Military officials are pushing forward with new restrictions on the Pentagon press corps despite objections from news organizations and watchdog groups .

The policies “appear designed to stifle a free press” and “further isolate reporters” who are trying to do their jobs, the association representing Pentagon beat reporters said Wednesday.

“Limiting the media’s ability to report on the U.S. military fails to honor the American families who have entrusted their sons and daughters to serve in it, or the taxpayers responsible for giving the department hundreds of billions of dollars a year,” the Pentagon Press Association said in its first detailed statement on the matter.

Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s press office outlined new rules that would sharply restrict reporting,

See Full Page