Trump admin suffers major legal defeat over Pentagon policy

A federal judge dealt a major blow to the Trump administration on Friday, ruling that Pentagon restrictions on journalists violated the Constitution.

U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman, a Bill Clinton appointee, granted summary judgment to The New York Times, finding that key portions of a Defense Department policy setting alternate Pentagon press credentials were “unlawful because they violate the First and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution.”

The policy stemmed...