The New York Times sues the Pentagon a second time over Hegseth’s media restrictions - AP News

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New York Times Sues Pentagon for a Second Time

The Times is challenging a new requirement that reporters covering the military complex have an official escort, part of a broader legal challenge to the Pentagon’s press restrictions.

By Erik Wemple

New York Times sues Pentagon again over ‘utterly unreasonable’ press restrictions

Trump administration unveiled sweeping restrictions on press access at the Department of Defense last September Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The New York Times has filed a second lawsuit against the Pentagon, arguing that its recent policy requiring journalists to have official escorts when on Pentagon grounds is unconstitutional. The Trump administration unveiled sweeping restrictions on press access at the US Department of Defense, which it calls the Department of War...

By Anna Betts

The New York Times Files Another Lawsuit Against Pentagon, This Time Over Press Escort Policy

The New York Times filed a new lawsuit against the Department of Defense and Secretary Pete Hegseth, this time challenging a policy that requires credentialed journalists to have an official escort when inside the Pentagon. In the lawsuit, the Times’ attorneys wrote that the purpose of the policy “is to restrict journalists’ ability to do […]

By Ted Johnson