Defense Systems
Drones are the next chapter in US-India’s defense partnership
Trump-Modi meeting produces an agreement to expand industry cooperation, production in the Indo-Pacific.
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In Pentagon shakeup, some see bid for more secret actions, less oversight
Trump's unconventional pick for Joint Chiefs chair brings deep special-warfare experience.
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Bloodbath: Joint Chiefs chair, CNO, Air Force vice chief, three top JAGs to be replaced
Trump, Hegseth announce plans to oust several of the military’s top officers amid larger DEI purge.
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Pentagon to fire up to 61,000 workers, starting with 5,400 next week
After the first round of firings, DOD will launch a review intended to cut the civilian workforce by 5 to 8%, a personnel official said.
Threats
Election officials blast Trump’s ‘retreat’ from protecting voting against foreign threats
Federal programs that help state and local election officials have been gutted.
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As Defense preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming
SecDef says a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce" will be followed by wider dismissal of "redundancies" and "underperformers."
Business
Musk is helping remove ‘constraints’ to speed up Air Force One delivery: Boeing CEO
The company has lost billions on the presidential jets, which are years behind schedule.
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Hegseth seeks to shift $50 billion in FY26 budget proposal
Money for “so-called ‘climate change’ and other woke programs” would move to Trump priorities.
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Trump administration fires hundreds of nuclear-security employees, sources say
The National Nuclear Security Administration maintains the nuclear stockpile, counters terrorism, disposes of dangerous nuclear material, among other missions.
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Pentagon officials are bracing for Musk's DOGE
SecDef hints at pushback, but others worry about the team's record of breaking into databases and making hasty cuts.
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Trump spending freeze halts some national-lab projects
A "critically important" grid-resiliency project at Lawrence Livermore is on hold, along with other work, lab directors testify.
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Return-to-work order created ‘panic’ among military-spouse federal workers
Presidential order coupled with deferred-resignation offer and hiring freeze created a perfect storm of stress.
Threats
‘Ceasefire’ or no, Ukraine says it still needs weapons
As Trump announces plans to negotiate, Russia has committed thousands of ceasefire violations—in Ukraine alone.
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