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The New York Times is suing the Pentagon over media gag order

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 04, 2025
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on ‘Fox & Friends’

The New York Times just sued the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, and spokesman Sean Parnell over new rules requiring reporters to sign a 21-page agreement before covering the military.

What’s in the agreement? Just a prohibition on gathering or publishing any information not authorized by the government—including …

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