{"id":2325,"date":"2026-08-06T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:12:33","slug":"democrats-plant-a-flag-against-hegseths-media-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2325","title":{"rendered":"Democrats \u2018Plant a Flag\u2019 Against Hegseth\u2019s Media Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A group of 14 Senate Democrats is set to introduce a bill Thursday to reverse Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s restrictions on media access inside the Pentagon, arguing the administration is denying the public vital information about the Iran war.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2322\">Rand Paul Takes Another Swing at Getting Fauci Federally Prosecuted<\/a><\/p><p>Led by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), the bill would restore <span><u>reporters\u2019 access<\/u><\/span> to areas of the Pentagon that credentialed journalists could enter before the Trump administration\u2019s 2025 restrictions, including the \u201cCorrespondent\u2019s Corridor,\u201d a <span><u>workspace for journalists<\/u><\/span> since 1972. The bill hasn\u2019t previously been reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it\u2019s a free country, and they\u2019re not acting like it,\u201d Schatz told NOTUS. \u201cEspecially in a time of war \u2026 a vigorous and adversarial press gets to question why we\u2019re at war, what the theory of victory is, how much it\u2019s going to cost, what our strategy is \u2014 and none of that has been explained to the public.\u201d<\/p><p>The measure is unlikely to advance in the Republican-controlled Congress, and President Donald Trump could veto it if it did. But ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections, the legislation offers an early glimpse of how Democrats could challenge one of the administration\u2019s most contentious transparency fights if they regain power. The bill\u2019s introduction also comes as the Pentagon is battling over the restrictions in court.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ted Cruz 8\/4\/26\" class=\"wp-image-2298\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f19f0027ead5b8f32c887d1d90af87dd-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f19f0027ead5b8f32c887d1d90af87dd-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f19f0027ead5b8f32c887d1d90af87dd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/f19f0027ead5b8f32c887d1d90af87dd.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n<u>Dana Milbank:<\/u> Ted Cruz Threw an Islamophobic Party \u2014 And Nobody Showed Up\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ron Wyden\" class=\"wp-image-2321\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1cf1bfdc1a98c8b41917230c0066b0be-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1cf1bfdc1a98c8b41917230c0066b0be-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1cf1bfdc1a98c8b41917230c0066b0be-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1cf1bfdc1a98c8b41917230c0066b0be.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Democrats\u2019 Split on AI Grows as a New Plan Emerges\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DC0A8128 copy.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2312\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a753af88bd79cf15092e11c617321bda-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a753af88bd79cf15092e11c617321bda-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a753af88bd79cf15092e11c617321bda-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a753af88bd79cf15092e11c617321bda.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Talk to Tom: Restaurant Recs for D.C., Maryland &#8230; and Germany!\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Agriculture Farming AP-23318756054921\" class=\"wp-image-2324\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/809757ff96865c06c8de1f6cc420afe3-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/809757ff96865c06c8de1f6cc420afe3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/809757ff96865c06c8de1f6cc420afe3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/809757ff96865c06c8de1f6cc420afe3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Republicans Roll the Dice on Their Farm Bill\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The bill\u2019s co-sponsors include Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee\u2019s top Democrat; Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and Jacky Rosen, all senior Senate Armed Services members, also signed on.<\/p><p>\u201cFreedom of the press is enshrined in everything that we do in our democracy, and it is absolutely abhorrent to me what they\u2019re doing with limiting press access and driving out the press from the Pentagon,\u201d Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), a co-sponsor and SASC member, told NOTUS. \u201cYou don\u2019t do that unless you\u2019re trying to hide something.\u201d<\/p><p>Duckworth said Democrats are using the bill to \u201cplant a flag\u201d for future efforts to rein in what she called the administration\u2019s \u201chorrific attacks on our democracy.\u201d<\/p><p>The legislation follows actions from Hegseth that led to the ouster of the Pentagon\u2019s resident press corps, including requiring journalists to be escorted through much of the building, relocating major news organizations from their longtime office space and imposing new credentialing rules.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon didn\u2019t immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p><p>Hegseth, who has not held a press briefing in three months, and Trump have been openly hostile to journalists reporting on national security. In the wake of a <span><u>Washington Post report<\/u><\/span> that he grilled Hegseth over munitions shortages during a closed-door meeting, Trump denied the shortages in a Thursday social media <span><u>post<\/u><\/span> and threatened that leakers of \u201ctreasonous statements are being hunted down,\u201d and \u201cLong term jail sentences will be sought!\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2318\">Talk to Tom: Restaurant Recs for D.C., Maryland \u2026 and Germany!<\/a><\/p><p>The Justice Department last month sent subpoenas to compel testimony from New York Times reporters who wrote about security concerns involving the new Air Force One before <span><u>withdrawing them<\/u><\/span>. In January, the FBI <span><u>raided a Washington Post reporter\u2019s home<\/u><\/span> as part of an investigation into a Pentagon contractor the administration said had illegally retained classified documents.<\/p><p>The Pentagon policies prompted two lawsuits by The New York Times, which argued the restrictions violated the First Amendment. The administration has defended the measures as necessary to protect classified information.<\/p><p>A federal judge last month ordered the Defense Department to temporarily halt the requirement that journalists be accompanied by an official escort.<\/p><p>Schatz\u2019s bill argues the restrictions broke with decades of bipartisan practice. If enacted, it would restore press access that existed before Hegseth initiated the restrictions, restore unescorted access for credentialed reporters, and ensure that security reviews for Pentagon credentials are conducted by career officials in the Pentagon Force Protection Agency rather than political appointees.<\/p><p>It would also bar future defense secretaries from changing press workspaces, access areas or credentialing rules without first consulting the House and Senate Armed Services committees.<\/p><p>Former CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, now with USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, said the restrictions fundamentally changed how reporters can gather information in response to breaking news and made spontaneous newsgathering nearly impossible. Wartime, she said, makes open access even more important.<\/p><p>\u201cAmericans want to know every single day what the troops are up to, what they\u2019re being asked to do, and do they have the equipment and the training to do what they\u2019re being asked to do?\u201d she said. \u201cAnd that comes from having the press corps there on site to be able to do the reporting to answer those questions.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=2314\">Are Montana Democrats Abandoning Their Own Candidate?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bill to restore reporter access to the Pentagon sets an early marker for the party\u2019s oversight agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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