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Today's D Brief: Failed insurrectionists storm Capitol; Biden’s victory, certified; Senate flips; New COVID records; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • January 7, 2021
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Today's D Brief: Drama in DC; COVID deaths hit new high; Russia backed hack, IC says; Green Berets to Sweden; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • January 6, 2021
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Today's D Brief: DC Guard called up for protests; ‘Anti-disinformation Monday’; Iran boards S. Korean tanker; Mozambican insurgency grows; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • January 5, 2021
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Today's D Brief: SecDefs avow military neutrality; Trump pushes to alter election results; Iran’s enriching; NDAA veto overriden; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • January 4, 2021
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Today's D Brief: Outrage over Blackwater pardons; Miller spotlights SOF; Shutdown watch; Big vaccine buy; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
  • December 23, 2020
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Today's D Brief: Deadliest year in US history; A carrier off Somalia; Missile sub through Hormuz; Sanctions on Russia and China; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
  • December 22, 2020
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Today's D Brief: Vaccines, compared; NSA/CYBERCOM split?; More Trump deference to Russia; Welcome, ‘guardians’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 21, 2020
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Today's D Brief: ‘Biggest breach in decades’; Lawmakers beg Trump to sign NDAA; Vaccine-notification snafu; Energy bans Chinese products; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 18, 2020
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Today's D Brief: Joint Chiefs chair meets Taliban; COVID deaths hit new high; New sea-services strategy; AI flies on a U-2; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Katie Bo Williams
  • December 17, 2020
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Today's D Brief: Epic password fail; Russian anti-satellite test; COVID & natsec; Chess for grunts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 16, 2020
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Today's D Brief: 300,000 US COVID deaths; The race to contain SolarWind hack; Electors affirm Biden; Sticky bomb kills Kabul leader; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 15, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Feds scramble amid biggest hack in years; COVID vaccine arrives; NDAA passes over veto threat; Electors vote today; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 14, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: GOPers vs. the election; Post-Trump NATO; China’s gray-zone war on Taiwan; COVID deaths top WWII’s; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • December 11, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump's lame-duck budget maneuvers; Daily COVID deaths pass 3K; Airstrikes in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 10, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin’s rollout; Biden’s COVID plan; Iran rebuilding nuclear plant, underground; Sweden warms to NATO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 9, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Austin’s nomination; Space base renamings; Vax deployment worries; RIP, Yeager; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 8, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Somalia drawdown; Rocky transition at DOD spy agencies; China-deterrence program; Mystery brain weapon clue; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 7, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Still more US COVID records; NDAA details; Milley’s newsy week; Putin’s AI rules; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 4, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: COVID deaths set record; ‘Modicum of success’ in Afghanistan; Aircraft crash totals; NDAA advances despite veto threat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • December 3, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: New NDAA veto threat; OMB’s unusual budget moves; ISIS-Defeat chief was fired; No significant election fraud, AG Barr says; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • December 2, 2020
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