Outlets Refuse to Sign New Pentagon Press Policy, State Dept. Revokes Visas Over Charlie Kirk Commentary, Supreme Court Weighs Voting Rights Act, Leaked Text Messages, and More.

UNBIASED Politics

Jordan Berman

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S FREE NEWSLETTER. Get the facts, without the spin. UNBIASED offers a clear, impartial recap of US news, including politics, elections, legal news, and more. Hosted by lawyer Jordan Berman, each episode provides a recap of current political events plus breakdowns of complex concepts—like constitutional rights, recent Supreme Court rulings, and new legislation—in an easy-to-understand way. No personal opinions, just the facts you need to stay informed on the daily news that matters. If you miss how journalism used to be, you're in the right place. In today's episode: Almost All Outlets Refuse to Sign Pentagon Press Policy; Hand Over Their Press Badges (0:12) State Department Says It Has Revoked Visas Of Those Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk's Assassination (12:48) Supreme Court Weighs Whether to Narrow Voting Rights Act; Louisiana's Newest Congressional Maps on the Chopping Block (17:36) Leaked Text Messages from Young Republicans; Vance Responds By Comparing Leaked Text Messages from Virginia AG Candidate (31:28) Quick Hitters: Trump Confirms CIA Operations in Venezuela, Judge Pauses Federal Layoffs for 30 Agencies, DOJ Seeking Indictment Against Former Trump National Security Adviser, Trump to Meet Putin in Budapest (42:10) Critical Thinking Segment (46:20) SUBSCRIBE TO JORDAN'S FREE NEWSLETTER. Watch this episode on YouTube. Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok. All sources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis.
0:36.6	Welcome back to Unbiased politics.
0:38.9	Today is Thursday, October 16th.
0:40.6	Let's talk about some news.
0:42.2	We're going to start with the Defense Department Press Pass saga.
0:46.3	A lot of you had a lot of questions.
0:48.2	So let's talk about it.
0:49.2	The latest here is that several major media outlets announced that they will not sign the Pentagon's new press
0:56.3	policy and they've since turned in their press passes. These outlets include but are not limited
1:02.0	to, CNN, Fox News, NPR, the Atlantic, ABC, CBS, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,
1:08.8	Newsmax, and the AP. So far, One America News is the only
1:13.9	outlet that has publicly come forward to say that they have signed on to the new policy,
1:18.6	and they will continue covering the Pentagon. For some context here, last month, the defense
1:25.5	department sent out a memo to the press outlining a new press policy.
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