YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | |
Quick look at Thursday's news: |
Journalists refuse to sign new Pentagon policy |
Dozens of journalists who cover the U.S. Department of Defense vacated their offices in the Pentagon and returned their credentials Wednesday as new restrictions on press access took effect. |
What happened: The Department of Defense had set a Tuesday deadline for news outlets to either sign a new Pentagon access policy or lose access to press credentials and Pentagon workspaces. |
| • | What the policy says: It requires journalists to acknowledge new rules on press access, including that they could be branded security risks and have their Pentagon press badges revoked if they ask department employees to disclose classified and some types of unclassified information. | | • | The Pentagon press area was quiet yesterday. At least 30 news organizations declined to sign the new policy, citing a threat to press freedoms and their ability to conduct independent newsgathering on the world's most powerful military. | | • | More on press in America: Indiana University ordered its student paper to stop printing. Editors say it's censorship. | | Members of a news media crew take down journalists' workspaces at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Phil Stewart, REUTERS |
A swastika was spotted in a congressman's office |
A Republican congressman from Ohio has denounced the display of an American flag altered to reveal a swastika inside his Washington, D.C. office, calling it a "vile and deeply inappropriate symbol" that is now under investigation by the U.S. Capitol Police. |
| • | Meanwhile, the Young Republican National Federation called for the immediate resignations of leaders in the organization exposed in a Politico story to have sent racist, antisemitic and other derogatory text messages to one another in a private chat. | |
Shutdown leaves military families in limbo |
The government is still shut down. And the political stalemate in Washington has left military families grappling with difficult financial decisions and wondering how they can make ends meet if an unresolved congressional disagreement deprives them of pay. Yesterday morning, some active duty military members told USA TODAY their checks had come through. Others said they were still confused about the status of their pay. | Kevin Henderson, a Defense Department civilian employee, said his neck surgery could be pushed back because of the government shutdown. Cybele Mayes-Osterman |
'No Kings' protests could draw historic turnout |
'The anger level is way higher ... It's not just policies we don't like … but it's also actual chipping away at democracy, at foundational rights and prerogatives that we all expect. … People are saying 'I've never been moved to action before, but now I feel like I have to.'" |
~ Public Citizen copresident Lisa Gilbert, one of the organizers of Saturday's "No Kings" protests. Organizers are expecting an unmatched flood of people for what they believe will be the largest single day of protest in modern American history. |
Angel Reese knew 'she's that girl' |
WNBA superstar Angel Reese walked her first-ever Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway on Wednesday. The Chicago Sky forward got her "wings" as she modeled the lingerie house's stylings, joining the ranks of VS Angels like Gigi Hadid and Ashley Graham. Reese chatted to USA TODAY backstage as she glammed for the catwalk. |
| • | See all the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show looks, from Karol G to Bella Hadid. | | Angel Reese walks the runway during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York. ANGELA WEISS, AFP via Getty Images |
Photo of the day: A pretty big pumpkin! | Dawson and his family celebrate with the winning pumpkin. Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off via Storyful |
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