US Politics
A Victory for the Press, A Warning for Democracy: The DOJ's Retreated Subpoenas
The Department of Justice withdrew subpoenas targeting New York Times reporters and their phone records, a demand a federal judge indicated he would quash, signaling a victory for a free press. This aggressive attempt to silence journalists under the guise of a national security probe is a chilling and unacceptable assault on the First Amendment that must be fiercely resisted.
