Judge lets Pentagon move forward with firing Stars and Stripes journalists

TL;DR

A federal judge has allowed the Pentagon to proceed with terminating three Stars and Stripes employees.
The employees' request to halt their firings while a lawsuit proceeds was denied.
The judge found that the government likely did not violate their First Amendment rights.
The terminations are linked to allegations of insubordination, including interviews given to CBS News.
The judge suggested the interviews were likely given in their capacity as employees, not as private citizens.
The lawsuit questioned the future independence of the Stars and Stripes newspaper.

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