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US: Pentagon must restore journalists' access, judge says

A federal judge has said the US Defense Department has not complied with orders to allow journalists access to the Pentagon. New rules have prevented reporters from entering the building without an escort. Grouped from 4 articles across 3 sources.

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DWApr 10, 2026, 12:12 AM

US: Pentagon must restore journalists' access, judge says

A federal judge has said the US Defense Department has not complied with orders to allow journalists access to the Pentagon. New rules have prevented reporters from entering the building without an escort.

The Straits TimesApr 9, 2026, 9:26 PM

US judge says Pentagon violated court order to restore press access

The judge in March issued an injunction requiring reporters’ credentials to be restored immediately.

The Straits TimesApr 9, 2026, 9:26 PM

US judge orders Pentagon to restore press access

WASHINGTON, April 9 - A U.S. judge in Washington ruled on Thursday that the Pentagon is hampering journalists in defiance of a court order that required it to restore access to credentialed reporters covering the seat of U.S. military power.

The GuardianApr 9, 2026, 10:43 PM

US judge rules Pentagon has violated his order in press access case

Paul Friedman grants New York Times’s motion to force implementation of earlier ruling that gutted restrictive new policy A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Pentagon has not complied with an order last month that undid much of a restrictive new press pass policy implemented by the Department of Defense, and ordered the return of credentials to seven New York Times reporters. The newspaper, which sued the Trump administration in December, had urged the judge to compel implementation of his 20 March ruling after the Pentagon responded to the judge’s determination by creating a new press access policy, which the newspaper called an “end-run” around the judge’s ruling. The Pentagon had also announced the closure of the work space known as “correspondents’ corridor”. Continue reading...

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