The ruling suggested that the federal judge in Virginia did not trust the government to conduct a narrow search of Hannah Natanson’s devices.

The court will conduct a review of the reporter’s devices instead of the government following the FBI’s raid of her home.

Federal agents seized a phone, two laptops, a recorder, a portable hard drive and a Garmin watch in a search of reporter ...

A prosecutor apologized for failing to alert the magistrate to a 1980 law that restricts searches for reporting materials.

A federal magistrate judge has blocked the DOJ from searching through a Washington Post reporter's devices after they were seized by the FBI last month, instead ruling that the court would conduct a ...

The newspaper has long clashed with the government on First Amendment grounds. Experts said it's been a key player in ...

Pressuring news organizations to reveal confidential sources chips away at press freedom, writes Syracuse University free speech expert. It also can devastate lives.

By Jack Queen Feb 24 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked federal prosecutors from searching devices seized from a Washington Post reporter as part of a leak investigation, saying he would ...

Search for Nancy Guthrie nears 4 weeks as FBI shifts base to Phoenix; Comcast vehicles were seen at her Catalina home.

The Justice Department has been prohibited from examining the contents of a phone and other devices seized at the home of a ...

Investigators returned to Nancy Guthrie's Tucson neighborhood as the search for the missing 84-year-old entered its 22nd day.

The case has drawn scrutiny from press freedom advocates who say it reflects a more aggressive posture by the DOJ toward leak ...