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US agencies tracked foreigners visiting Musk's properties in 2022 and 2023, WSJ reports 1 Eugene 46 min ago 42 min ago 3 194
Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protests 3 Eugene 13 hrs ago 10 hrs ago 1 235
US troops make first detentions in Trump border military zones 0 Eugene Sunday Sunday 3 340
Alleged Spy Was Also 22-Year-Old Ex-Grocery Store Clerk Hired by Trump 3 Eugene Saturday Saturday 9 672
Experts doubt FBI's claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat 1 Eugene Saturday Saturday 7 319
Trump's Pentagon keeps sending destroyers that fought in the Red Sea to the US southern border -- a fourth one is on its 2 Eugene Saturday Saturday 7 392
Trump executive order takes steps to protect domestic hackers from blowback (election-related hacking not sanctionable) 2 Eugene Saturday Saturday 8 390
Erasing Warriors: Pete Hegseth's Culture War at Sea 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Thursday Thursday 3 227
Trump administration planning to end TSA's Quiet Skies traveler surveillance program 2 Eugene Thursday Thursday 2 281
From HASC Chairman Mike Rogers opening statement on Army budget hearing 2 nitpicked Thursday Thursday 2 258
ICE Officials Don't Know Who to Arrest, Thanks to Stephen Miller 0 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 1 288
How Defense Tech Is Rewriting Global Power Dynamics - Good Times Bad Times (The 20s Report) 0 TexasTowelie Jun 1 Jun 1 2 308
Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system 3 Eugene May 31 May 31 2 350
House Democrats demand answers from Noem on plans for $50M jet 1 Eugene May 31 May 31 3 330
Stephen Miller, Noem tell ICE to supercharge immigrant arrests (goal: arrest 3,000 a day) 6 Eugene May 28 May 28 10 628
US Military Pullback in Africa Opens Door for China and Russia 1 nitpicked May 26 May 26 2 298
North Korea detains 3 shipyard officials over the failed launch of a naval destroyer 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 471
Pete Hegseth slammed for 'direct attack' against military reporters: 'Never seen anything like this' 5 Eugene May 25 May 25 8 649
Racist memes shared by Navy SEALs prompt investigation, disciplinary actions 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 21 May 21 12 492
Trump selects concept for $175 billion 'Golden Dome' missile defense system 2 Eugene May 20 May 21 2 347
Retired four-star admiral found guilty of bribery after accepting $500K a year job in exchange for lucrative Navy contra 6 nitpicked May 20 May 20 6 637
Racist memes shared by Navy SEALs prompt investigation, disciplinary actions 3 Eugene May 20 May 20 3 510
ICE Barbie Aide Caught Lying on 'Body-Slamming' Claim Live on CNN 1 Eugene May 20 May 20 7 571
Trump's firing of FEMA director unsettles GOP senators 2 Eugene May 16 May 16 14 561
Kristi Noem says Afghans can return safely under Taliban rule. Experts say that's 'patently obscene' 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 7 396
FEMA's acting chief says agency will shift more disaster recovery responsibilities to the states 2 Eugene May 15 May 15 1 341
Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 0 310
Judge cites lack of confidence in Homeland Security, issues injunction in University of Iowa case 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 4 357
DHS civil rights office opened investigation into Mahmoud Khalil's arrest days before office was dissolved 0 Eugene May 15 May 15 3 260
Hegseth's plan to cut senior military jobs could hit more than 120 high-ranking officers 9 Eugene May 13 May 14 3 548

