The White Home criticizes information retailers for reporting on a video about “unlawful orders.”

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a call with military members on Thanksgiving in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., Nov. 27, 2025.

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The White House named the Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent “Media Offenders of the Week” on Friday night, criticizing their coverage of a video released by Democratic lawmakers telling the U.S. military they can’t follow illegal orders.

The Boston Globe, CBS News and The Independent did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.

Last week, six Democrats, all with military or national security experience, released a video reminding service members that they have the right to refuse illegal orders. President Donald Trump accused them of “seditious behavior” and said that “in the past” it was punishable by “the death penalty.”

The FBI is now attempting to interview Senator Mark Kelly and the other Democrats featured in the video.

The White House denied that Trump ever issued illegal orders. But some experts believe the Pentagon’s deadly campaign against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean is unlawful.

On Friday, The Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had verbally ordered all crew members on a suspected drug boat to be killed. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., a Marine Corps veteran, told the newspaper that Americans will eventually be prosecuted for it, “either as a war crime or outright murder.”