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Today's D Brief: Explosions rock 2 Russian airbases; When to talk with Putin?; More DPRK launches; DOD to drop Covid vax mandate?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: SDF stop patrols with US in Syria; What Erdogan wants; F-15s leaving Okinawa; More DPRK sanctions; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: NATO FMs meet in Romania; How Russia's military is evolving; B-21 preview; New Navy FONOP in the SCS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: Outages affect 10 million in Ukraine; Brits ramp up artillery, naval production; NKorea launches another ICBM; Troops attacked in Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Elizabeth Howe and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: Russian military withdrawal in Kherson; Ukraine air defense, in review; Kyiv wants counter-drone gear; RoK pulls missile from ocean floor; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

The D Brief: Ukraine blackouts; ‘Highway to climate hell’; North Korea missile tests; Boeing Defense CEO; and just a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: Xi's nuclear warning for 'Eurasia'; Putin orders Kherson evacuation; 180 DPRK sorties; UK's F-35 problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: N. Korea's new ICBM test; US-RoK extend sortie drills; S. Korea missile failure; Russian retreat in Kherson?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: North Korean artillery headed to Russia, WH says; Nuclear chatter in the Kremlin; Pyongyang fires 23 missiles; Space Force gets a new leader; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

When China Pushes, Push Back, Admiral Says

Seventh Fleet commander says the U.S. needs to continue freedom of navigation patrols in the Pacific.

  • Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: Europe plans a missile 'shield'; Musk's new fiscal fuss; North Korea's loud year; China's new congress; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

Today's D Brief: Canada, France, UK send weapons to Kyiv; Russia digs trenches; IRGC in Ukraine?; N. Korea tests cruise missiles; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

Today's D Brief: Russia’s growing pile of left-behind weapons; Iran denies its drones are hitting Ukraine; Kim’s birthday message for Putin; US hits ISIS in Syria (twice); And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: EU hits Russia with new sanctions; Putin is 'visibly failing'; Missile failure for Seoul; Taiwan as a 'giant depot'; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jacqueline Feldscher

Today's D Brief: N. Korean missile flies over Japan; Ukraine’s counteroffensive plods on; More HIMARS to Kyiv; The Ayatollah lashes out; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Caitlin M. Kenney

Edging Towards the Nuclear Abyss

In doctrine and posture, the world’s nuclear powers are making nuclear war more, not less, likely.

  • Joel Hickman

Today's D Brief: Putin's draft shakes up society; G7, NATO condemn Russian referendum; North Korea's 32nd missile launch in 2022; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

Today's D Brief: Russia says Ukraine behind Moscow car-bombing; MRAPs, TOWs, Javelins, among $775M in new US arms to Kyiv; RoK-US drills begin; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

Today's D Brief: Russia attacks Ukrainian port cities; Kyiv advisor teases counteroffensive plans; Opportunism in Ankara; New US strike in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
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Treasury Department Sanctions Popular Cryptocurrency Mixer, Citing Growing Threat

North Korea used the popular service, but so did privacy-minded crypto traders.

  • Patrick Tucker

The Biden Administration Wants To Standardize How the U.S. Conducts Cyber Operations

The White House is reviewing a Trump administration policy that made it easier for U.S. Cyber Command to conduct offensive cyber operations.

  • Lauren C. Williams