A federal appeals court on Monday allowed the Pentagon to reinstate its ban on journalists being able to enter the building without an escort, marking the latest in a back-and-forth battle between Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the press.
After the Pentagon moved to restrict access for news outlets that refused to abide by new government reporting rules, a judge struck it down. The Pentagon then announced a broader ban on all journalists entering the main building without an escort, citing safety reasons.
The lower court judge said that the new ban violated his initial order — but the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said that’s not true. It said the broader ban was a new policy that should have been treated as such by the lower court.
“On this record, the Department is likely to succeed in its argument that the escort requirement in
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