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The D Brief: European leaders visit Trump; Summit reax; Armed troops to patrol DC; DOD’s battery plans; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 18, 2025
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The D Brief: Summit prep; Defense strategy flip; Ukraine’s new main supplier; Foreign-aid decision; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 14, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Shooting at Ft. Stewart; Spain rejects F-35; China’s nuclear endgame; DNI’s document; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 7, 2025
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The D Brief: Tomorrow’s drone defense; US envoy in Moscow; RIP, 5-things email; Cash for deportations; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 6, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Fighter-jet builders strike; China’s rare-earth squeeze; Army’s huge IT contract; DHS signals more troop deployments; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 4, 2025
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The D Brief: ‘Automation everywhere’; Ukraine-aid support grows; Guard request, rebuffed; Missing-sailor mystery; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 1, 2025
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The D Brief: F-35 crashes; ICE’s military-sized budget; Army’s counterdrone lesson; US ‘deportation capital’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 31, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Double sub production?; Shipbuilding ‘cobots’; Army’s unassigned tech-execs; Border SITREP; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 25, 2025
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The D Brief: IG probes Signalgate; USAF’s F-35 plans; DHS hit by China hack; Migrant jail at Bliss; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 24, 2025
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The D Brief: Army scores billions from BBB; NATO chief to the White House; DOD’s drone blitz; US voter support for immigration rises; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Meghann Myers
  • July 14, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Trump’s first Ukraine aid?; China’s new coercion tool; State layoffs, imminent; Spies find it harder to hide; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 11, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Houthis sink second ship; UK-France nuke deal; Russia’s drone factories; 3 Marine bases get ICE agents; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 10, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Masked show-of-force in LA; US restarts aid to Ukraine; Israel’s plans for Gazans; DHS intel chief testifies; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 8, 2025
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The D Brief: Marines deploy to Florida; Big Beautiful spending details; Israel strikes Yemen; New tactics in Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 7, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DOD reviewing weapons to allies; Militarized border grows; Wicker and Rogers on reconciliation bill; NG chief commentary; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams
  • July 3, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: DOD halts ammo to Ukraine; USMC’s new narco sub; Reconciliation bill moves back to the House; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Meghann Myers
  • July 2, 2025
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The D Brief: DOD budget developments; Trump touts Everglades detention center; Lancet: USAID cuts could cost 14M lives by 2030; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
  • July 1, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Uneasy ceasefire; FY26 budget plan, finally; ‘Largest Patriot engagement’; China’s drone mothership; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 27, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: WH, DOD upset by Iran assessment; Comity at NATO summit; Military mission expands in US; AI’s latest natsec problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 26, 2025
Threats

The D Brief: Attacks continue despite ‘ceasefire’; al-Udeid targeted by Iran; Inside the B-2 strike; Alligator Alcatraz; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 24, 2025
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