Trump’s Defense Secretary Says Russia Targeted the Midterms. What Does Mattis Know?
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than 12 hours after the White House confirmed reports that President Donald Trump had dinner with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Pentagon’s highest-ranking official accused Russia of attempting to interfere in the midterm elections. At the Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Saturday, Defense…
This Critique of America’s Military Was Perfectly Timed to Increase the Pentagon Budget
Commission On The National Defense Strategy co-chairs Eric Edelman (L) and retired Navy Admiral Gary Roughead testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the commission’s findings. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The release of a landmark, independent assessment of the Pentagon’s national defense strategy earlier this…
US Agents Just Fired Tear Gas on Migrants Near the San Diego-Tijuana Border
Three Honduran migrants huddle in the riverbank amid tear gas fired by US agents on the Mexico-US border.Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The San Ysidro Port of Entry between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California, was temporarily closed on Sunday following protests from migrants who reportedly pushed…
An Atomwaffen Member Sketched a Map to Take the Neo-Nazis Down. What Path Officials Took Is a Mystery.
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. It was a grisly scene inside Apartment 3722 at the Hamptons, a gated community in Tampa, Florida. One body lay face up on the floor, wedged between a wall and an air mattress. A handgun was stuffed in…
Trump Just Lashed Out at a Former Navy SEAL for Not Catching Osama Bin Laden Sooner
President Donald Trump speaks during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony White House Friday.Cheriss May/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump dismissed criticism from the retired four-star admiral and former Navy SEAL who led the raid that took out Osama bin Laden in 2011 in a…
The Army’s Plan for the Next Decade—as Explained by This Goofy-Looking PowerPoint Slide
President Donald Trump greets US Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley during a Rose Garden event with the Army football team.Alex Wong/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Army just released an 11-page blueprint for the next decade, providing in equal measure a frank look at the immediate priorities…