The lawsuit escalates a fight over the independence of a military newspaper partially funded by congressional appropriations.

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.