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Trump says private donor gave $130 million to cover military pay during shutdown 10 Eugene Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1884
All the right-wing bloggers and influencers who will now get special access to the "Department of War": 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1408
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon clamps down on military interactions with Congress 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 956
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1080
House Democrats demand answers from Noem on plans for $50M jet 2 Eugene May 2025 Oct 2025 3 1744
Trump expands war powers to fight Venezuelan gangs. Critics say that mirrors 9/11 playbook. 2 Eugene Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1101
DHS purchase of business jets during shutdown draws Democrats' ire 0 Eugene Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1003
Senate GOP, Thune throw curveball into shutdown fight 3 nitpicked Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 1542
Trump Freaked Out Pentagon Lawyers With Push for Another Huge Military Parade 1 Eugene Oct 2025 Oct 2025 13 1320
How the Pentagon sidelined lawyers while testing the legal limits of military action 1 Eugene Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1042
Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 1300
AUSA Day 2: Army dreams big on microreactors 0 nitpicked Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 939
Apparently the shipyard workers aren't being paid either 1 nitpicked Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1173
Analysis: Shutdown strains US national security as weak links start to fail 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 13 1332
The people running the Navy's 250th anniversary show this afternoon put "Dixie" on the playlist. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1712
The NSA Is Coming to Town 0 red dog 1 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1291
US Special Operations Command general retires 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 3313
Why Secretary Hegseth's beard policy makes us less effective 7 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1752
Nine Bodies Turned Up at a Green Beret Outpost. What Really Happened? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1791
Pentagon readies contingency plans for government shutdown 3 nitpicked Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1435
Leaks Show Hegseth's Selfish Reason for Calling in Generals 8 Eugene Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 3445
Man charged with shining laser pointer at Marine One with Trump aboard 0 Eugene Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1206
DHS says ICE won't comply with California ban on agents wearing masks 8 Eugene Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3432
ICE Barbie Dropped F-Bombs on 'Screaming' Call With DHS Officials After Embarrassing Stories 0 Eugene Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1546
"Allies are aghast as US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker fails even to show up at the NATO emergency meeting." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 4169
Authority to call out the Guard 1 James48 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1487
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 1704
VIDEO: U.S. Military Strikes Suspected Drug Vessel as Warships Gather in the Caribbean 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1234
"Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea." 12 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 22 2817
White House moves forward on plans for a Department of War, WSJ Reports 0 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 1068

National Security & Defense Continued...

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US Homeland Security chief reports breach at FEMA, fires 23 employees 3 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1394
Tulsi Gabbard blindsided CIA with post-Putin meeting purge: report 1 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 10 1380
US builds up forces in Caribbean as officials, experts, ask why 4 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1453
Navy's chief information officer steps down 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 1246
Pentagon fires heads of Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Command 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 1749
ICE Barbie's Alleged Lover (Corey Lewandowski) Probed By White House Over Cheating Claim 4 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 1698
Pentagon is already calling National Guard in other states looking for units that could help in DC 1 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1249
A $2,500 interceptor drone built to destroy Iranian Shaheds was recorded flying at the speed of a bullet train 1 littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 Aug 2025 15 1540
US military was deployed to LA protests despite low risk, general testifies 0 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 16 1207
Hegseth's Rant on D.C. Takeover Turned Into Evidence Against Trump 1 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 1307
After pushback from IndyCar, social media post from Department of Homeland Security touting 'Speedway Slammer' taken dow 1 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1194
Laura Loomer knocks Medal of Honor recipient in new attack on Army 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 14 1908
Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents over CIA objections, sources say 1 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1313
Trump administration plans to build largest US federal migrant detention center on military base 0 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 1210
Restoration of torn-down Confederate monument will cost $10 million over 2 years, military says 1 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1166
Trump Targets Spouses of U.S. Citizens in Green Card Crackdown 2 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1417
Trump Pulls Sneaky 180 After MAGA Rips Him on Disaster Aid Condition 0 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 1284
Body cameras/Dash cameras 0 RussBLib Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 1088
Noem wants 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention centers near airport runways across US to boost migrant deportation 'efficienc 2 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 0 1139
John Bolton Shreds Trump for Going Nuclear on Kremlin Troll 1 Eugene Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 1276
Thomas Kinkade's Morning Pledge: Trump Admin in Hot Water With Christian Family Foundation 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 1281
ICE entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and promise of $50,000 signing bonuses 2 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 1137
FEMA to require states use terrorism prevention funds for migrant arrests 2 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1177
Hegseth Secretly Splurges Nuclear Cash on Trump's 'Free' Jet 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1164
Gabbard releases more Russia documents, prompting concerns over intelligence sources 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1111
Gabbard's Russian interference claims directly contradict what other Trump officials have said 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1165
Fox News Contributor Savages Tulsi Gabbard in Scathing Op-Ed 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 18 1318
Stephen Miller Called Out for 'Completely Made-Up' ICE Figures 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 1151
Trump's Anti-Terror Gardener, Thomas Fugate 22, Humiliated by His Own Boss 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 1107
UK Sanctions Russian Hackers Tied to Assassination Attempts 0 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 1081

National Security & Defense Continued...

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ICE head says agents will arrest anyone found in the U.S. illegally, crack down on employers of unauthorized workers 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1078
Russian hackers using sophisticated 'Authentic Antics' malware, UK says 1 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1209
Entire National Guard Network 'Compromised' After Hack 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 1165
A Former ICE Official, Scott Shuchart, Is Worried That the Agency Is About to Go on a Hiring Spree of Proud Boys 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1132
New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites 2 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 1156
Hegseth lashed out at DOGE official in tense Pentagon confrontation 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 1541
Australia hosts military drills with US and other nations, likely to draw Chinese surveillance 0 nitpicked Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1008
Senators want safeguards on Hegseth meddling with Ukraine aid in new defense bill 2 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 3067
Ukraine made the Patriot a moving target -- and taught the US Army how to fight smarter with its air defenses 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1078
DHS Secretary Noem vows to ramp up deportations with funding boost from Trump's domestic policy law 3 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1192
Oklahoma City television station News 9 is reporting an anti-government militia group targeted its weather radar system 8 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1736
After Texas floods, questions about FEMA's future loom large 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1060
US only has 25% of all Patriot missile interceptors needed for Pentagon's military plans 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1005
Trump caught off guard by Pentagon's abrupt move to pause Ukraine weapons deliveries, AP sources say 0 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1015
Trump avoids talk of scrapping FEMA after more than 100 killed in Texas flash flood 1 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1028
Trump bill gives ICE $45 billion for detaining immigrants - more than it received in the last 15 years combined 6 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1458
ICE Barbie Dodges Blame for Disastrous Texas Flooding on Trump's Watch 19 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 33 4409
Pilots Who Conducted Iran Strikes Invited to White House on July 4, Raising Security Concerns 2 Eugene Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1187
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 VGuerra276 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 1083
Few thought airstrikes could 'obliterate' Iran's nuclear program. Then Trump said they did. 1 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 2208
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