Nearly the entire Pentagon press corps will lose access to the U.S. military’s headquarters Wednesday after refusing to sign onto a new media policy that reporters and editors say violates their First Amendment rights.

Accredited Pentagon reporters had until Tuesday evening to sign what had been called a “pledge” to follow the new rules, which included limiting where reporters could go within the building and language that appeared to threaten removing access if reporters asked for information not already pre-approved for release.

Dozens of outlets, including the New York Times, PBS, NPR, The Associated Press, Reuters and conservative outlets like Newsmax and Fox News — the former employer of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — released statements on Monday and Tuesday saying they

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