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Trump Administration Sought Phone Records of New York Times Reporters and Their Families

HeadlineJul 21, 2026

The Trump administration is seeking to uncover the confidential sources who spoke to journalists at The New York Times about security concerns relating to President Trump’s new plane donated to him by Qatar. The Justice Department issued subpoenas to phone service providers to obtain several journalists’ phone and text messaging records, and their relatives’ phone records, including from one reporter’s mother and two of the reporters’ spouses. The Times has asked the judge to quash the requests.

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