With the Editorial Staff of the Herald stand by their Peers??? Three fired Stars and Stripes journalists sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and two other top Pentagon officials in federal court Thursday, claiming the Trump administration is attempting to fire them illegally as part of its "extraordinary censorship efforts" against the military news outlet. They alleged that they were fired both for "speaking up as private citizens in support of the press's freedom to cover military" and because of their reporting on rough conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.