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Alleged Spy Was Also 22-Year-Old Ex-Grocery Store Clerk Hired by Trump 3 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 10 1455
Experts doubt FBI's claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat 1 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 7 848
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 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 7 995
Trump executive order takes steps to protect domestic hackers from blowback (election-related hacking not sanctionable) 2 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 983
Erasing Warriors: Pete Hegseth's Culture War at Sea 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 675
Trump administration planning to end TSA's Quiet Skies traveler surveillance program 2 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 815
From HASC Chairman Mike Rogers opening statement on Army budget hearing 2 nitpicked Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 796
ICE Officials Don't Know Who to Arrest, Thanks to Stephen Miller 0 Eugene Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 742
How Defense Tech Is Rewriting Global Power Dynamics - Good Times Bad Times (The 20s Report) 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 736
Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system 3 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 890
House Democrats demand answers from Noem on plans for $50M jet 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 3 799
Stephen Miller, Noem tell ICE to supercharge immigrant arrests (goal: arrest 3,000 a day) 6 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 10 1332
US Military Pullback in Africa Opens Door for China and Russia 1 nitpicked May 2025 May 2025 2 770
North Korea detains 3 shipyard officials over the failed launch of a naval destroyer 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 5 978
Pete Hegseth slammed for 'direct attack' against military reporters: 'Never seen anything like this' 5 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 8 1214
Racist memes shared by Navy SEALs prompt investigation, disciplinary actions 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 12 932
Trump selects concept for $175 billion 'Golden Dome' missile defense system 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 757
Retired four-star admiral found guilty of bribery after accepting $500K a year job in exchange for lucrative Navy contra 6 nitpicked May 2025 May 2025 6 1217
Racist memes shared by Navy SEALs prompt investigation, disciplinary actions 3 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 3 940
ICE Barbie Aide Caught Lying on 'Body-Slamming' Claim Live on CNN 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 7 979
Trump's firing of FEMA director unsettles GOP senators 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 14 990
Kristi Noem says Afghans can return safely under Taliban rule. Experts say that's 'patently obscene' 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 7 779
FEMA's acting chief says agency will shift more disaster recovery responsibilities to the states 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 1 749
Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 0 691
Judge cites lack of confidence in Homeland Security, issues injunction in University of Iowa case 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 4 740
DHS civil rights office opened investigation into Mahmoud Khalil's arrest days before office was dissolved 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 3 641
Hegseth's plan to cut senior military jobs could hit more than 120 high-ranking officers 9 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 3 1144
Trump's Freebie Qatar Jet Is the Stuff of Nightmares in Spyworld 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 3 828
Is Russia co-opting US far-right groups to attack western democracies? 2 ck4829 May 2025 May 2025 8 878
Pentagon considers shifting Greenland to US Northern Command, sparking concerns over Trump's ambitions for the territory 2 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 7 1045

National Security & Defense Continued...

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For second time in 8 days, fighter jet assigned to USS Truman is lost in Red Sea 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 May 2025 3 880
Hegseth Works Hard to Portray Himself as a Man of the Troops. They Might Not Be Buying It. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 8 837
Elon Musk's SpaceX Hits Jackpot Under New Trump Budget Plan 3 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 9 928
Collins has 'serious objections' to parts of Trump 2026 budget 4 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 2 1005
The US Army says it's scrapping a new light assault vehicle that got 'too heavy' 0 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 0 753
Defense Department designates a second military zone on US border, extending into Texas 1 Eugene May 2025 May 2025 5 828
Trump administration forced to reveal its ham-handed operation to terminate immigration records of thousands of students 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 640
Trump world's Laura Loomer takes aim at a 'woke' Lockheed Martin and its $2 trillion F-35 program 7 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 1118
Trump Has Ordered Safeguards Stripped From Procurement As Pentagon Prepares To Spend $1 Trillion 4 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 937
A $1 trillion defense budget: GOP unveils proposal 1 nitpicked Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 693
Navy Secretary axes contracts for fleet maintenance software, 'DEI,' climate in $300M purge 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 961
Orwell-speak alert: Pete Hegseth Introduces 'No More Walking on Eggshells' Policy to Department of Defense 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 794
WSJ: Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: The Chaos Inside Hegseth's Pentagon 3 Dennis Donovan Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 951
Pete Hegseth did share classified information with wife and brother despite White House's claims, report says 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 797
Trump names former Fox News personalities Mark Levin and Bo Dietl to DHS advisory board 4 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1358
Judge temporarily blocks NYC mayor from allowing ICE agents on Rikers Island jail 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 589
Trump backs defence secretary after reports of second Signal chat leak 2 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 840
For now, Pentagon and DHS won't recommend that Trump invoke the Insurrection Act 8 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 1347
Corey Lewandowski: ICE Barbie's Alleged Lover's Brazen Power Grab Laid Bare 2 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1068
US State Department closing office aimed at countering foreign disinformation 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 703
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants 8 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1279
Feds say agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on migrant children 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 835
Hegseth Is Literally Phoning It in With Snub to Ukraine War Meeting 2 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1026
Head of US Space Force base in Greenland is fired after Vance visit (for breaking with official messaging) 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 773
M2 Bradley vs Russian T90 tank. 6 amerikat Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1613
Pentagon official: US military has no authority to do drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 874
Trump's Greenland Ambitions Are No Joke The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 890
DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 741
Trump administration ends key grant program (BRIC) that helps communities prepare for disasters 1 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 712
Kevin Carroll: I worked in Trump's first administration. Here's why his team is using Signal 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 976

National Security & Defense Continued...

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Confusion gripped US base defenders as a flying bomb struck a deadly blow at Tower 22, investigation says 0 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 824
Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 746
Signalgate 'Idiot' (Mike Waltz) Actually Had Lots of Sensitive Group Chats 3 Eugene Apr 2025 Apr 2025 11 1088
Abcarian: Pete Hegseth says he knew what he was doing. In that case, he should resign 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 901
Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1009
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email 4 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1043
Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 570
Trump says he would ask Hegseth to review if flight times should be classified 7 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 1121
Bondi signals probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite a long history of similar inquiries 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 681
As wildfire season approaches, budget woes and federal uncertainty have put states' plans at risk 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 579
US Turns Diego Garcia Into Superpower Fortress For Worldwide War - WION 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 962
U.S. homeland secretary to visit El Salvador prison holding deported Venezuelans 6 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 991
'We're not preparing': As Trump officials vow to eliminate FEMA, the agency is already in turmoil 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 655
US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must 'look out for ourselves', says Mark Carney 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 837
Ted Lieu calls for Pete Hegseth to resign: 'Reckless actions endangered lives' 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 762
The Pentagon warns government officials that Signal is being targeted by Russian hackers 4 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 990
Live: U.S. Intelligence leaders address Senate on global threats - Times Radio 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 704
As the Carolinas burn, Homeland Security head Kristie Noem says Trump administration is going to 'eliminate' FEMA 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 696
Cold War II - Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows it 2 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 756
U.S. homeland department targets oversight in government cuts 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 646
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