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U.S. Revokes Xinhua Visa After China Expels New York Times Reporter

The reciprocal moves signal that governments are using journalist visas to curb independent reporting on China.

French Officials Label Xenia Fedorova a Kremlin Propagandist as Regulator Reviews Complaints

Press Freedom Groups Allege Ellison Sought Trump’s Favor With CNN Staff Purge Pledge as Warner Bros. Deal Advances

U.S. Revokes Visas for Five La Nación Board Members

Centre Tells Delhi HC X Could Lose Safe Harbour Over Rana Ayyub Tweets

Salman Rushdie Launches German Tour With Potsdam Reading of 'Die elfte Stunde'

Munich Opens Probe Into Journalist Jan Fleischhauer Over Alleged Use of Banned Nazi Slogan

Jimmy Lai Won’t Appeal Hong Kong National Security Conviction, Leaving 20-Year Term Intact

Toronto Film Critics Association Faces Exodus After Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers Returns Award Over Edited Speech

Jaipur Literature Festival Closes With Free Speech Debate, Audience Poll Rejects Motion

Shlomo Kramer Calls for Limits on the First Amendment and Government Control of Social Media

Jimmy Kimmel Uses Channel 4 Christmas Address to Denounce Trump and U.S. 'Tyranny'

U.S. Blocks Visas for Breton and Four European NGO Figures Over Censorship Accusations

Salman Rushdie's The Eleventh Hour Debuts to Strong but Uneven Early Reviews

Russia Puts Astra Editor Anastasia Chumakova on Terrorist–Extremist List

China Enforces Credential Rule for Influencers on Health, Law, Finance and Education

Major U.S. Outlets Refuse Pentagon’s New Press Rules as Hegseth Sets Credential Deadline

Florida Wildlife Biologist Fired Over Kirk Meme Sues State on First Amendment Grounds

CBS to End ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ in May 2026

Rosie O’Donnell Amplifies TikTok Attacks as Trump Threatens to Strip Her Citizenship