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Pete Hegseth's war on the press is a losing battle -- for him
Pete Hegseth is facing ongoing disputes with the press in the Pentagon pressroom amid strained media relations under the Trump administration, officials say.
- The U.S. Department of Defense, renamed the Department of War by the Trump administration, is waging its first 'war' inside the Pentagon pressroom, shifting conflict to press relations.
- Pete Hegseth has mounted an aggressive campaign targeting the press inside the Pentagon pressroom, driven by opposition to media narratives rather than behind-the-scenes management.
- Reporters inside the Pentagon say the 'war' is fought in the "bowels of the Pentagon pressroom," affecting pressroom procedures and daily briefings.
- Relations between Defense officials and journalists have become strained, altering day-to-day Pentagon communications and access and turning briefings into political battlegrounds.
- The episode signals a broader tactic by the Trump administration to reshape departmental public messaging, using institutional changes to shift engagement within the Pentagon pressroom.
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Pete Hegseth's war on the press is a losing battle -- for him
The U.S. Department of Defense — newly renamed the Department of War by the Trump administration — has opted to wage its first war of the new era not on the battlefield but within the bowels of the Pentagon pressroom.
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