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The rich man and the despot: Elon Musk has been in secretive contact with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the past two years, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (gift link). The private talks between the world’s richest man and the…

After nearly two weeks of warnings from Ukrainian and South Korean intelligence officials, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Wednesday “there is evidence that there are troops in Russia.” Ukraine’s president claimed last…

He died building a ship for the U.S. government. His family got nothing. ProPublica reports on the death of a shipbuilder at Thoma-Sea, among Louisiana’s largest shipyards. Elmer De León Pérez died last January as he welded inside a ballast…

Longer-than-expected negotiations over the Pentagon’s next two batches of F-35s kept Lockheed Martin from collecting about $700 million last quarter, company officials said Tuesday.Lockheed hasn’t been able to strike a deal for the next two…

Foreign adversaries are intensifying efforts to influence the outcome of the Nov. 5 presidential election, and will likely amplify disinformation campaigns about election results that encourage physical violence between next month and…

European lawmakers approved a €35 billion loan for Kyiv, with the money set “to be repaid with future revenues from frozen Russian assets,” officials from the Strasbourg, France-based body announced Tuesday. The loan follows through on an…

The F-35 program has failed to meet a key readiness metric for six straight years, despite a steady increase in spending to operate and maintain the aircraft, according to a new report from a government watchdog agency.The Pentagon spent…

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin visited Ukraine to announce a new $400 million U.S. weapons pledge Monday. Austin’s trip, his fourth as defense secretary, comes as the rate of daily Russian drone attacks have reportedly risen nearly threefold…

Israeli forces killed Yahya Sinwar, leader of the terrorist group Hamas, after newly-trained soldiers reportedly stumbled upon him and two other militants during a patrol in southern Gaza Thursday. They didn’t initially know who they’d…

The Pentagon conducted a series of precision airstrikes against Houthi military sites inside Yemen early Thursday, with Air Force B-2 Spirit long-range stealth bombers and U.S. Navy assets in the region teaming up for the attack. The…