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The Threat to the First Amendment -- What Government Control of the Press Does to Journalism and Democracy

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Surviving Trump. Saving America
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Jul 9, 2026
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1478
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Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary Before dawn on January 14, 2026, FBI agents arrived at the Alexandria, Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. They seized two laptops, her phone, an audio recorder, and an external hard drive containing her reporting materials. Her devices remained in government custody for weeks while courts fought over whether federal investigators could even look at them. Natanson covers the Trump administration’s transformation of the federal government...