WASHINGTON >> At least 20 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most powerful military ahead of a Tuesday deadline to accept new restrictions.

Major news outlets, including the NYT, AP and Reuters, refuse to sign Pentagon’s new press rules, risking eviction over First Amendment concerns.

Several news organizations, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and NPR, have announced that their journalists will not sign a new set of Pentagon restrictions affecting news gathering in the massive military complex.

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Former Fox News host Pete Hegseth gave news organizations a Tuesday deadline to agree to the new limits on reporting at the Pentagon.

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.