The New York Times sued the U.S. Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Thursday in an effort to force the Pentagon to abandon its restrictive new press policy, the latest attempt by a U.S. news organization to reclaim access to government spaces.

The press policy, enacted last month, requires journalists to acknowledge that they could be branded security risks and have their Pentagon press badges revoked if they ask department employees to disclose classified and some types of unclassified information.

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, also names chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell.

At least 30 news organizations, including Fox News, the Washington Post and Reuters, chose to give up their press badges rather t

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