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For second time in 8 days, fighter jet assigned to USS Truman is lost in Red Sea 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 3 1033
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 8 994
Elon Musk's SpaceX Hits Jackpot Under New Trump Budget Plan 3 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 9 1128
Collins has 'serious objections' to parts of Trump 2026 budget 4 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 1186
The US Army says it's scrapping a new light assault vehicle that got 'too heavy' 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 0 887
Defense Department designates a second military zone on US border, extending into Texas 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 5 986
Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 764
Trump world's Laura Loomer takes aim at a 'woke' Lockheed Martin and its $2 trillion F-35 program 7 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 1377
Trump Has Ordered Safeguards Stripped From Procurement As Pentagon Prepares To Spend $1 Trillion 4 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1167
A $1 trillion defense budget: GOP unveils proposal 1 nitpicked Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 845
Navy Secretary axes contracts for fleet maintenance software, 'DEI,' climate in $300M purge 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1156
Orwell-speak alert: Pete Hegseth Introduces 'No More Walking on Eggshells' Policy to Department of Defense 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 960
WSJ: Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: The Chaos Inside Hegseth's Pentagon 3 Dennis Donovan Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1162
Pete Hegseth did share classified information with wife and brother despite White House's claims, report says 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 985
Trump names former Fox News personalities Mark Levin and Bo Dietl to DHS advisory board 4 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1616
Judge temporarily blocks NYC mayor from allowing ICE agents on Rikers Island jail 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 734
Trump backs defence secretary after reports of second Signal chat leak 2 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 1067
For now, Pentagon and DHS won't recommend that Trump invoke the Insurrection Act 8 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 1697
Corey Lewandowski: ICE Barbie's Alleged Lover's Brazen Power Grab Laid Bare 2 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1353
US State Department closing office aimed at countering foreign disinformation 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 912
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants 8 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1616
Feds say agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on migrant children 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1034
Hegseth Is Literally Phoning It in With Snub to Ukraine War Meeting 2 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1231
Head of US Space Force base in Greenland is fired after Vance visit (for breaking with official messaging) 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 969
M2 Bradley vs Russian T90 tank. 6 amerikat Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1970
Pentagon official: US military has no authority to do drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1073
Trump's Greenland Ambitions Are No Joke The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 1046
DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 941
Trump administration ends key grant program (BRIC) that helps communities prepare for disasters 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 873
Kevin Carroll: I worked in Trump's first administration. Here's why his team is using Signal 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1163

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Confusion gripped US base defenders as a flying bomb struck a deadly blow at Tower 22, investigation says 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 979
Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 974
Signalgate 'Idiot' (Mike Waltz) Actually Had Lots of Sensitive Group Chats 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 11 1305
Abcarian: Pete Hegseth says he knew what he was doing. In that case, he should resign 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1157
Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1277
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email 4 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1268
Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 713
Trump says he would ask Hegseth to review if flight times should be classified 7 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 1482
Bondi signals probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite a long history of similar inquiries 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 854
As wildfire season approaches, budget woes and federal uncertainty have put states' plans at risk 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 738
US Turns Diego Garcia Into Superpower Fortress For Worldwide War - WION 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1181
U.S. homeland secretary to visit El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans 6 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1264
'We're not preparing': As Trump officials vow to eliminate FEMA, the agency is already in turmoil 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 845
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must 'look out for ourselves', says Mark Carney 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1031
Ted Lieu calls for Pete Hegseth to resign: 'Reckless actions endangered lives' 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 931
The Pentagon warns government officials that Signal is being targeted by Russian hackers 4 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1215
Live: U.S. Intelligence leaders address Senate on global threats - Times Radio 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 878
As the Carolinas burn, Homeland Security head Kristie Noem says Trump administration is going to 'eliminate' FEMA 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 872
Cold War II - Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows it 2 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 940
U.S. homeland department targets oversight in government cuts 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 883
Unnerving conversation about Cyber threats 0 SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 975
Eyeing China threat, Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive future fighter jet (F-47) 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 865
Portugal cancels order for F-35s 5 LessAspin Mar 2025 Mar 2025 21 2514
Trump on collision course with GOP defense hawks over NATO 1 nitpicked Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 983
Air Force Sending Teams to Make Sure Bases Are Following Executive Orders 7 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 1797
Trump signs order to shift disaster preparations from FEMA to states, local governments 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 595
US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 615
Pentagon restores webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner but defends DEI purge 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 862
Fired hurricane hunter says Americans could see 'more damage and more loss of life' with NOAA layoffs 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 13 699
Elon Reportedly Orders Government to Stop Feeding the Bomb-Sniffing Dogs 22 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 59 5064

National Security & Defense Continued...

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A Navy veteran and his wife say Tricare rescinded approvals for over $100K in health care claims paid years ago 4 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 18 1242
White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 520
Pete Hegseth appoints his personal lawyer to a powerful Pentagon post 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 747
Kill switch fears over US F-35 fighter jets in Europe - DW News 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1153
Trump administration empties Guantanamo of migrants, flies all back to US 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 744
Teixeira, Calling Himself 'Proud Patriot,' Appeals to Trump for Leniency 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 734
Trump administration cuts ties, ends suit against company alleging abuse at child migrant shelters 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 676
FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1077
Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be 'crazy' if Taiwan tensions flare 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1088
Sec Defense: military contracts should stop including language that bars contractors from running segregated facilities 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 1354
Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia? 4 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 923
Video: Some thoughts on the war in Ukraine 1 Best_man23 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 921
Trump plans executive order to strengthen US shipbuilding, blunt China domination 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 951
'Who's doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 918
US authorities begin releasing some seized cryptocurrency miners, industry executives say 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 781
Modeling Policy Changes in CyberSecurity with First Order Lag - Russian Cyberthreat's 0 mikelewis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 745
Some government employees are instructed -- again -- to not respond to 5 things email as Musk doubles down 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 780
Trump eases rules on military raids and airstrikes, expanding range of who can be targeted 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 882
As egg prices soar, US Customs and Border Protection cracks down on egg smuggling 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 1632
No one physically harmed in Virginia Army ammunition plant explosion 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 791
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