Threats

Election officials blast Trump’s ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats

Federal programs that help state and local election officials have been gutted.

  • Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline
Threats

The D Brief: DOD firings on hold, for now; Acquisition-policy shift; More US-Russia talks; Air Force One, accelerating?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

As Defense preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming

SecDef says a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce" will be followed by wider dismissal of "redundancies" and "underperformers."

  • Eric Katz and Meghann Myers
Business

Musk is helping remove ‘constraints’ to speed up Air Force One delivery: Boeing CEO

The company has lost billions on the presidential jets, which are years behind schedule.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: SecDef seeks $8B shift; Trump’s Ukraine plans, decried; Quantum chip breakthrough?; Warship maintenance goals; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Hegseth seeks to shift $50 billion in FY26 budget proposal

Money for “so-called ‘climate change’ and other woke programs” would move to Trump priorities.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Trump blames Kyiv for war; DOGE at Pentagon; Uncertainty at SDA; State’s Afghan-resettlement office at risk; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Trump administration fires hundreds of nuclear-security employees, sources say

The National Nuclear Security Administration maintains the nuclear stockpile, counters terrorism, disposes of dangerous nuclear material, among other missions.

  • Alexandra Kelley
Policy

Pentagon officials are bracing for Musk's DOGE

SecDef hints at pushback, but others worry about the team's record of breaking into databases and making hasty cuts.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: China’s 'rehearsals' for war; Gitmo update; DOD preps for DOGE; Court unfreezes foreign aid; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Trump spending freeze halts some national-lab projects

A "critically important" grid-resiliency project at Lawrence Livermore is on hold, along with other work, lab directors testify.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Start negotiations immediately’; Gabbard, intel chief; 5K troops at border; State Dept.’s armored Teslas?; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Return-to-work order created ‘panic’ among military-spouse federal workers

Presidential order coupled with deferred-resignation offer and hiring freeze created a perfect storm of stress.

  • Jennifer Hlad
Threats

‘Ceasefire’ or no, Ukraine says it still needs weapons

As Trump announces plans to negotiate, Russia has committed thousands of ceasefire violations—in Ukraine alone.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

CISA sidelines anti-disinformation staffers

The move reflects a GOP effort to steer the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency away from fighting disinformation and foreign influence.

  • David DiMolfetta
Threats

The D Brief: Air Force efforts, on hold; Desk deficits as workers return; Foreign-aid monitoring, slashed; It’s Fort Bragg again; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Gutting of USAID is making it harder to monitor aid sent abroad, watchdog says

Agency’s IG says locking staff out increases the risk of funds going to “U.S.-designated terrorist organizations.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Hegseth puts Air Force reorganization on hold

Service chief Gen. David Allvin previously emphasized the need to move out quickly.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Hegseth’s town hall; Trump: annex Canada; Purge reaches academies, schools; Full-year CR?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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
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