Reporters will work from an “annex” on Pentagon grounds but outside the building.
FILE – The Pentagon and the surrounding area is seen in this aerial view in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. The U.S. Defense Department will issue new press credentials but remove media offices from the Pentagon after a judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit regardingJudge appoints new US attorney for New Jersey after Habba, other officials were disqualifiedTrump makes a detour to Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis during Iran war and airport turmoilPentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the agency disagrees with the ruling and will appeal.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., last week sided with the newspaper and ruled that the Pentagon’s new policy illegally restricts the press credentials of reporters whoParnell said the reporters will be able to work from an “annex” that will be on the Pentagon grounds but outside the building. He said the new facility “will be available when ready” but did not say how long that would take. Journalists will still have access to the Pentagon for press conferences and interviews arranged through the department’s public affairs team, but they will have to be escorted, Parnelland Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, claiming the credentialing policy violates the journalists’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, March 19, 2026. The current Pentagon press corps is comprised mostly of conservative outlets that agreed to the policy. Reporters from outlets that refused to consent to the new rules, including from The Associated Press, have The AP, meanwhile, is awaiting a decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of Appeals on itsagainst President Donald Trump’s administration. The AP contends that Trump’s White House team punished it by reducing its access to presidential events because the outlet hasn’t followed his lead in renaming the Gulf of Mexico.4 women hospitalized after stabbing at DTLA restaurant210 Freeway section closed for hours after person jumps from freeway in IrwindaleLA to raise property tax bills because criminals are stealing copper wireGranada Hills man charged in series of arsons in Canoga Park, downtown LA
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