Press freedom in the United States has continued to come under attack since the last reporting period (Dec. 9), with individual journalists bearing the brunt of recent events through a mix of layoffs, arrests, and in one case an FBI raid of a journalist’s home.

A seismic shift in the press landscape came in the first week of February 2026, with mass layoffs at the Washington Post. The storied broadsheet, bought by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2013, terminated roughly one third of its staff, shuttering its sports desk, ending its book section, and decimating its international reporting. Continue reading at Just Security.