Overview

• ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox issued a joint statement rejecting the policy as without precedent and said they will not sign.
• The New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, the Associated Press, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Guardian and Newsmax also declined, while One America News is the only outlet to publicly accept.
• The revised rules require reporters to acknowledge limits on obtaining or using unauthorized information and allow the Pentagon to revoke credentials.
• Pentagon officials say it is a security acknowledgment rather than preapproval, and Secretary Pete Hegseth posted that access is a privilege while taunting holdouts online.
• The Pentagon Press Association and other groups argue the policy suppresses protected reporting and have engaged legal counsel as a 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline starts a 24‑hour window to surrender passes.