Hegseth’s war on critical press coverage hits venerable ‘Stars and Stripes’

The one constant of Pete Hegseth’s reign as self-designated war secretary has been his unbridled contempt for independent journalism that questions any of his rosy pronouncements about the unqualified success or wisdom of his policies. In an attempt to keep the Pentagon press corps from finding out anything he wanted t

The military paper has served troops and their families for generations and Congress protects its independence

A trio of Senate Democrats is expressing concern over the Pentagon’s involvement in the operations of Stars and Stripes, defending the publication’s independence in a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday. Their inquiry follows an announcement this week that the military newspaper’s longtime publisher, M