{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"World News","provider_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews","author_name":"News","author_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/","title":"The battle over Stars and Stripes - World News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Y95GTARPuW\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-battle-over-stars-and-stripes-2\/\">The battle over Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-battle-over-stars-and-stripes-2\/embed\/#?secret=Y95GTARPuW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The battle over Stars and Stripes&#8221; &#8212; World News\" data-secret=\"Y95GTARPuW\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/04\/3560d51c-7d59-4f92-9a04-657669bca7b2\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/c80e22b2ce465bfc836a8f015a9fd913\/stars-and-stripes-1920.jpg?w=1920&resize=1920,998&ssl=1","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":998,"description":"Stars and Stripes, the newspaper for the American military, is part of the Department of Defense, but has long taken pride in its editorial independence. Under the Trump administration, however, the Pentagon&amp;#039;s chief spokesman has vowed to rid the paper of &amp;quot;woke distractions,&amp;quot; and the deputy secretary of defense has imposed restrictions on what it can publish (including banning news stories by the Associated Press). CBS News national defense correspondent David Martin reports on fears that a source of independent news for the military could be turned into what the paper&amp;#039;s former ombudsman (who was fired after writing a column critical of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth) calls &amp;quot;a public affairs propaganda machine.&amp;quot;"}