Viktor Orbán’s regime is increasingly targeting journalists. But even if he loses the election coming up this weekend, Hungary won’t become a press haven overnight.
Last week, New York Times reporters were supposed to return to the Pentagon’s corridors. Instead, the entire press corps was banished to an annex, and the Times is back in court.
A judge ruled that Kari Lake’s tenure at USAGM was unconstitutional and ordered employees back to work. But a new appointee and legal challenges could make a fresh start difficult.