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COVID rising in 25 states; Afghanistan’s deadliest week in 19 years; Shipyard strike worries Navy; Russia expands forces in Libya; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 23, 2020
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Trump says he slowed COVID testing; Navy to punish carrier’s ex-CO; NSA’s new telework advice; Sparring over roboships; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 22, 2020
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Afghanistan drawdown beating deadline; Esper’s NATO concerns; 4th Russia advisor leaves WH; SOF lens on great power competition; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 19, 2020
Threats

Trump asked Xi for reelection help, Bolton says; New space strategy; COVID rising in 20 states; France, Turkey spar over Libya; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
  • June 18, 2020
Threats

China, India spar after border clash; States see COVID spikes; Subpar steel in US submarines; Airman charged with killing police; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
  • June 17, 2020
Threats

Uncertainty clouds Germany drawdown; 3 die in India-China border brawl; COVID forces hard cyber choices; D1 Tech Summit, today; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 16, 2020
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Threats

COVID rises in 22 states; US drops 200 Iraqi terps; Russia sentences former Marine; How to hack DC; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 15, 2020
Threats

Pentagon to reopen; Milley’s ‘mistake’; COVID bailouts for defense firms; WH to permit more drone exports; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • June 12, 2020
Threats

‘I should not have been there’; CENTCOM’s China concerns; Afghanistan withdrawal in jeopardy; SASC rebuffs Trump on base names; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 11, 2020
Threats

House GOP pushes back on European drawdown; Thousands volunteer for Space Force; Navy to ban Confederate flag; Hypersonic missile mishap; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 10, 2020
Threats

DoD lifts some COVID travel limits; New Afghanistan peace talks?; Army rethinks Confederate base names; IBM ends face-recognition work; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 9, 2020
Threats

WH is reportedly cutting troops in Germany; SecDef refuses HASC briefing; USCG talks Arctic; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • June 8, 2020
Threats

Some paratroopers RTB from the DC area; Ex-generals, defense CEOs speak up; US strikes Taliban; China, Iran target presidential campaigns; And a bit more.

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

Service chiefs speak out; Exclusive interview with USCG’s Adm. Schultz; Unmarked security forces in DC; Mattis slams Trump; And a bit more.

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

Esper: It’s not time for the Insurrection Act; Paratroopers to the Capital region; Yearlong Mideast deployments return; Russia probe, revisited; And a bit more.

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

Guardsmen attack peaceful protesters to clear path for Trump, Milley, Esper; ‘Dominate the battlespace’; Top USAF enlisted: ‘I am George Floyd’; Another warship has COVID; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • June 2, 2020
Threats

Unrest across America; Trump takes to bunker; Taliban, al Qaeda still a team; IC seeks COVID tools; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • June 1, 2020
Threats

Twitter knocks Trump for 'glorifying violence' with tweet; COVID testing rises but not enough; Navy’s Pacific FONOP; A boon for disinfo bots; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • May 29, 2020
Threats

100,000 Americans have died from COVID; Pompeo threatens China over Hong Kong; Afghanistan drawdown ahead of schedule; Medical delivery by drone; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • May 28, 2020
Threats

US COVID deaths near 100,000; 3rd servicemember dies; Afghan drawdown accelerates; USAF colonel heads to space; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • May 27, 2020
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