The Justice Department is turning its antitrust firepower on the news business itself. The DOJ investigates networks ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC over their decision to temporarily suspend shared White House press pool duties last month, an extraordinary escalation of the Trump administration’s confrontation with the media that press-freedom advocates are calling intimidation … Read more
War Secretary Pete Hegseth was heckled again and again on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, as anti-war protesters repeatedly disrupted his headline appearance at the Army’s biggest annual conference in Washington, D.C. The Hegseth heckled episode saw at least five demonstrators interrupt the first half hour of his panel, shouting “war criminal” and “coward” in protest … Read more
On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, a federal judge delivered the Trump press ban ruling that has electrified Washington — U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from banning reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The Trump press ban ruling found that the administration’s decision … Read more