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Trevor Timm
Trevor Timm is a Guardian US columnist and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit that supports and defends journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability. Follow him on Twitter: @TrevorTimm
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A series of troubling events since Friday’s order have pushed the country into uncharted territory – and Stephen Bannon was central to the chaos
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The defense department hid its own study showing wasteful spending. If the Trump administration wants to cut government waste, start there
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The president-elect keeps news cycles churning with his unhinged tweets, but it’s the current administration’s expanding military license that should scare us
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We shouldn’t be surprised at the FBI director’s intervention in the presidential campaign. He has a track record of dubious decisions
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Lawsuits can destroy media organizations. Whatever you think of the stories, the prospect of journalists being silenced by a wealthy elite is deeply troubling
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The humanitarian disaster there is, by some measures, greater than that in Syria. Why is Obama continuing to enable the Saudi bombing campaign?
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The harassment of men and women who record violent incidents involving police is an appalling abuse of first amendment rights
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The latest airstrikes against Isis are happening because the last offensive created a power vacuum. There’s a good bet that will happen this time too
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There is some circumstantial evidence that the hack may have originated in Russia, but there are many questions that haven’t been resolved
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Many Republicans have endorsed her. It could be because GOP stalwarts are terrified of Donald Trump. Or it could be that her policies align with theirs
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Having failed to secure an anti-encryption bill, the FBI and justice department are now engaged in a multi-pronged attack on all sorts of other privacy rights
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Politicians on all sides have wasted little time in proposing a range of counter-productive initiatives, from expanding surveillance to bombing foreign countries
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As soon as a disturbed American invokes ‘Isis’, the discussion around pathology and guns halts and it’s immediately considered an act of war
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The obituaries that were written in haste when Donald Trump took over were naive. The past few weeks make that abundantly clear
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Establishment Democrats want him to stop criticizing Clinton, they want him to lay off the party, they want him to drop out. Here’s why they’re utterly wrong
Trump's terror policies are bad enough now. What about after an attack?