A federal judge declined to block the Pentagon's termination of two Stars and Stripes journalists on 2026-09-04. The Pentagon accused them of insubordination after one disclosed her employer to CBS in a July interview covering poor conditions on a Navy warship.
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The Pentagon accused two of the Stars and Stripes journalists of insubordination after one of them had told "CBS Sunday Morning" in a July interview that she worked for Stars and Stripes, "not for the Pentagon, not for any administration, not for any policymaker."
A judge appeared skeptical of the journalists’ arguments that they were fired for coverage of worsening conditions on a Navy warship.