As PPD noted recently, the Pentagon has enacted strict limits that bars press photographers from briefings on the Iran war. The Pentagon said in a statement that it made the change to use the space in the Pentagon's briefing room "effectively," noted The New York Times, adding that the ban was "the latest move" by the Defense Department under Secretary Pete Hegseth to restrict press access. The Washington Post, however, reported that the ban was put in place because Hegseth's staff was upset by "unflattering" pictures of their boss. The Pentagon later refuted the Post's report. The National Press Photographers Association said the ban raised First Amendment issues.

  Friday, March 20: New Museum Re-Opens on The Bowery After a nearly two-year expansion and a delayed reopening, the New Museum in New York City will finally welcome the public again this week. Designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s partners Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu with Cooper Robertson, the new complex uses laminated glass with metal mesh to create a crystalline facade that complements the SANAA-designed flagship without outshining it. Even though the sev...