Leading news organizations are rejecting new rules for the press laid out by the Pentagon, saying they would muzzle reporters and undermine decades of coverage of the U.S. military.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office has given Pentagon beat reporters until Tuesday to sign a pledge agreeing not to obtain or use “unauthorized material” in their reporting. The rules threaten to immediately strip any reporter found in violation of their press credentials. The ultimatum has drawn a rare, unified backlash from nearly every outlet in the nation’s capital.

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CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News issued a joint statement Tuesday rejecting the Pentagon’s requirements, calling them “without precedent” and warning they “threaten core journalistic protections.” Before joining the Trump adminis

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