Policy

Congress wants the Army to start collecting more open-source intelligence

A 2025 NDAA provision encourages procuring OSINT software.

  • Meghann Myers
Threats

The D Brief: DOD plane crash kills 4 in the Philippines; Navy pauses SAPR training; Google jumps back into military AI; Musk-Trump’s ‘Deferred resignation’ deadline delayed; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

The D Brief: Resignation deal offered to CIA; Trump’s Gaza pitch; Assault on USAID; Marines alter F-35 plan; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Crash update; May or June for next budget?; Navy’s nimble combat tuneups; China’s big new military HQ; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Gabbard and Patel hearings display diverging views of reality, history along partisan lines

Senators focused mostly on the nominees’ past statements, rather than how they may lead in their prospective positions.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Acting chiefs named for national-security agencies

The new president has tapped career federal executives to serve until his own picks can be approved.

  • Eric Katz and Sean Michael Newhouse
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth, questioned; Ratcliffe, Rubio testifying; Gabbard, uncertain; Navy’s next destroyer; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Hearing set for SecDef pick; Guards' wildfire work; CNO’s new dashboard; Women ended Army’s recruiting skid; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

How a director of national intelligence helps a president stay on top of threats from around the world

A former chairman of the National Intelligence Council offers an explainer.

  • Gregory F. Treverton, The Conversation
Threats

The D Brief: DOD’s Replicator program advances; Nuclear forensics in Idaho; Austin, Milley defend women in combat; Intel watchdogs resign; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Lauren C. Williams and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Intelligence IGs head for the exits ahead of Trump’s return

The president-elect fired five inspectors general during his first administration.

  • Sean Michael Newhouse
Threats

‘Extraordinarily dangerous’: Intelligence community insiders warn against Trump’s DNI pick

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has a “history of irresponsibly promoting misinformation,” said one official.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Trump’s DNI, AG picks; China’s improved bomber; USAF adds CCAs; Boosting US arms production; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: TV host tapped as SecDef; Flag-officer firings, mulled; Space HQ to move?; US strikes in Syria, Yemen; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
Defense Systems

Maxar’s working on a 3D-mapping tool to replace GPS

The plan is to test and have it ready for use next year, officials said.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Business

Six charged with conspiring to defraud agencies with IT-contracting schemes

Defense and intelligence agencies are among those allegedly defrauded, federal investigators said—adding that more charges may be in store.

  • David DiMolfetta
Threats

China's deepening telecoms hack sparks DHS probe

U.S. government officials and staff on both major presidential campaigns were targeted. One former intelligence official called the breaches “really concerning.”

  • David DiMolfetta
Threats

The D Brief: US confirms N. Korean deployment; WH’s natsec AI memo; Russia amplified hurricane disinfo; Former generals describe Trump; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Hamas leader, killed; N. Koreans in Ukraine; Army simplifying networks; Boosted rocket production; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Industry ‘hamstrung’ by Space Force-intel community’s turf war

Commercial firms say NGA-centric acquisition can’t move fast enough to help combatant commands or foster innovation.

  • Audrey Decker
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