Threats

Today's D Brief: Training Taiwan’s troops; Intel’s grant; Marines’ new weapons; Kabul evac hearing; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Shutdown averted?; Ukraine aid in limbo; Houthi attacks, mapped; Indian Ocean drone force; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

Does TikTok need a new parent company? Senator mulls implications

The White House is pushing the Senate to pass a TikTok ban bill that swept through the House last week.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

Authoritarians are playing to win. America can’t if we don’t show up.

Two retired four-stars lay out the case for the National Security Emergency Package currently being considered in the House.

  • Philip Breedlove and Samuel J. Locklear III
Threats

Today's D Brief: Marines to Haiti; T-7 delayed again; Pentagon’s battlefield bottlenecks; Exploring the future with fiction; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Should governments ban TikTok? Can they?

A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it.

  • Doug Jacobson, The Conversation
Defense Systems

Today’s battles happen at the pace of software. The Pentagon needs to hit the accelerator

Experts tell lawmakers where the bottlenecks are.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Today's D Brief: $300M in Ukraine aid; Arms sales to Poland; Red Sea skirmishes; Orbiting gas stations?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

The US is not serious about aircraft carriers—or their industrial base

Congress should reject the Navy’s plan to increase the gaps between new carriers.

  • Bryan McGrath
Policy

US will send another $300M in weapons to Ukraine, thanks to ‘cost savings’

Good negotiating on earlier contracts freed up funds for rockets and ammo, officials say.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Budget drop; Ukraine’s wide-ranging drone raid; Somalia strike; Space Force interview; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Pentagon budget request aims to balance congressional limits, foreign needs, and innovation

“This should be the wake-up call that tells us we need to be buying different stuff,” one expert said.

  • Patrick Tucker
Policy

Biden, Pentagon urge Congress to pass national security funding bill

Congressional inaction is “problematic,” the Defense Department comptroller said.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Threats

Today's D Brief: Democracy under threat, Biden warns; Port for Gaza aid; Sweden joins NATO; V-22s cleared to fly; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Biden: ‘Freedom and democracy are under attack, both at home and overseas’

National-security issues lead off State of the Union that previews Gaza aid, pleads for Ukraine aid, and lambasts an unnamed predecessor.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Three die in Houthi attack; Lawmakers want Starlink answers; NY NG to patrol subway; Anti-drone rifle; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Army revamps training; US sinks drones; Top Marine is back; Dating-app espionage; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Houthis sink a ship; Airdropping aid to Gaza; V-22s to return to flight; Russians keep turning up dead; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

With one day until shutdown, House sends stopgap funding bill to Senate

The Senate hopes to act quickly on the bill and set up votes on full-year appropriations next week.

  • Eric Katz
Threats

Today's D Brief: Aid trickles to Ukraine; Russia’s arms dumps grow; House shutdown vote; Austin testifies on absence; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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