Freedom IndexPolitics
Politics investigates how governments, parties, and policymakers shape the landscape of free speech and censorship. From campaign regulations to state restrictions, this category examines the role of politics in defining the boundaries of expression and democratic debate.
NA Yesterday, the US Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s imposition of a $100,000 fee on applications…
Sylvia Gonzalez, a former Texas city council member who said her political opponents punished her activism by orchestrating her arrest…
With yet another round of tariffs taking effect this week—this time on cabinets and other furniture, timber, and lumber—the White…
When single mom of two and home health aide Alice (a pseudonym) needed to run a brief errand, she tasked…
“Deranged Jack Smith, in my opinion, is a criminal,” President Donald Trump said during a press conference in the Oval…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) really doesn’t want the public to know what it’s doing with Cellebrite devices, a company…
An excerpt from the long decision in Shapley v. Lowell by Judge Richard Leon (D.D.C.) filed today:This case arises from…
From today’s decision in Gittemeier v. Liberty Mutual Pers. Ins. Co. (E.D. Mo.): Gittemeier posits that Liberty Mutual again miscited…
American libel law has long recognized the “wire service defense”; to quote Layne v. Tribune Co. (Fla. 1933), The mere…
No one is happy about the Pentagon’s new press policy. Earlier this week, media outlets spanning the political spectrum almost…
“We’re not talking about” regime change in Venezuela, President Donald Trump told reporters back in August. “I can only say…
The Trump administration recently announced a new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The “deal” was initially offered to…