In May 2025, an attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press submitted a Freedom of Information Act request ...

Guardian U.S., represented by RCFP attorneys, argues that ICE violated FOIA by failing to turn over deportation records.

The lawsuit alleges that the Office of the Attorney General and other DOJ components violated FOIA by wrongfully withholding records.

The Intercept, represented by RCFP attorneys, seeks access to records filed in a case involving Badar Khan Suri, who was detained in March.

The court granted a motion RCFP attorneys filed on behalf of The Intercept seeking access to records filed in the case of ...

A policy that bars public employees from speaking to the press violates the First Amendment, RCFP attorneys argue in the ...

BenitoLink’s right to document government activities in public spaces … is firmly established,” RCFP and BenitoLink argue in ...

Without reliable information about what the government is doing, or failing to do, the public is unable to conduct oversight ...

Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced Eric Feder as its Local Legal Initiative director, where he will oversee the growing program that provides local news organizations ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and a California journalist are urging the San Diego Immigration Court to ensure full and lawful access to its immigration proceedings to both ...

Note: This guide was published in 2018 and most recently updated in March 2024. [1] Thanks to RCFP’s Emily Hockett and Grayson Clary for their assistance updating this guide. Introduction The United ...

In fighting the Bay City Times ‘ request, the city argued it did not even have to satisfy the request because the request was vague and did not refer to specific records in existence. Instead, the ...