Trump says Pentagon won't cut funding to 159-year-old newspaper, Stars and Stripes

President Trump announced Friday that the Defense Department "will NOT be cutting funding" to the military's historic independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes.

Driving the news: The Pentagon had ordered the shutdown of the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, despite objections by Congress, per the AP.

In February, the agency proposed cutting $15.5 million in funding to the paper. But the House has since passed legislation that includes the funding through the 2021 fiscal year.
Details: A Pentagon memo, which was first quoted in an opinion piece in USA...