The Pentagon dismissed Stars and Stripes editor Erik Slavin, reporter Lara Korte and publisher Max Lederer after a public defence of the paper’s editorial independence. The move has intensified concerns that the Defence Department is trying to tighten control over military journalism.

The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes has announced his retirement, ending a decades-long career with the military newspaper as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon moves to exert edit

Longtime Stars and Stripes publisher Max D.