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Trump's Freebie Qatar Jet Is the Stuff of Nightmares in Spyworld 2 Eugene May 14 May 14 3 435
Is Russia co-opting US far-right groups to attack western democracies? 2 ck4829 May 10 May 10 8 426
Pentagon considers shifting Greenland to US Northern Command, sparking concerns over Trump's ambitions for the territory 2 Eugene May 9 May 9 7 546
For second time in 8 days, fighter jet assigned to USS Truman is lost in Red Sea 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 7 May 7 3 498
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 8 507
Elon Musk's SpaceX Hits Jackpot Under New Trump Budget Plan 3 Eugene May 4 May 4 9 511
Collins has 'serious objections' to parts of Trump 2026 budget 4 Eugene May 3 May 3 2 571
The US Army says it's scrapping a new light assault vehicle that got 'too heavy' 0 Eugene May 3 May 3 0 450
Defense Department designates a second military zone on US border, extending into Texas 1 Eugene May 3 May 3 5 512
Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 30 Apr 30 1 357
Trump world's Laura Loomer takes aim at a 'woke' Lockheed Martin and its $2 trillion F-35 program 7 Eugene Apr 29 Apr 29 0 582
Trump Has Ordered Safeguards Stripped From Procurement As Pentagon Prepares To Spend $1 Trillion 4 Eugene Apr 29 Apr 29 5 500
A $1 trillion defense budget: GOP unveils proposal 1 nitpicked Apr 29 Apr 29 1 355
Navy Secretary axes contracts for fleet maintenance software, 'DEI,' climate in $300M purge 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 26 Apr 26 6 582
Orwell-speak alert: Pete Hegseth Introduces 'No More Walking on Eggshells' Policy to Department of Defense 1 Eugene Apr 26 Apr 26 4 485
WSJ: Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: The Chaos Inside Hegseth's Pentagon 3 Dennis Donovan Apr 25 Apr 25 5 535
Pete Hegseth did share classified information with wife and brother despite White House's claims, report says 1 Eugene Apr 22 Apr 22 6 462
Trump names former Fox News personalities Mark Levin and Bo Dietl to DHS advisory board 4 Eugene Apr 21 Apr 21 3 920
Judge temporarily blocks NYC mayor from allowing ICE agents on Rikers Island jail 0 Eugene Apr 21 Apr 21 2 320
Trump backs defence secretary after reports of second Signal chat leak 2 Eugene Apr 21 Apr 21 2 476
For now, Pentagon and DHS won't recommend that Trump invoke the Insurrection Act 8 Eugene Apr 19 Apr 19 1 761
Corey Lewandowski: ICE Barbie's Alleged Lover's Brazen Power Grab Laid Bare 2 Eugene Apr 19 Apr 19 6 706
US State Department closing office aimed at countering foreign disinformation 1 Eugene Apr 17 Apr 17 1 400
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants 8 Eugene Apr 13 Apr 13 5 715
Feds say agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on migrant children 3 Eugene Apr 13 Apr 13 5 465
Hegseth Is Literally Phoning It in With Snub to Ukraine War Meeting 2 Eugene Apr 13 Apr 13 5 668
Head of US Space Force base in Greenland is fired after Vance visit (for breaking with official messaging) 0 Eugene Apr 13 Apr 13 5 494
M2 Bradley vs Russian T90 tank. 6 amerikat Apr 12 Apr 12 8 1039
Pentagon official: US military has no authority to do drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico 3 Eugene Apr 10 Apr 10 8 533
Trump's Greenland Ambitions Are No Joke The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 6 Apr 6 7 567

National Security & Defense Continued...

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DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service 0 Eugene Apr 5 Apr 5 1 471
Trump administration ends key grant program (BRIC) that helps communities prepare for disasters 1 Eugene Apr 5 Apr 5 1 451
Kevin Carroll: I worked in Trump's first administration. Here's why his team is using Signal 0 Eugene Apr 4 Apr 4 8 675
Confusion gripped US base defenders as a flying bomb struck a deadly blow at Tower 22, investigation says 0 Eugene Apr 4 Apr 4 4 596
Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say 3 Eugene Apr 2 Apr 2 1 415
Signalgate 'Idiot' (Mike Waltz) Actually Had Lots of Sensitive Group Chats 3 Eugene Apr 1 Apr 1 11 778
Abcarian: Pete Hegseth says he knew what he was doing. In that case, he should resign 3 Eugene Mar 31 Mar 31 2 574
Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 29 4 689
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email 4 Eugene Mar 28 Mar 28 12 748
Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak 0 Eugene Mar 27 Mar 27 0 416
Trump says he would ask Hegseth to review if flight times should be classified 7 Eugene Mar 27 Mar 27 7 780
Bondi signals probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite a long history of similar inquiries 0 Eugene Mar 27 Mar 27 3 504
As wildfire season approaches, budget woes and federal uncertainty have put states' plans at risk 0 Eugene Mar 27 Mar 27 3 415
US Turns Diego Garcia Into Superpower Fortress For Worldwide War - WION 2 TexasTowelie Mar 26 Mar 26 4 754
U.S. homeland secretary to visit El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans 6 Eugene Mar 26 Mar 26 2 630
'We're not preparing': As Trump officials vow to eliminate FEMA, the agency is already in turmoil 1 Eugene Mar 26 Mar 26 2 458
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must 'look out for ourselves', says Mark Carney 2 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 12 601
Ted Lieu calls for Pete Hegseth to resign: 'Reckless actions endangered lives' 2 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 6 562
The Pentagon warns government officials that Signal is being targeted by Russian hackers 4 Eugene Mar 25 Mar 25 4 728
Live: U.S. Intelligence leaders address Senate on global threats - Times Radio 0 TexasTowelie Mar 25 Mar 25 4 552
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