Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth isn’t explaining why he installed an active-duty officer at the independent newspaper—and what happened to make the publisher quit.

Longtime Stars and Stripes publisher Max D. Lederer Jr. has announced his retirement. The development comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon seeks to exert editorial…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth isn’t explaining why he installed an active-duty officer at the independent newspaper—and what happened to make the publisher quit.