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President Trump said ‘no’ last month when asked whether the Pentagon should control what reporters gather and write.

Only one outlet — the far-right One America News, or OAN — said it would agree to the new policy.

WASHINGTON — An extraordinary new policy from the Defense Department that equates basic reporting methods to criminal activity has prompted a revolt among Pentagon journalists that could leave the nation’s largest agency and the world’s largest military without a press corps.

The new policy, from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is a dramatic departure from historic standards at the department, which previously required credentialed reporters to sign a simple, sing

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