New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Press Access Rules, Claiming Restrictions Violate First Amendment

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 ...