Oliver Darcy : “Inside the halls of the Pentagon, reporters are wondering: Will this be their last week reporting from the building? Last Friday, the Pete Hegseth–led Department of Defense notified members of the press corps that they will be required to sign a new agreement if they wish to maintain access. The document contains a series of sweeping new restrictions, most notably a clause that would bar reporters from publishing any information without explicit government approval.”

“The Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, delivered the new rules to news organizations with a firm deadline: September 30, or next Tuesday. If newsrooms don’t agree to the policy, their access to the building will seemingly be revoked. So far, the pushback has been universal. I’m told that not a sing

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