Pete Hegseth orders more restrictions on press at Pentagon

Bedevilled by leaks to the media during his short tenure, defence secretary Pete Hegseth issued a series of restrictions on the press late on Friday. They 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 world's most powerful military. Advertisement Newly restricted areas include his office and those of his top aides and all of the different locations across the mammoth building where the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Space Force maintain press offices. The media…