A number of news organisations, including The Associated Press and The New York Times , are refusing to sign updated rules which stipulate that journalists will not obtain unauthorized material, nor enter parts of the Pentagon without an official. Several publications say the new rules, announced last month by Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, threaten the First Amendment right of journalists.

The Pentagon Press Association, which represents journalists from a number of outlets who report on the Department of War, said the revamped rules create "unprecedented restrictions on our ability to report the news,” and that not agreeing to such terms would “end our historically-held access to the Pentagon.”

The Association continued that the new policy “conveys an unprecedented message of intimi

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