Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules

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Dozens of Pentagon reporters turned in their badges Wednesday, rejecting new rules that could expel them for reporting unapproved information.

News outlets from AP and New York Times to Fox and Newsmax united in opposition, with only OANN signing the agreement.

Trump backed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s restrictions, saying “the press is very dishonest” as reporters vowed to continue coverage.

WASHINGTON — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. The U.S. government has called the ne