Threats

Lockheed quietly pitching a new fighter jet; From Raqqa to your radio; Boat load of weapons off Yemen; Careful spooks on LinkedIn; ‘Top Gun’ delay; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Paulina Glass and Kevin Baron
Policy

Mattis: US Troops Can’t Leave Syria Until UN Peace Talks Advance

They’re still fighting ISIS remnants, holding ground, and waiting for a political solution.

  • Kevin Baron
Science & Tech

Someone Is Waging a Secret War to Undermine the Pentagon’s Huge Cloud Contract

The battle for the Defense Department’s $10 billion war cloud is getting a lot more interesting.

  • Kevin Baron, Frank Konkel and Patrick Tucker
Ideas

War & Peace (Is Not Fake News)

Today, we join in the Boston Globe's day of unity with editorial boards and publishers in support of the #FreePress.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Space Force is coming; The future of ISIS in Africa; Taliban assault an entire city; Mattis to South America; Economic, trade war with US friends, allies; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

VP Pence to the Pentagon; ‘Shadow rulers of the VA’; Marines surprised down under; Getting Iran to talk to Trump; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Paulina Glass and Kevin Baron
Threats

Mattis backs Space Command; Airmen of the future; Bolton admits the obvious; Spain lost a missile; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Policy

US Spy Chief: ‘I Don’t Know What Happened’ in Helsinki

Director of National Intelligence Coats got another surprise Thursday: Putin is coming to town.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Russia: let’s start mil-to-mil, as agreed. Pentagon: huh?; Boeing pitches new F-15; Voting-machine maker lied; DARPA’s bugbot Olympics

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
Threats

After Secret Trump Meeting, Russia Offers to Resume Military Relations

Did Trump offer to normalize relations? It would be complicated — and Congress gets a vote.

  • Kevin Baron and Patrick Tucker
Ideas

What Do You Do Now, US National Security Leaders?

A key senator says Trump violated his oath of office. An ex-CIA boss says his defense of Putin was “nothing short of treasonous.”

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Trump Won’t Pull US Troops From Afghanistan, Says Afghan President

At NATO Summit, President Ashraf Ghani said Trump gave his full support to coalition leaders and believes he convinced the U.S. president to stay.

  • Kevin Baron
Policy

‘I Believe in NATO’ Says Trump at Summit, Allaying Morning Fears of Pullout

To some surprise, the president gave his strongest backing for NATO yet, minutes after leaving an emergency meeting of alliance leaders to address his threats on spending levels.

  • Kevin Baron
Policy

Donald Trump Didn’t Kill NATO, But…

Trump was on relatively good behavior, but NATO leaders acted more like salesmen than statesmen, defending the very existence of the alliance that protected the West for 70 years.

  • Kevin Baron
Policy

Trump Not Planning to Threaten US Troop Withdrawal from Europe; Solo Putin Meeting Was His Idea

Previewing the NATO Summit and Putin meeting, officials say Trump has the facts on Russian meddling, wants Putin meeting to start "dialogue."

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Poison attack in UK, again; NATO members yawn at Trump; 60,000 flee Syria for Jordan; Pompeo to Pyongyang; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Threats

Trump tries to shakedown NATO; 5 more Syrian cities surrender to Assad and Russia; Pompeo back to Pyongyang; Gangs at the border (or not); The music of Mosul, after ISIS; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Threats

The quiet special ops wars in Africa; Nuclear deception from North Korea; US ballistic missile defense special report; UAE pauses the battle for Hodeida; And more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
Policy

NATO Will Outlive Trump (and Putin), Don’t Worry

Before Trump heads back to Europe, remember that NATO isn’t the G-7 and military relations are much stronger than the political ones they often endure.

  • Kevin Baron
Policy

No Joke: Top Special Ops Commander Says No Offense Intended, Lauds Press

‘I don’t condone that kind of violence’ Gen. Raymond 'Tony' Thomas said in an exclusive interview, one day after joking about pretending to shoot at the press.

  • Kevin Baron
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