The Pentagon has given separation notices to both the publisher and the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, according to people familiar with the matter.

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…

The publisher’s departure comes seven months after the Pentagon announced on social media that it intended to overhaul the newspaper to align with department messaging