This is an excerpt from Shyam Sankar and Madeline Hart’s forthcoming book Mobilize: How the Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III. Mobilize is available to order now. Everything about how Marine Colonel Drew Cukor ran Project Maven, the Department of Defense’s upstart AI initiative, put a target on his back. He […]
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Pentagon rushes counter-drone tech as Iranian swarms strain missile defenses and more top headlines
1. Pentagon rushes counter-drone tech as Iranian swarms strain missile defenses 2. ‘Unprecedented’ agreement releases emergency oil reserves as gas prices spark concerns 3. Medical device giant hit by global cyberattack possibly linked to pro-Iranian group FOLLOW THE MONEY — Epstein estate executor confirms payments to five wealthy clients, but not Trump. Continue reading … […]
Pentagon vows to reform military newspaper Stars and Stripes, remove ‘woke distractions’
The Department of War announced Thursday it is reforming the long-running military newspaper Stars and Stripes, and questions are being raised about whether it will maintain editorial independence. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Stars and Stripes will be returning to its “original mission: reporting for our warfighters.” “We are bringing Stars & Stripes into […]
Federal appeals court lets Pentagon reinstate transgender service ban, says judge overstepped military leaders
A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Pentagon to temporarily enforce its revived ban on transgender military service, ruling that a lower court improperly blocked the Trump administration’s 2025 policy. The decision marks a major development in one of the most closely watched military policy cases in the country. The 2–1 ruling from […]
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon denies NBC report on Charlie Kirk recruiting campaign, calls it ‘100% wrong’
The Pentagon is pushing back hard against an NBC News report alleging military leaders were weighing a new recruitment drive connected to the legacy of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson told Fox News Digital the report was “100% wrong,” blasting NBC for “publishing false claims based on anonymous sources.” “This […]
Pentagon has quietly barred Ukrainian long-range strikes in Russia with US missiles, WSJ reports
The U.S. has quietly implemented a review process giving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authority to approve Ukrainian long-range strikes inside Russia with American missiles, effectively blocking strikes for months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 23. – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is taken based on Law no. 8/1996 of […]
Republicans press Pentagon chief over Trump’s plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, Politico reports
At a Senate budget hearing on June 11, Republican senators fiercely criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s effort to end the Ukraine war through negotiations involving Russia. The session revealed deep divisions within the GOP on U.S. foreign policy, as lawmakers clashed over the administration’s strategic direction, Politico reports. Leading the […]
Pentagon deploys Navy warship that fought Houthis to new US southern border mission in line with Trump order
A U.S. Navy destroyer was deployed to the southern border over the weekend to help with the Trump administration’s maritime efforts to halt illegal immigration and drug smuggling. USS Gravely, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, departed Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in Virginia for a scheduled deployment to the U.S.-Mexico border to carry out President Donald Trump’s […]
Defense Minister Umerov meets Pentagon chief Hegseth for the first time
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for the first time on Feb. 12 on the sidelines of the Ramstein-format meeting in Brussels. The 26th summit of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) is the first one chaired by the U.K. rather than the U.S. as Washington revises its foreign […]