April 27, 2026
The U.S. Department of Defense may continue requiring journalists to be escorted when on Pentagon premises while it challenges a district court's order barring its new press restrictions, the D.C. Circuit ruled Monday, saying the department will likely succeed in arguing the escort requirement didn't violate the order.
April 13, 2026
The U.S. Department of Defense has asked a D.C. federal judge to allow it to continue requiring journalists to be escorted while in the Pentagon, arguing that it is essential for preventing national security leaks.
April 09, 2026
The U.S. Department of Defense has not complied with a court order barring the Pentagon from taking press passes away from journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the department's revised rules "achieve that same unconstitutional result."
March 30, 2026
A D.C. federal judge requested additional briefing Monday from the Trump administration before deciding whether to toss the U.S. Department of Defense's revised rules restricting journalists' access to the Pentagon but said some new allegations from reporters read like the revisions came from a Franz Kafka novel.
March 20, 2026
A D.C. federal judge on Friday vacated provisions of a Pentagon policy that allows officials to take press passes away from journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, saying the current policy was unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, "full stop."
December 04, 2025
The New York Times accused the Pentagon of violating the First and Fifth Amendments with its policy of allowing officials to take away press passes of journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, saying Thursday in a D.C. federal lawsuit that it took action after its reporters refused to agree to follow the rule.