEXT USLM Metadata download Descriptive Metadata (MODS) Preservation Metadata (PREMIS) All Content and Metadata files, including granules ZIP [public-law:transparency act]
- InformationSerious
PPE bans not only risk reporters. They risk the public’s right to know
Reporters covering protests in the United States have been shot with crowd-control munitions, sprayed with tear gas, hit with cars, and physically attacked by both law enforcement and demonstrators. So it makes sense that many journalists wear personal protective equipment like helmets, goggles, and gas masks at demonstrations, and that organizations like Reporters Without Borders offer grants to buy PPE that can reduce reporters’ chances of being hurt or even killed while doing their jobs. What doesn’t make sense is when the government tries to stop reporters from taking those basic safety precautions. Yet across the country, jurisdictions are banning safety gear at public protests. Officials often justify these policies in the name of public safety, for example by arguing that masks mak…
- InformationSevere
Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: PPE bans not only risk reporters. They risk the public’s right to know
Reporters covering protests in the United States have been shot with crowd-control munitions, sprayed with tear gas, hit with cars, and physically attacked by both law enforcement and demonstrators. So it makes sense that many journalists wear personal protective equipment like helmets, goggles, and gas masks at demonstrations, and that organizations like Reporters Without Borders offer grants to buy PPE that can reduce reporters’ chances of being hurt or even killed while doing their jobs. What doesn’t make sense is when the government tries to stop reporters from taking those basic safety precautions. Yet across the country, jurisdictions are banning safety gear at public protests. Officials often justify these policies in the name of public safety, for example by arguing that masks mak…
- Civil LibertiesSerious
Watchdog finds waste and unsanitary conditions at ICE facility inside Fort Bliss
an ICE facility — triggers: unsanitary conditions. From August 2025 to March 2026, an immigrant detention facility at Fort Bliss Army base suffered a host of serious incidents, including two deaths that were investigated by the Government Accountability Office.
- Civil LibertiesSerious
Protests, chaos and arrests as tensions rise at Delaney Hall ICE detention Center in Newark, N.J.
Delaney Hall — triggers: unsanitary conditions [NJ]. This compilation features raw video of protests from NJ.com outside Delaney Hall in Newark New Jersey, between May 25 and June 7, 2026. The detention center has been the focus of weeks of demonstrations over reports of poor and unsanitary conditions inside the facility. Delaney Hall Protests in Newark, NJ Key Moments &
- Civil LibertiesSevere
Joint investigation into ICE detainees describing medical neglect
an ICE facility — triggers: medical neglect. Hundreds of detainees across at least 33 states allege in federal lawsuits that immigration detention facilities are failing to provide adequate medical care, an investigation by KFF Health News and The Associated Press exposes. Detainees say they didn’t get medications on time — or at all — for conditions including hi
- InformationSerious
Is DOJ hiding press protections to raid reporters? We sue to find out
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, D.C., June 8, 2026 — Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) filed a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Justice to uncover whether the agency is systematically misrepresenting the law and hiding statutory press protections from federal judges so that it can secure search warrants against journalists. The lawsuit, filed with assistance from Free Information Group, follows the DOJ’s failure to disclose records regarding the unprecedented Jan. 14 FBI raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home. These include whether the agency has adopted an internal practice of hiding from magistrate judges the existence of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 — which outlaws raids on newsrooms and journalists’ homes — t…
- InformationSevere
Press win — Freedom of the Press Foundation: Is DOJ hiding press protections to raid reporters? We sue to find out
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Washington, D.C., June 8, 2026 — Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) filed a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Justice to uncover whether the agency is systematically misrepresenting the law and hiding statutory press protections from federal judges so that it can secure search warrants against journalists. The lawsuit, filed with assistance from Free Information Group, follows the DOJ’s failure to disclose records regarding the unprecedented Jan. 14 FBI raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home. These include whether the agency has adopted an internal practice of hiding from magistrate judges the existence of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 — which outlaws raids on newsrooms and journalists’ homes — t…
- InstitutionsNotable
SCOTUS: Clark v. Mississippi
Cite as: 608 U. S. ____ (2026) 1 Statement of SOTOMAYOR, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TONY TERRELL CLARK v. MISSISSIPPI ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI No. 25–6846. Decided June 8, 2026 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR respecting the denial of certiorari. Although I agree with the Court’s decision to deny Original document [scotus_case]
- InformationSevere
Press win — CPJ: Under Ghana’s President Mahama, near-total impunity for attacks on 17 journalists
When Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama took office in January 2025, pledging to restore “an era of true media freedom,” journalists had reason to hope that attacks on the press would be taken more seriously than before. But during Mahama’s tenure, CPJ has documented eight separate incidents in which at least 17 journalists were attacked... [watchdog_win:freed]
- Civil LibertiesCrisis
Headlines for June 8, 2026
Delaney Hall — triggers: hunger strike, solitary confinement [NJ]. Iran Says It’s Halting Attacks on Israel After Both Countries Exchange Fire, Israeli Strikes Hit Beirut Despite a U.S.-Brokered So-Called Ceasefire, Israeli Strikes Kill at Least Seven Palestinians in Gaza, Russian Drone Hits Nuclear Fuel Facility Near Chernobyl, Killing 3 People, Hegseth Uses D-Day Anniversary to Atta
- Civil LibertiesSerious
N.J. teens among 6 arrested during Delaney Hall protests
Delaney Hall — triggers: unsanitary conditions [NJ]. Two N.J. teens were among six people arrested Saturday night into Sunday as protests intensified outside Delaney Hall in Newark. Property damage and people blocking the facility’s entrance prompted the arrests, according to officials. The detention center has been the site of weeks of protests over reports of poor and