Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued stricter orders on Friday for journalists accessing the Pentagon building, as the Trump administration places further restrictions on the press.The new rules ban credentialed reporters from most of the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington,

Bedeviled by leaks to the media during his short tenure, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a series of restrictions on the press late Friday that include banning reporters from entering wide swaths of the Pentagon without a government escort — areas where the press has had access in past administrations as it covers the activities of the

Leak-prone Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imposed new rules on journalists at the Pentagon.