Threats

The D Brief: Trump sets blockage on Venezuela; Europe warns of war; SecDef won’t release boat-strike video; Nominees to fill long-vacant posts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Nearly 300 days after purge, Pentagon taps new Air Force vice chief, JAG

Air Mobility commander nominated to be vice chief; Oklahoma Air National Guard commander to be top judge advocate general.

  • Thomas Novelly
Threats

The D Brief: Fentanyl now a ‘WMD’; Airstrikes rise in Somalia; Cocom consolidation, mulled; Post-quantum encryption; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

Congress supports bare minimum on Navy’s F/A-XX, while fully backing Air Force’s F-47

Appropriators and other lawmakers have pushed for the Navy’s next-gen fighter, but the latest NDAA offers only enough to keep the nascent program warm.

  • Thomas Novelly
Business

General Dynamics wants to turn competitors into teammates

From combat systems to IT, the company is looking at ways to bring the defense industry together to create new tech the military wants.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

Provision to protect DOD civilians’ union rights stripped from NDAA

The House dropped bipartisan language that would have nullified Trump's anti-union orders after the Senate balked at a fight.

  • Erich Wagner
Policy

Pentagon would have to explain future JAG firings under NDAA provision

The compromise version of the defense policy bill reflects lawmakers’ concern about Hegseth’s February purge of three judge advocates general.

  • Thomas Novelly
Threats

The D Brief: Higher spending on the way?; Anti-boat effort’s lopsided costs; Security-strategy reax; Navy’s next frigate program; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Hegseth hints at higher defense budgets as OMB says another reconciliation bill is possible

Analysts had warned that the $156 billion reconciliation bill might lead to efforts unsustainable without more money.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Today’s D Brief: New Natsec Strategy; Boat-strike video shows survivors; Russia’s worrisome template; Ukraine’s tech support to the US; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Threats

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
Policy

Air Force leaders axe major China-focused organizational efforts

The service continues to unravel its “reoptimization for Great Power Competition” strategy.

  • Thomas Novelly
Threats

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
Policy

Congress to probe US strikes on boats in Caribbean

The U.S. Senate and House Armed Services committees will open bipartisan inquiries amid conflicting Trump-administration statements.

  • Ashley Murray, Stateline
Threats

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
Threats

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
Policy

DOGE is no longer a 'centralized entity,' personnel chief says

But the renamed U.S. Digital Service continues its work, as do DOGE teams throughout government, Office of Personnel Management says.

  • Natalie Alms
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