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Pete Hegseth faces backlash for Pentagon press crackdown

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Pete Hegseth faces backlash for Pentagon press crackdown: 'Direct attack'
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing backlash after issuing orders on Friday restricting credentialed journalists from unescorted access to much of the Pentagon building. Newsweek contacted the Department of Defense press office for comment on Saturday via email.

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Pentagon Press Association calls Defense Secretary Hegseth’s access restrictions ‘a direct attack’
Defense Secretary Hegseth, bedeviled by leaks, orders more restrictions on press at Pentagon

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Trump administration puts new limits on reporters at Pentagon
Elon Musk's social media platform X was largely restored for most users after an outage that impacted tens of thousands of users in the United States on Saturday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, following which he said that he is "back to spending 24/7" at his companies.

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US updates: Hegseth restricts Pentagon reporting
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Pentagon Imposes New Press Restrictions Under Trump Administration

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Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on May 1 flight, causing 2 planes to abort D.C. landings
On May 1, the Pentagon briefly lost contact with an Army helicopter nearby, causing two planes to abort landings at D.C.'s Reagan National Airport.

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Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight that caused jets to nix landings at DC airport
Army Report Links Pentagon Equipment Glitch to Aborted Landings at D.C. Airport
Pentagon clamps down on having reporters in certain areas of building with an escort
The Pentagon is restricting the access of journalists within its walls and requiring them to travel with an escort in certain ...
Hegseth hosts first meeting of what he says will be a monthly Christian prayer service at Pentagon
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted a Christian prayer service on Wednesday at the Pentagon for employees that included ...
The Pentagon's IT agency is facing a 10% cut to its workforce. Its director suggested that might be a good thing.
The Defense Information Systems Agency, the Pentagon's tech arm, provides the military with IT and telecommunication ...
Pentagon says it has accepted Qatari luxury jet for Air Force One use
The Defense Department confirms it has accepted the gift from the oil-rich nation, but officials previously warned the plane ...
Pentagon announces it has accepted jet from Qatar that will be used by Trump once it is modified
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar that President Donald Trump will use once the Pentagon ...
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Pentagon Ukraine hub could see downgrade in policy office reshuffle
The shift would demote an office that until earlier this year had become one of the most important in the Pentagon.
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Shock as Trump official unleashes 'direct attack on freedom of the press'
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has pledged to do his part in making the Trump administration the most transparent in history, issued a memo Friday imposing tight restrictions on reporters' ...