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
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Automation everywhere’; Ukraine-aid support grows; Guard request, rebuffed; Missing-sailor mystery; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Two mass shootings; US nukes to UK?; Trump’s new deadline; Europe’s defense-AI startups; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The D Brief: Russia’s new tactics; Ukraine hits St. Petersburg; Boeing strike looms; M-10 aftermath; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
Threats

Today’s D Brief: ICBM work restarts; USAF’s AI-decision experiments; Ukraine’s drone tactics; Bye-bye, lonely F-35B; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Spy chief misleads; Ukraine status check; Modular-arms production; Marines leave LA; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: AI for shipbuilding; Database of covert contractors?; Israel’s new airstrikes in Syria; State Department drops Ukraine analysts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Trump greenlights arms for Kyiv; Europe rushes to assist; Grok lands DOD contract; HIMARS down under; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Policy

Trump promises Ukraine aid on Europe’s dime, with heavy penalties for Russia

Trump’s back-and-forth Ukraine policy finds solid direction.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

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
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
Threats

The D Brief: Chaos in Ukraine-aid pause; Russia’s biggest drone strike yet; Extremists attack weather radar; Israeli troops in Lebanon; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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
Threats

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
Threats

Kremlin gloats about US weapons pause to Ukraine

The halt in aid speaks to a shifting view of the threat Putin poses.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Pentagon confirms it’s holding up weapons promised to Ukraine

Spokesman declined to say which weapons affected, when munitions review began, or who recommended the pause.

  • Meghann Myers
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
Threats

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
Threats

The D Brief: Putin’s summer offensive in Sumy; ‘Largest combined strike’ vs. Ukraine so far; Fordow repairs underway; More Israeli strikes in Gaza; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
Policy

NATO isn’t a ‘rip-off’: Trump says he’s leaving Europe feeling ‘different’

Trump also seemed to change his tune on Ukraine, saying Putin needs to end the war.

  • Audrey Decker
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