Summary
The U.S. Defense Department will close media offices inside the Pentagon after a judge ruled in favor of The New York Times, which challenged restrictions on reporters' access. Reporters will be relocated to an annex outside the Pentagon.
Key Facts
- A federal judge sided with The New York Times against the Pentagon's limits on press access.
- The Pentagon will close an area for reporters called "Correspondents' Corridor."
- Journalists used "Correspondents' Corridor" for decades to cover military news.
- Reporters will be moved to a yet-to-be-ready annex outside the Pentagon.
- No timeline has been provided for when the annex will be available.
- The Pentagon Press Association criticized the move as violating press freedom.
- This policy change is part of ongoing tensions between the press and President Trump's administration.
