- Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes editor Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte — and dismissed publisher Max Lederer — after they publicly objected to potential military censorship, officials calling it insubordination.
- The Defense Department recently installed an active-duty Navy captain as deputy publisher and says it wants to "custom tailor" the paper to warfighting topics, raising concerns about the outlet’s editorial independence.
- Journalists and some lawmakers have protested the actions as an attack on press freedom; the paper’s ombudsman was also fired earlier and senators have demanded answers.
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