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Legal experts fail to see justification for continued U.S. military strikes on drug boats.

Partisan lines were drawn after Thursday's briefing on the Hill about the Sept. 2 strike.

  • Thomas Novelly
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Hegseth broke rules, DODIG concludes, even though he said Yemen strike details were ‘safe to declassify’

Inspector general’s Signalgate report arrives two months after SecDef alleged the office had been “weaponized.”

  • Meghann Myers
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The D Brief: Evolving boat-strike defense; Signalgate report, published; The $148B failure; New poll on natsec issues; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
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The $148 billion failure: Watchdog's final report excoriates America’s attempt to rebuild Afghanistan

After nearly two decades of oversight, SIGAR will conclude its work early next year.

  • Thomas Novelly
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The D Brief: Hegseth cites ‘fog of war’; USAF axes China-focused reforms; CENTCOM’s new attack-drone unit; Firms qualify for Golden Dome work; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: WH, DOD change their stories; Trump pardons drug trafficker; Today’s US-Russia talks; ‘Awful arithmetic’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Congress investigates boat strikes; Promises of profit propelled peace proposal; Guardsman in critical condition; Germany’s war plan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: US envoy’s advice to Russia; Navy axes frigate program; USAF’s tanker-extending plan; False claims in Guard justification; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Meghann Myers
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The D Brief: US, Ukraine in talks; Counter-drone war, at scale?; China’s anti-AI playbook; Spies see opportunity in feds’ fear; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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To China's war planners, AI is just another thing to deceive

The People’s Liberation Army is prepping for battles in which AIs work to distort each others' reality.

  • Tye Graham and Peter W. Singer
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Foreign spies see opportunity in fed workers' uncertainty, Army warns

The service's deputy chief for intelligence told more than a million soldiers, civilian employees, and family members to be on their guard.

  • David DiMolfetta
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The D Brief: ‘Peace plan’ pushback; Words vs. actions off Venezuela; Army’s most tech-forward division; CNO on shipbuilding; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: US presses Kyiv; DepSecDef gets oversight of top USAF programs; Report: JAG warned against boat strikes; Coast Guard scuttles swastika change; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Trump: Telling troops to refuse illegal orders is 'seditious behavior'

"Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders,” six Democratic lawmakers said in a video. "TRAITORS!!!" Trump responded.

  • Ashley Murray, Stateline
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The D Brief: Kyiv left out as WH drafts peace plan; Military aircraft crash rate, rising; Ukraine’s ATACMS strike; Border Patrol monitors US drivers; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Military aircraft crashes skyrocketed from 2020 to 2024, new data shows

Possible causes include stagnating budgets and increased operations, experts said.

  • Thomas Novelly
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The D Brief: House NDAA, soon?; US, Russia work on Ukraine plan; So many terror groups; Russian drone in NATO airspace; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Trump mulls Mexico, Colombia strikes; Memphis deployment blocked; France, Ukraine sign big arms deal; F-22 controls robot wingman; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Commandant’s ARG/MEU push; Army acquisition reform; B-21, ICBM projects; ‘DoW’ price tag; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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One-stop shopping for counter-drone gear is aim of joint task force

The Army-led effort is also working on policy for buying and deploying C-UAS systems stateside.

  • Meghann Myers
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