"Our goal is to protect the rights of service members and their families to a free and independent press," the plaintiffs said.

Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military news outlet are suing to challenge their recent firings by the Pentagon, accusing the Trump administration of violating…

The plaintiffs say the Trump administration is trying to fire them as a part of its "extraordinary censorship efforts."

Publisher Max Lederer, Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, and reporter Lara Korte sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.