Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s clampdown on Pentagon press access has blown up into an open revolt by major newsrooms, with ...

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, October 27, 2025.

Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning. Five things you need to know 1. Carney says Trump ...

The “broad spectrum” of media figures covering the department now includes correspondents from the right, the far right and the conspiratorial fringe.

The Defense Department is significantly changing its policy of interacting with Congress, according to a new, five-page memo ...

In an Oct. 15 memo, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his deputy, Steve Feinberg, ordered Pentagon officials — including the ...

The Defense Department has announced a “new media” press corps largely comprised of conservative news outlets after ...

Far-right Christian nationalist Joshua Haymes, a self-anointed prophet of white supremacy, declared in a recent video that slavery “is not inherently evil,” demanding that every Christian “affirm and ...

It is a movement, a coordinated, cultural counterrevolution against truth, equality, and the very notion of freedom for Black people. The evidence is clear that this government is engaged in ...

JD Vance claimed the tie was actually celebrating American colors, even as Pete Hegseth has repeatedly advocated against ...

This isn’t the first time Hegseth has sought to limit media coverage of the Pentagon. In May 2025 he restricted journalists’ ...

He and Bondi are demonstrating a scary talent for deference, a spooky willingness to bend any which way to win and hold on to ...