US EditionFederal judge finds Pentagon is violating court order to restore access to reporters
The judge said the Pentagon’s revised rules still blocked routine reporting and ordered credentials restored for seven New York Times reporters.
- On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore reporter access, effectively blocking the agency's revised press policy issued last month.
- Following Friedman's March ruling, the Pentagon implemented new restrictions including mandatory escorts for journalists and closed the Correspondents Corridor, claiming these measures complied with the court's order.
- Friedman wrote the department "cannot simply reinstate an unlawful policy under the guise of taking new action," while striking down its classification of press access as a "privilege" rather than a "right."
- Friedman emphasized the case concerns the Secretary of Defense's efforts to dictate information received by the public, describing the department's actions as an attempt to "control the message.
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Pete Hegseth gets humiliated in court as judge exposes his underhanded tactics
A federal judge has ruled for the second time in a month that the Pentagon, under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, violated journalists’ constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman found that the Department of Defense had defied his earlier March 20 order by rolling out a revised press policy that was, in the judge’s view, just as unconstitutional as the original. According to The Daily Beast, the trouble began in October 2025, when …
US judge compels Department of Defense to restore journalist access to Pentagon
A US federal district judge on Thursday granted a motion to compel the Department of Defense to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters. Judge Friedman yesterday held that the defendants were still not in compliance with the March order: [T]he Department [cannot] take steps to circumvent the Court’s injunction and expect the Court to turn a blind eye. But that is exactly what the defendants have done by closing the Correspondents’ Corridor …
Judge rejects Pentagon’s 2nd bid to restrict reporters | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> A federal judge on Thursday rejected an attempt by the Pentagon to impose a new set of restrictions on journalists who hold credentials to cover the military complex, in another blow to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to control the media.
In the USA, the competent federal judge has instructed the Ministry of Defence to restore unrestricted press access.
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