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Trump's Greenland Ambitions Are No Joke The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 3 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 7 269
DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service 0 Eugene Yesterday Yesterday 1 243
Trump administration ends key grant program (BRIC) that helps communities prepare for disasters 1 Eugene Yesterday Yesterday 1 211
Kevin Carroll: I worked in Trump's first administration. Here's why his team is using Signal 0 Eugene Friday Friday 8 445
Confusion gripped US base defenders as a flying bomb struck a deadly blow at Tower 22, investigation says 0 Eugene Friday Friday 4 386
Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say 3 Eugene Wednesday Wednesday 1 139
Signalgate 'Idiot' (Mike Waltz) Actually Had Lots of Sensitive Group Chats 3 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 11 472
Abcarian: Pete Hegseth says he knew what he was doing. In that case, he should resign 3 Eugene Monday Monday 2 319
Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 29 4 384
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email 4 Eugene Mar 28 Mar 28 12 474
Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak 0 Eugene Mar 27 Mar 27 0 212
Trump says he would ask Hegseth to review if flight times should be classified 7 Eugene Mar 27 Mar 27 7 418
Bondi signals probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite a long history of similar inquiries 0 Eugene Mar 27 Mar 27 3 303
As wildfire season approaches, budget woes and federal uncertainty have put states' plans at risk 0 Eugene Mar 27 Mar 27 3 214
US Turns Diego Garcia Into Superpower Fortress For Worldwide War - WION 2 TexasTowelie Mar 26 Mar 26 4 517
U.S. homeland secretary to visit El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans 6 Eugene Mar 26 Mar 26 2 320
'We're not preparing': As Trump officials vow to eliminate FEMA, the agency is already in turmoil 1 Eugene Mar 26 Mar 26 2 253
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must 'look out for ourselves', says Mark Carney 2 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 12 357
Ted Lieu calls for Pete Hegseth to resign: 'Reckless actions endangered lives' 2 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 6 328
The Pentagon warns government officials that Signal is being targeted by Russian hackers 4 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 4 455
Live: U.S. Intelligence leaders address Senate on global threats - Times Radio 0 TexasTowelie Mar 25 Mar 25 4 347
As the Carolinas burn, Homeland Security head Kristie Noem says Trump administration is going to 'eliminate' FEMA 1 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 1 339
Cold War II - Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows it 2 ck4829 Mar 24 Mar 24 3 319
U.S. homeland department targets oversight in government cuts 0 Eugene Mar 22 Mar 22 3 293
Unnerving conversation about Cyber threats 0 SleeplessinSoCal Mar 21 Mar 21 3 442
Eyeing China threat, Trump announces Boeing wins contract for secretive future fighter jet (F-47) 1 Eugene Mar 21 Mar 21 0 300
Portugal cancels order for F-35s 5 LessAspin Mar 13 Mar 21 21 1550
Trump on collision course with GOP defense hawks over NATO 1 nitpicked Mar 21 Mar 21 5 402
Air Force Sending Teams to Make Sure Bases Are Following Executive Orders 7 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 7 627
Trump signs order to shift disaster preparations from FEMA to states, local governments 0 Eugene Mar 19 Mar 19 0 187

National Security & Defense Continued...

