In December, a month before Donald Trump took the oath of office for the second time, ABC News reached a settlement with the soon-to-be president over a defamation lawsuit he had filed against the ...

There’s a saying that truth is the first casualty of war. And for sure, the war that the Trump administration is waging against people it calls the “enemy within” is grounded in shamelessly repeated ...

Republicans have taken a number of stark positions during this second Trump administration. But their hostility to free speech can be traced directly to the party’s standard-bearer, Donald Trump.

Political activists occasionally propose a new constitutional convention, which would gather delegates from the states to craft amendments to the nation's founding document. It's a long and convoluted ...

A federal judge in Idaho ruled that a public charter school violated a church’s First Amendment rights when it canceled a lease that allowed the church to hold Sunday services inside its gymnasium.

Gabriel Olivier’s lawyers will tell the Supreme Court on Wednesday that his sidewalk ministry is about sharing his faith with his fellow citizens – and should be protected by the First Amendment.

First Amendment freedoms shape how we live, work and connect with one another. These fundamental rights — freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition — form the foundation of American ...

(CNN) — President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times is meritless, according to half a dozen lawyers and First Amendment scholars who spoke with CNN. But Trump’s chances in court ...

In the “fake news” era, as AI becomes more sophisticated by the day, misinformation can sometimes seem more prevalent than the truth. Free speech protects a lot — even what’s false. Do you know where ...

In Orwell’s novel “1984,” the Ministry of Truth falsifies records, produces propaganda and rewrites history. The Ministry of Love is where people are tortured physically and mentally until they ...

In recent years, coinciding with the ascendance of Donald Trump, a variety of books and podcasts have been published with these alarming titles: “The Death of Truth,” “The End of Truth,” “Who Killed ...