The New York Times on Thursday sued the Pentagon over a new set of press access rules, imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth , that has resulted in the exit of the veteran credentialed press corps from the complex.

In its lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in D.C., the Times calls the restrictions “exactly the type of speech- and press-restrictive scheme” that the Supreme Court has recognized violates the First Amendment.

The policy “seeks to restrict journalists ‘ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements,” the lawsuit stated.

News organizations, from the Times to CNN to Newsmax, refused to sign on to the new Pentagon policy, with many con

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