'Keep your mouth shut.' Mark Kelly hits back at Trump, Pentagon investigation

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• ▸Source type — Established national-news reporting credited to USA TODAY.
• ▸Author attribution — The article identifies Rebecca Morin and USA TODAY.
• ▸Transparency — The page identifies USA TODAY as the article's original publisher.

The article attributes the principal claims to Kelly, the Pentagon, Trump and other named sources, and includes expert assessments of the potential military case. The experts are not identified by name, and the administration’s rationale receives limited direct explanation.

Kelly's perspective and criticisms dominate the article, while the Pentagon's stated basis for the investigation and Trump's response are included. The article provides little direct explanation from administration officials about the investigation or the strikes.

• ▸Counterarguments presented — The Pentagon's misconduct allegation and Trump's remarks are reported, but the administration's case is not developed.
• ▸Source diversity — Includes Kelly, the Pentagon, Trump, legal and military experts, and a reference to administration allies.
• ▸Omitted context — The article offers limited detail on the administration's evidence for its investigation or its legal rationale for the strikes.
• ▸Loaded language — Strong wording appears mainly in attributed quotations rather than the reporter's voice.

The article uses a straight-reporting structure and attributes critical claims to Kelly rather than adopting them as its own. It also reports Trump's statements and the administration's allies' national-security rationale.

• ▸Language tone — Mostly factual and attributed language, with quotations clearly assigned to speakers.
• ▸Source selection — Includes Kelly's account, Trump's remarks, Pentagon statements, experts and a brief account of allies' rationale.
• ▸Framing — Frames the story around Kelly's response to the investigation without presenting his accusations as established fact.