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US suspends some efforts to counter Russian sabotage as Trump moves closer to Putin 0 Eugene Mar 19 Mar 19 1 156
Pentagon restores webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner but defends DEI purge 2 Eugene Mar 17 Mar 17 3 278
Fired hurricane hunter says Americans could see 'more damage and more loss of life' with NOAA layoffs 1 Eugene Mar 16 Mar 16 13 146
Elon Reportedly Orders Government to Stop Feeding the Bomb-Sniffing Dogs 22 Eugene Mar 14 Mar 15 59 3316
A Navy veteran and his wife say Tricare rescinded approvals for over $100K in health care claims paid years ago 4 Eugene Mar 14 Mar 15 18 586
White House instructs agencies to avoid firing cybersecurity staff, email says 0 Eugene Mar 15 Mar 15 0 118
Pete Hegseth appoints his personal lawyer to a powerful Pentagon post 1 Eugene Mar 14 Mar 14 0 290
Kill switch fears over US F-35 fighter jets in Europe - DW News 4 TexasTowelie Mar 14 Mar 14 9 471
Trump administration empties Guantanamo of migrants, flies all back to US 0 Eugene Mar 14 Mar 14 1 250
Teixeira, Calling Himself 'Proud Patriot,' Appeals to Trump for Leniency 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 2 309
Trump administration cuts ties, ends suit against company alleging abuse at child migrant shelters 0 Eugene Mar 12 Mar 12 1 275
FEMA cancels classes at national fire training academy amid federal funding cuts 3 Eugene Mar 9 Mar 10 6 448
Trump pick for Pentagon says selling submarines to Australia would be 'crazy' if Taiwan tensions flare 3 Eugene Mar 8 Mar 8 3 485
Sec Defense: military contracts should stop including language that bars contractors from running segregated facilities 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 10 589
Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia? 4 Eugene Mar 7 Mar 7 3 268
Video: Some thoughts on the war in Ukraine 1 Best_man23 Mar 6 Mar 6 1 331
Trump plans executive order to strengthen US shipbuilding, blunt China domination 3 Eugene Mar 6 Mar 6 1 399
'Who's doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 6 Mar 6 4 349
US authorities begin releasing some seized cryptocurrency miners, industry executives say 1 Eugene Mar 5 Mar 5 1 342
Modeling Policy Changes in CyberSecurity with First Order Lag - Russian Cyberthreat's 0 mikelewis Mar 2 Mar 2 1 334
Some government employees are instructed -- again -- to not respond to 5 things email as Musk doubles down 2 Eugene Mar 1 Mar 1 0 285
Trump eases rules on military raids and airstrikes, expanding range of who can be targeted 1 Eugene Mar 1 Mar 1 2 405
As egg prices soar, US Customs and Border Protection cracks down on egg smuggling 0 Eugene Feb 28 Feb 28 0 1247
No one physically harmed in Virginia Army ammunition plant explosion 0 Eugene Feb 28 Feb 28 2 373
Trump nominates Hung Cao, who challenged Kaine's Senate seat, for Under Secretary of the Navy 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 0 380
Pentagon orders new purge of social media sites to dump diversity, inclusion mentions by March 5 2 Eugene Feb 27 Feb 27 0 347
Musk Lashes Out at Pentagon Critic Who Ridiculed His Ultimatum to Federal Workers 2 Eugene Feb 24 Feb 24 11 634
Exploding drone operator goggles show the future of sabotage 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 22 Feb 23 5 493
Trump wants attack subs. The rest of the $50 billion Pentagon budget shuffle is a question mark for the Navy. 2 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 22 Feb 22 0 424
Also fired last night: the senior Judge Advocates General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 22 Feb 22 11 559

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Acting head of ICE reassigned amid frustrations over deportation efforts 2 Eugene Feb 21 Feb 21 2 399
US Navy Relieves Captain of USS Harry S Truman Following Collision with Cargo Ship 2 C0RI0LANUS Feb 21 Feb 21 8 800
Hegseth orders $50 billion of defense budget redirected from Biden to Trump priorities 0 Eugene Feb 20 Feb 20 1 395
U.S. Marines Start to Leave Japan, Decades Behind Schedule 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 4 485
Trump immigration dragnet ensnares people at check-ins and court hearings 0 Eugene Feb 18 Feb 18 3 417
Administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can't figure out how to reach them 1 usonian Feb 15 Feb 15 4 334
Elon Mask's DOGE Shares Classified U.S. Intel With Entire World 1 usonian Feb 14 Feb 14 13 548
NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere 3 Eugene Feb 14 Feb 14 1 567
Mid-Air Collision Shines Light On Doomsday Plans For Nation's Capital 3 usonian Jan 31 Feb 14 2 615
Pilot Barbie Kristi Noem Gives Trump's Favorite Photographer a Tour of Gitmo 4 Eugene Feb 11 Feb 11 2 649
Defense Sec orders immediate "pause" on trans medical "procedures," trans military recruits 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 11 Feb 11 4 453
Trump should 'get rid' of FEMA, Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem says 1 Eugene Feb 11 Feb 11 0 452
Pentagon cuts off Hegseth town hall webcast after transparency pledge 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 8 Feb 8 11 774
Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX, sources say 0 Eugene Feb 7 Feb 7 3 335
Musk would make Goldfinger blush. 6 Marcuse Feb 5 Feb 6 1 510
Pentagon shocked by Trump's order to house migrants in Guantanamo Bay 5 Eugene Jan 31 Feb 1 8 647
Army Secretary nominee pledges to expand Junior ROTC 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 31 Feb 1 0 477
Trump administration may pull money from TSA, Coast Guard to help ICE afford costly deportations 1 Eugene Jan 29 Jan 29 3 498
Hegseth cutting Milley's security detail, eyes stripping him of star 6 Eugene Jan 29 Jan 29 4 723
IS fighters in Syria could break free amid Trump aid cut, terrorism expert warns 2 Eugene Jan 28 Jan 28 2 372
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