Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to policy limiting reporters’ access to Pentagon
One expert tells me that this money will be used to replenish the US weapons stockpile, including some that are already running critically low. It takes money to kill bad guys, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirming reports. The Pentagon is now asking the White House to approve roughly $200 billion. To replenish the US weapons stockpile, but experts say most, about $180 billion isn’t for weapons used in the Iran war, but for future potential conflicts. It’s not just replenishing munitions that were expended, but also increasing inventories for future requirements. Currently experts estimate the war has cost US defense $20 billion and right now about half *** billion dollars per day. Experts say that additional $200 billion being requested will be spent over several years to rebuild the weapons stockpile. It’s *** small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top. President Trump says the money is critical to keeping weapons stocked and national security intact, but Congress will have the final say on the multi-billion dollar ask, with some lawmakers already signaling no as domestic issues pile at home. I’m tired of the industrial war complex getting all of our Hard earned tax dollars. I have folks in Colorado who can’t afford to live. Let’s focus on bringing down housing costs, bringing down healthcare costs, bringing down grocery bills. The Trump administration has proposed *** record $1.5 trillion defense budget for next year, and we have yet to see whether this $200 billion ask will be incorporated and factored into that budget request or if it will be considered supplemental money on top. Reporting in Washington, I’m Amy Lou.
A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, ruling that key portions of the new rules are unlawful.U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., sided with The New York Times and ruled that the Pentagon policy illegally restricts the press credentials of reporters who walked out of the building rather than agree to the new rules.The New York Times sued the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, claiming the credentialing policy violates the journalists’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process.The current Pentagon press corps is comprised mostly of conservative outlets that agreed to the policy. Reporters from outlets that refused to consent to the new rules, including from The Associated Press, have continued reporting on the military.
A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, ruling that key portions of the new rules are unlawful.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., sided with The New York Times and ruled that the Pentagon policy illegally restricts the press credentials of reporters who walked out of the building rather than agree to the new rules.
The New York Times sued the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, claiming the credentialing policy violates the journalists’ constitutional rights to free speech and due process.
The current Pentagon press corps is comprised mostly of conservative outlets that agreed to the policy. Reporters from outlets that refused to consent to the new rules, including from The Associated Press, have continued reporting on the military.
