Inside the Pentagon’s battle with the press

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<p>Justices heard arguments Wednesday over a case concerning a key provision of the Voting Rights Act related to congressional district maps in Louisiana. Lawrence Hurley with <a href="https://apple.news/AyG7zKvmoQTaBjDVt-dTEUQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NBC News</a> discusses how the pending decision could drastically change voting maps in the South.</p><p>Journalists from major news outlets refused to sign onto a new policy restricting who they can talk to and what type of information they can report on at the Pentagon. Melissa Korn with the <a href="https://apple.news/AEWAvrrDpSMOuevMMa5Nlng" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Wall Street Journal</i></a> explains how the move upends decades of standard practice at the Department of Defense.</p><p>An investigation by the <a href="https://apple.news/AYfLdKi-SRH-8CUcaXFPuMg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Washington Post</i></a> reveals that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ disability program is fraught with shady and sometimes fraudulent claims. Reporter Craig Whitlock breaks down how the program became a target for fraud.</p><p>Plus, a federal judge temporarily <a href="https://apple.news/AsRsqUWzpRmeqPfgzi8qzRA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blocked</a> the administration’s firing of federal workers during the shutdown, why Trump authorized CIA <a href="https://apple.news/ANX9cSr8WRg6dykq9slRCKg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">operations</a> in Venezuela, and a legal battle over <a href="https://apple.news/AsxcEvDhSRQqrCvOEwc9e8Q" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Uncrustables</a>.