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Mike Johnson clashes with ABC host on 'No Kings' protests, Pentagon press policy

House Speaker Mike Johnson battled ABC News host Jonathan Karl over the "No Kings" protests and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ...

Pentagon press confronts new reality of Trump era: Being banned from the Pentagon

With only 14 individuals agreeing to the rules, dozens of outlets are confronting a new reality: the challenges of covering ...

Epoch Times Reporter Resigns After Paper Agrees to Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Press Restrictions

A reporter for the Epoch Times has resigned after the right-wing outlet agreed to new rules requiring permission to publish ...

Hegseth changes Pentagon press policy: 5 takeaways

Starting on Wednesday, all but one media outlet that regularly covers the Department of Defense is set to lose access to the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanded that reporters agree ...

Hegseth cracks down on Pentagon staff speaking to Congress

The Defense Department is significantly changing its policy of interacting with Congress, according to a new, five-page memo ...

Multiple Media Outlets Clash With Pentagon Over New Press Rules

Outlets including The Associated Press and The New York Times have said the new rules infringe on the First Amendment rights ...

Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in ‘unprecedented’ move

A flyer with the words “journalism is not a crime” appeared Tuesday on the wall outside the “Correspondents’ Corridor” where ...