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Lakshmi Singh (0:17)
Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A broad group of major news organizations is declining to sign on to the Pentagon's new restrictions on press access. NPR's one of them. Even Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's former employer, Fox News, says it won't go along with it. NPR's David Folkenflik reports. Hegseth's bid to clamp down on leaks has major implications for news outlets tasked with holding powerful institutions accountable to the American public.
David Folkenflik (0:46)
There's the concern that if you were to sign up for this that you would be, in a sense, acceding to the Pentagon's interpretation of what would be a violation of policy, but also with implications that somehow you're acknowledging that perhaps you were compromising national security. Major news organizations, reporters covering Pentagon would argue anything but that they help national security by explaining to Americans what the Pentagon is doing in our name with our tax dollars and to our fellow citizens who serve under them.
Lakshmi Singh (1:14)
NPR's David Folkenflick reporting. The man accused of firebombing the residence of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in April has pleaded guilty. Tom Reese of member station WESA has latest.
Tom Reese (1:28)
Governor Shapiro, speaking at a news confere, said he's grateful to have closure after learning Cody Ballmer will spend 25 to 50 years in prison as part of a plea deal. Charges range from attempted murder to terrorism. Shapiro and guests were asleep inside the Harrisburg home after celebrating Passover when Ballmer entered and threw beer bottles filled with gasoline into a dining room. Shapiro says the threat of violence remains with him.
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I think it's important that in this time of rising political violence that none of us grow numb to it or accept this as the normal course of doing business for elected officials.
Tom Reese (2:03)
The governor's residence has undergone extensive security upgrades in the aftermath. For NPR News, I'm Tom Reese in Harrisburg.
Lakshmi Singh (2:10)
The U.S. supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, the far right conspiracy theorist found liable for defamation over claims the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. Israel says it opened fire during an incident in northern Gaza, even as a ceasefire deal remains in place between Israel and Hamas. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports.