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Topic: stars and stripes

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference in the White House briefing room on April 6, 2026. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

What is Hegseth trying to hide?

Sophia Tesfaye
Marines in Iraq receive copies of Stars and Stripes in 2003 (DAVID K. DISMUKES/US NAVY/AFP via Getty Images)

Military's newspaper captured by MAGA

Chauncey DeVega
Brian Williams (Reuters/Phil Mccarten)

Grim news for Williams

Luke Brinker
Brian Williams (Reuters/Phil Mccarten)

Brian Williams' Iraq flub

Luke Brinker
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Esquire responds to critics

Daniel D'Addario