Policy

Navy pauses sexual-assault prevention and response training

The SAPR program is still active, but training has been halted to check for compliance with new executive orders.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: ‘Constitutional crisis’; IC workers pressed to quit; Musk adds control of sensitive personal data; N. Korean missiles improve; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Musk’s DOGE efforts pose a ‘constitutional crisis,’ experts warn

Elon Musk has spent the first two weeks of the Trump administration parachuting into government offices, leaving extensive — and some say legally prohibited — changes in his wake.

  • Natalie Alms
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

USAID shutoff will hurt US interests around the globe, including Ukraine

The end of USAID is a win for China and Russia.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Ethics concerns surround Musk's dual role as defense CEO, federal employee

The SpaceX leader's DOGE work may violate criminal conflict-of-interest statutes, one ethics expert said.

  • Natalie Alms and Nick Wakeman
Threats

The D Brief: China’s retaliatory tariffs; ‘Constitutional crisis’ in DC; ‘No improvement’ in F-35 software; Latest natsec nominees; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

‘Offensive bullshit’: Dem lawmakers slam Trump's ‘illegal’ USAID moves

Elon Musk's attempt to gut the congressionally established U.S. Agency for International Development is "unconstitutional," Democratic lawmakers said.

  • Frank Konkel
Ideas

Trump’s tariffs fit a growing global trend of hardball migration diplomacy

Such diplomacy works both ways, but richer countries by and large have the upper hand.

  • Nicholas R. Micinski, The Conversation
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
Science & Tech

Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a big cost

It’s a Cold War concept for a mission whose threats and tools have long since changed.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: Army helo, airliner collide; Trump orders Gitmo expansion; Natsec moves, polled; How DeepSeek may change military AI; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Feds shouldn't take ‘deferred resignation’ offer, warn employee groups, Democrats, experts

They say the purported severance package may lack a legal underpinning—and that Trump and Musk have been accused of reneging on promises to employees.

  • Eric Katz and Erich Wagner
Threats

The D Brief: WH offers buyout to Feds; F-35 crash in Alaska; Army contracting update; Trump and Hegseth vs. Milley; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
Policy

Trump offers a buyout to all Defense civilians, other federal workers

How such a massive "deferred resignation" program would work in practice is unclear, both logistically and legally.

  • Erich Wagner
Threats

The D Brief: NATO’s Baltic problem; Denmark ups military spending; MADIS vs. drones; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Meghann Myers and Audrey Decker
Policy

Air Force promises it’s ‘faithfully’ executing Trump’s orders

Gen. Allvin aimed to “dispel a rumor” regarding the removal of training materials related to Tuskegee Airmen and WASPs.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: SecDef Hegseth’s first day; Trump’s deportation spat with Colombia; Trump’s DOD vs. DEI; Ukraine’s front-line shakeup; China’s new AI ‘breakthrough’?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Patrick Tucker and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Trump fires multiple agency inspectors general—without proper notice, watchdogs say

At least a dozen were removed, including the IGs for the departments of Defense, State, and Energy, the Washington Post reported.

  • Sean Michael Newhouse
Policy

Hegseth confirmed as defense secretary in tie-breaker vote

The controversial Pentagon chief has pledged to be “laser-focused on warfighting.”

  • Meghann Myers
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