{
  "id": 2431578,
  "title": "Pentagon fires publisher and editor of US military news outlet Stars and Stripes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/pentagon-fires-publisher-and-editor-of-us-military-news-outlet-stars",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T20:10:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/pentagon-fires-publisher-editor-stars-stripes-uss-abraham-lincoln"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Max Lederer and Erik Slavin receive termination notices after publication reported on crew conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln The Pentagon has fired the publisher and the editor of Stars and Stripes, the US military news outlet that has clashed with the Trump administration and armed forces brass over its partly taxpayer-funded reporting. Publisher Max Lederer and editor Erik Slavin received…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Pentagon moves to fire publisher and editor of Stars and Stripes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/pentagon-moves-to-fire-publisher-and-editor-of-stars-and-stripes",
        "published": "2026-08-21T18:37:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}