Pentagon Blocks Photographers from Hegseth's Iran War Briefings Amid Media Tensions

• Pentagon blocks photographers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's last two Iran war briefings, a change from longstanding policy.
• The move comes amid a contentious relationship between the Hegseth-led Defense Department and mainstream news organizations.
• Mainstream media outlets were replaced by a new press corps supportive of President Donald Trump's administration.
• The New York Times has sued the Trump administration over Hegseth's restrictive media rules, with a hearing held last week.
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized The New York Times' coverage of an Iran school bombing, for which a preliminary finding suggests the US was responsible.