The Pentagon press corps has been kicked out of the Pentagon building.
Posted by Deadline: White House, Checked
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- 4 support3 context
- Said
- 1 time·
- Confidence
- 90%
Deadline: White HouseOct 22, 2026
The claim is supported as of 2026-10-22: Reuters reported dozens of journalists vacated their Pentagon offices and returned credentials in October 2025 after refusing new access rules, and a later War Department release confirms most of the press corps lost building access then.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… There is not a sort of reliably objective press corps have no press corps. I mean, we are he wants to turn the White House briefing room back into a swimming pool. The White House Pentagon the Pentagon press corps has been kicked out of the building. It's a bunch of a state appointed stenographers doing the bidding of a deluded man and his stooge generals. I mean, we are a very precarious place in terms of America domestically and internationally. Thank you so much for being here for the hour. …
Deadline: White House · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reported on October 15, 2025 that dozens of journalists vacated their Pentagon offices and returned press credentials as new restrictions took effect after news outlets refused to sign the policy.[1]
Supports. A War Department release states that most press corps members declined to sign the new agreement in October and therefore lost access to the building, and that a new press corps has since been seated.[3]
Supports. The Atlantic and PBS both describe the October 2025 removal of nearly the entire Pentagon press corps from the building as an eviction or ouster.[4][5]
Context. In March 2026 the Pentagon closed Correspondents' Corridor and moved the press to an annex after a court ruling, so the press corps remained out of the main building in later reporting.[2][6][7]
Context. Some sources are opinion or unrated outlets, but the core fact is confirmed by tier-1 wire and primary government sources.[1][3]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 2 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Pentagon journalists vacate workspace as new restrictions ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Pentagon to issue new press credentials but remove media ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3War Department Welcomes New Pentagon Press Corpswar.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 4The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps - The Atlantictheatlantic.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5What the Pentagon press corps eviction means for coverage of ...pbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Kicked out. Reinstated. Kicked out again.cjr.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7The Pentagon Kicks the Press Out … Again | On the Mediawnycstudios.org · not rated · cited for: context
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