In response to the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to withdraw subpoenas issued to New York Times reporters after a hearing today, Reporters Committee President Bruce D. Brown made the ...

This March 19, 1975, file photo shows the Hughes Glomar Explorer, a 618-foot-long salvage ship built by the eccentric industrialist Howard Hughes, at the Long Beach harbor dock in Los Angeles, Calif.

The recordings helped dispel rumors about the police response to a mass shooting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, last year.

Several New York Times journalists received subpoenas seeking their testimony before a grand jury.

Changing the terms of foreign journalists' visas might appear subtle, but it can have profound implications for press freedom ...

District of Columbia Although the Open Meetings Act does not specifically address meetings conducted by text message, it applies to meetings held by any "means of communication." D.C. Code Ann. § ...

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice released the findings from its Inspector General investigation into the use of subpoenas and other legal authorities in leak investigations to obtain ...

Records in the case were made public after a yearslong legal battle RCFP attorneys waged on behalf of three newsrooms. Reporters Committee Staff Attorney Grayson Clary argues before the U.S. Court of ...

Background: In April 2026, The Morning Call reporter Lindsay Weber filed a request under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law ...

ProPublica reported last month that a middleman firm helped private investors with addresses in China, Hong Kong, and Russia buy stakes in Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, including a businessman ...