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Navy secretary violated prohibitions on political activity, federal office finds
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro engaged in impermissible political activity during a BBC interview in January, a federal enforcement office announced today along with several other recent findings.Several of Del Toro's statements…
Air Force merges ICBM program management offices
The Air Force is making several changes as part of its effort to replace the aging Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile program after the service branch cancelled a large contract related to it.The service has twice…
ICBM cost overrun a ‘collective failure’ of USAF, Northrop, DOD: Air Force’s chief buyer
Even if Boeing had stayed in the competition to build the Air Force’s next intercontinental ballistic missile, the program probably would’ve still run over budget because the acquisition strategy was flawed to begin with, according to the…
The D Brief: Expect an $833B topline, CR; Right-wing dupes assist Russian election-meddling; Space…
Developing: U.S. lawmakers will likely settle on a $833 billion defense spending topline for fiscal 2025…but it won’t be on time, and so lawmakers are already preparing for a budget extension, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., vice chairman of the…
US announces steps to disrupt Russian election-influence campaign
A multi-pronged Russian disinformation campaign sought to sway U.S. voters ahead of November’s presidential election, Justice Department officials said Wednesday, unveiling a slew of efforts to break up the campaign, including criminal…
Space Force aims to track enemy aircraft with satellites by 2030s
The Space Force intends to deploy satellites that can track aerial and ground targets at the beginning of the next decade, according to a top service official. The U.S. military has tracked targets in the air, a mission known as AMTI,…
Congress will land on $833B defense budget—and a CR of unknown length, top HASC lawmaker says
Congress will settle on a $833 billion defense spending topline for fiscal 2025, one House leader says. But in typical fashion, it won’t be on time—so lawmakers are readying a budget extension.“It looks like there's going to be another…
The D Brief: US casualties in Iraq; Ukraine’s cabinet shakeup; Terror charges for Hamas; China’s…
Seven American service members were injured in a recent large joint operation targeting Islamic State militants in western Iraq. More than 100 U.S. troops joined in the mission, which spanned “miles of remote terrain” across Iraq’s Anbar…
How the U.S. used arms sales to shift Saudi behavior
Within days of coming to power in 2021, the Biden administration announced that it was ending “all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen,” and, in particular, halting the sale of offensive weaponry to Saudi…
How Telegram became the ‘center of gravity’ for a new breed of domestic terrorists
In late December, a 26-year-old construction worker in Sarasota County, Florida, used his phone to send a flurry of ominous online posts.Alexander Lightner, tapping away on his Samsung Galaxy, announced his intention to commit mass murder,…
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