Judge Bars Government From Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices

A federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department may not conduct an 'unsupervised, wholesale search' of electronic devices seized from a Washington Post reporter's Virginia home during an investigation into alleged classified leaks by a Pentagon contractor. The ruling puts guardrails on the government's ability to rifle through a journalist's files, pushing back against what press freedom advocates call the most aggressive federal action against a major news outlet in decades. The case has become a flashpoint in the escalating tension between the Trump administration and the media.