Overview

• ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, NBC and a broad coalition including The New York Times, Reuters, the Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post said they will not sign the acknowledgment.
• The policy states that information about the department must be approved for public release by an authorized official before publication, even if not classified.
• The new rules restrict unescorted movement inside the building and list noncompliance as grounds to revoke Pentagon press credentials.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters who refuse to acknowledge the policy in writing to turn in their badges and vacate their workspaces.
• Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the requirement is only to acknowledge understanding of the policy, a framing reporters reject as implying their independent reporting harms national security.