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press access policy
Coverage of press access policy in the Nexus archive.
- Pentagon can require reporters to be escorted during appeal process, judges rule
An appeals court ruled that the Defense Department can require journalists to be escorted on Pentagon grounds during the Trump administration's appeal of a decision blocking its press access policy. The policy, challenged by The New York Times, remains in effect pending the appeal.
- US judge rules Pentagon has violated his order in press access case
A federal judge ruled the Pentagon violated an order to implement a prior court decision that limited a restrictive press pass policy, mandating the return of credentials to seven New York Times reporters. The Pentagon's new policy and closure of the correspondents' corridor were criticized as an attempt to bypass the judge's ruling.