Less than a week after most journalists covering the US Department of Defense turned in their press credentials and carried out their belongings in boxes over Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new restrictions on reporters, his chief spokesperson announced “the next generation of the Pentagon press corps,” which critics quickly condemned as a collection of right-wing propagandists.

Even many right-wing outlets — including the Daily Caller , Newsmax , Washington Examiner , Washington Times , and Fox News , where Hegseth was previously a host — have refused to sign on to the new rules at what President Donald Trump has dubbed the Department of War (DOW). The policy limits where reporters can go without an official escort and, most controversially, restricts them from solici

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