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Will the Pentagon restore press access after this ruling?

Plus: Savannah Guthrie's newest message about her mom Sunday, March 22, 2026 View in browser   Received this email from a friend? Sign up here. Happy Sunday. There's more than enough media news to fill a special weekend edition today, so let's get to it...   A rare win for the press Well, here's something you don't hear very often in 2026: "This is a great day for freedom of the press in the United States." Those are the words of the Pentagon Press Association , celebrating Friday's ruling by a federal judge siding with The New York Times and voiding parts of the restrictive press policy that Pete Hegseth rolled out last fall.   The association said the ruling is " also hopefully a learning opportunity for Pentagon leadership, which took extreme steps to limit press access to information in wartime."   Some beat reporters who were pushed out of the Pentagon comp...