Members of the Pentagon press corp carry their belongings out of the Pentagon after turning in their press credentials in Washington. (AP Photo)

Dozens of reporters who cover the US Defence Department turned in their badges and vacated their office in the Pentagon on Wednesday as new restrictions on press access took effect, instead of agreeing to the new government imposed restrictions. The US President Donald Trump’s administration called the new rules “common sense” to help regulate a “very disruptive press”, reported Associated Press .

The defence department had set Tuesday as a deadline for the journalists to sign the new Pentagon press access policy or they would lose access to press credentials and workspaces in the Pentagon. However, news outlets were nearly unanimous in reje

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