NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Friday doubled the number of news organizations it is evicting from their workspaces at the Pentagon to rotate in more outlets that are friendly.

CNN, The Washington Post, the Hill and War Zone will be asked to leave their spaces, with Newsmax, the Washington Examiner, the Daily Caller and the Free Press moving in, according to a memo from John Ullyot, acting assistant to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The decision, which the Pentagon Press Association called “unreasonable,” continues a pattern of hostility toward journalists by the administration, which last week said it was looking to cancel media subscriptions paid for by agencies of the federal government.

“By turning over the office space loaned to you by the secretary, you will ensure that other outlets will enjoy the same opportunity to cover our nation’s finest up close from office spaces inside the walls of the Pentagon this year and each year going forward,” Ullyot wrote.

It’s common for news outlets to occupy space in places like the White House and state Capitols for quicker access to officials they need to do their jobs, and get stories out quickly.

The Pentagon isn’t preventing the ousted outlets from covering them, just making it more difficult for them to do their jobs.

CNN and The Washington Post said it would continue to cover the Pentagon independently and fairly, regardless of desk space.

The Pentagon announced its new rotation policy a week ago, saying that NBC News, the New York Times, NPR and Politico would be required to vacate. Their spaces are to be taken by One America News Network, the New York Post, Breitbart News and Huffpost.

The Times, Washington Post, CNN and Politico are each organizations that President Donald Trump has been critical of.

Each of the outlets rotated in this week have been more supportive in their coverage.