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The D Brief: USCG to the border; Firings, removals begin; More Hegseth allegations; Executive…
The Coast Guard’s acting commandant just ordered a “surge” of assets in response to Trump’s border-focused executive orders. Equipment and units include “cutters, aircraft, boats and deployable specialized forces” dispatched to certain “key…
Industry launches $100B AI-infrastructure effort to keep ahead of China
Oracle, OpenAI, and investors in Japan and the UAE have launched a $100 billion effort to build data centers to run AI applications, an indication of how the U.S.-China race for artificial intelligence is beginning to turn on sheer…
DHS guts cyber review board as Trump moves against ‘misuse of resources’
Updated: Jan. 21, 8:27 p.m. ETThe Department of Homeland Security has dismissed the members of its advisory committees—including the Cyber Safety Review Board, which investigates major cybersecurity incidents—as part of a…
Trump repeals protections for transgender service members
On Monday, President Donald Trump rescinded an executive order put in place during the early days of the Biden administration that broadened protections for trans people’s right to serve in the U.S. military. The repeal does not put…
Coast Guard leader fired by new DHS officials
Homeland Security officials with the new Trump administration have fired Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, who in 2022 became the first woman to lead a U.S. military branch. The termination was first reported by Fox News on…
Trump wants a faster security clearance process, too
Often security clearances are considered an overhead function barely gaining the mention or attention of senior leaders. But the spotlight was back on the security clearance process Monday when President Donald Trump issued two executive…
The D Brief: ‘Seal the borders’; Insurrectionists, pardoned; Coast Guard leader, fired; Trump’s…
Trump’s first day backThe U.S. military must produce a plan to “seal the borders” under an executive order signed Monday by President Donald Trump, Defense One’s Bradley Peniston reports. Under the 665-word order, the U.S. defense secretary…
Trump orders military to plan to ‘seal the borders’
The U.S. military must produce a plan to “seal the borders” under an executive order signed Monday by the new president. But experts suggest that the order may set up a legal challenge that turns on the word “invasion.”“Unchecked unlawful…
Everything Trump said about national security on Day 1
Within minutes of becoming commander-in-chief for the second time, President Donald Trump vowed to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, reinstate service members dismissed for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, and reclaim the Panama…
Acting chiefs named for national-security agencies
Donald Trump has named the acting heads of national-security agencies—all career federal executives—to serve until Senate-confirmed nominees are in place, according to a White House press release issued soon after the inauguration on…
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