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Today's D Brief: Guardsmen deployed amid new protests; Taliban claim truck bomb; UAE cancels US-Israel meet; Shipbuilding future; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 25, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: No evidence of vote-by-mail fraud; COVID at 2-month-low; New Taliban tactics; BIW strike ends; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 24, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump’s unexpected Iraq news; He wants sheriffs at polls; CDC reclaims Covid data; Pompeo’s pad; GOP’s QAnon problem; Postal Service 5-O; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
  • August 21, 2020
Threats

Today’s D Brief: Iraq PM’s first WH visit; Bannon indicted for border wall fraud; US drops death penalty for ISIS’ Beatles; WH wants to sell F-35s to the UAE; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
  • August 20, 2020
Threats

Today’s D Brief: DNC rolls out natsec leaders; Mali coup; China crackdown meets US universities; Berlin terrorist attack; $1 billion for one base’s clean up; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
  • August 19, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: US Navy escalating China pressure; Rockets threaten Kabul embassies; Close call near Air Force One; Trump’s Postmaster to testify; Mutiny in Mali; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron, Marcus Weisgerber and Ben Watson
  • August 18, 2020
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Threats

New tensions in NE Syria; Iran bounties on US troops; Eyes on Belarus; US expands Huawei blacklist; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
  • August 17, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump bans 2 Chinese apps; Iran-Contra figure back to Iran; ‘Last hurdle’ for Afghan peace talks; Dire COVID prediction; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 7, 2020
Threats

Today’s D Brief: U.S. cuts secret deal to drill Syrian oilfields; State IG quits; Saudi nuke-fuel plant, revealed; Trump campaign punished for misinfo; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 6, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: 157,000 Americans have died from COVID; Port explosion ravages Beirut; Army plans laser battalion; Trump’s vote-by-mail reversal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 5, 2020
Threats

Today’s D Brief: 200 U.S. soldiers to Poland; Russian tensions escalate in Minsk; ‘Detainee crisis’ in Syria; SOS in the Pacific; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 4, 2020
Threats

Today’s D Brief: WH end-runs Senate to install defense policy chief; ISIS claims deadly attack in Afghanistan; GPS alternative; TikTok, Trump, Microsoft & China; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • August 3, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: AFRICOM HQ planning to move; Portland calms; Trump to FLA; Obvious Russian mercenaries; Marines missing; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
  • July 31, 2020
Threats

Today's D Brief: Fed forces move to swing states; Trump threatens Election Day; How not to sell a European drawdown; Pentagon calls journalists ‘adversaries;’ And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
  • July 30, 2020
Threats

BREAKING: Trump’s Germany pullout revealed; Disinfo and DJT, Jr; 3-day ceasefire in Afghanistan; Iran shows force; The Pope gets hacked; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron, Katie Bo Williams and Ben Watson
  • July 29, 2020
Threats

Mayors challenge Barr’s forces; Esper and Pompeo, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie; Chinese facial recognition at RiteAid?; Big Tech’s day in Congress; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Kevin Baron and Marcus Weisgerber
  • July 28, 2020
Threats

Covid in the White House; Riots and car attacks across America; Trump eases US drone restrictions; Ceasefire day in Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
  • July 27, 2020
Threats

Marine Corps Marathon cancelled; Congress vs. Trump on Confederate base names; Escalation in the Himalayas; Wagner in Libya; Spaceport in Michigan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 24, 2020
Threats

Trump deploys feds to Chicago; Russia’s anti-satellite test; US seeking $40 COVID shot; US soldier killed in Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 23, 2020
Threats

Daily US COVID deaths top 1,000; Chinese consulate ejected; Vacancies crest at DoD; Leaf blowers vs. tear gas;

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • July 22, 2020
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