Overview

• At least 20 organizations — including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, CNN, AP, Reuters, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and NPR — refused to sign and were told to surrender badges and vacate workspaces by Wednesday.
• The revised rules say receiving or publishing sensitive material is generally protected but warn reporters may be deemed security risks and lose access if they “solicit” nonpublic information.
• One America News is the only outlet publicly accepting the terms, while other newsrooms say they will continue covering the military without Pentagon credentials.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth mocked objecting outlets on social media and President Trump voiced support for the measures, as Pentagon officials cast the backlash as an overreaction to common-sense safeguards.
• Press associations warn the move would end major outlets’ permanent presence inside the Pentagon for the first time since the Eisenhower era and note legal experts say the language could aid Espionage Act prosecutions, with an inspector general inquiry into Hegseth still underway.