The Trump administration on Friday doubled the number of news organizations it is evicting from their workspaces at the Pentagon in order to rotate in more friendly outlets.
CNN, The Washington Post, the Hill and War Zone will be asked to leave their spaces, with Newsmax, the Washington Examiner, the Daily Caller and the Free Press moving in, according to a memo from John Ullyot, acting assistant to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The decision, which the Pentagon Press Association called βunreasonable,β continues a pattern of hostility toward journalists by the administration, which this week said it was looking to cancel media subscriptions paid for by agencies of the federal government.
βBy turning over the office space loaned to you by the secretary, you will ensure that other outlets will enjoy the same opportunity to cover our nation’s finest up close from office spaces inside the walls of the Pentagon this year and each year going forward,β Ullyot wrote.
The Trump Administration is Throwing More Pentagon Reporters out of Their Workspaces https://t.co/WYsb8oxS9b
— Military.com (@Militarydotcom) February 8, 2025
