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Judge Strikes Down Pentagon's Restrictive Press Policy
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's Pentagon press access rules, which required journalists to pledge not to gather information unless Defense officials formally approved its release — a standard Judge Paul Friedman found incompatible with the First Amendment. The policy had already driven reporters out of the building rather than sign the pledge. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by the New York Times.
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