Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer said he has not been contacted directly by anyone from the Pentagon about the changes, despite reaching out to them.
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Four U.S. military servicemembers in uniform read a Stars and Stripes print newspaper. (Stars and Stripes)
The Pentagon has released a modernization plan for Stars and Stripes that expands Defense Department oversight, restricts purchased content and signals a shift away from print.
The eight‑page memo marks the first formal guidance since the January social media post by a DOD spokesman. #Flashes
Breaking News: John F. Burns, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times best known for his work in Iraq, died at 81.
NEW: Under Trump, mental health care for vets is getting squeezed
VA is bleeding shrinks & *not replacing them*
One told me she's so overloaded her sessions can be *16 mins*
She's had to online sessions w/ 35 vets
How is that therapeutic? It's not, she said
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NEWS: An Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that killed US service members in the early hours of war was more severe than previously known. 30+ remained in hospitals yday. About 20 arrived at Landstuhl Tuesday with injuries the military designated “urgent." @cbsnews.com
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#BREAKING: About 140 US military personnel wounded in Iran war: Pentagon
Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington succumbed to his injuries on Sunday after a March 1 Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.
In a victory for Voice of America staffers, a federal judge ruled that Kari Lake unlawfully ran the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for several months last year. The mass layoffs and other actions undertaken during that time “are void,” the judge wrote. https://cnn.it/46LPSTM
"Journalists covering the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran should be telling their audiences not only what they know but what they were prevented from finding out, and by whom."
During his Pentagon briefing on the war on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bashed "fake news" while addressing the six U.S. Army reservists killed in an Iranian attack on an operations center in Kuwait. https://to.pbs.org/4sv9zYs
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, seated, surrounded by nearly 30 other women, seated around her and standing behind her. 1933. Harris & Ewing, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
As the Great Depression threatened the tenuous foothold of women on newspaper staffs, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt instituted a weekly, women-only press conference at the White House to force news organizations to employ at least one woman reporter.
The first was held on this day in 1933. 🧵
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
Pete Hegseth, if he does not resign, should at least get out of the way and let better men than him talk to the nation and to the press.
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As Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US is “accelerating” its strikes inside Iran, Pentagon beat reporters say they are not getting answers to key questions about the ongoing military operations.
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Really disturbing reporting. There doesn’t appear to be a real plan for what happens to the Iranian government next.
Also just really heart broken about the news today about the American servicemembers killed and wounded. Praying for them and their families. Also praying for the Iranian people and everyone in the region who is dodging missiles.
Just finished this section in my book “Why Nations Go to War” by John Stoessinger (11th edition)
Like I said, this week’s reading and studying about the Iraq & Afghanistan wars with what’s happening now with Iran is making my head spin a little.
Honestly, this is really one hell of a weekend to have to be studying about the initial run up to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for my class. Currently watching this Frontline doc: www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
Since 2022, Matthieu Aikins and I have been investigating the CIA’s Afghan surrogate commandos, known in Afg as the Zero Units but officially called the CTPTs by the CIA. These units’ existence has been publicly known since 2010, but their relationship with the CIA is still an official secret...
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
Mr. Lai’s case stands as a stark example of how legal systems can be weaponized to silence independent journalism by punishing those who dare to report, publish and speak freely.
What happens to Jimmy Lai matters not only to Hong Kong, but to journalists and citizens around the world who depend on a free and independent press to safeguard democracy.”
US Journalist Rapid Response Fund launched. cpj.org/2026/02/new-...
No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the @washingtonpost.com is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society
Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
