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Dave Brown
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Deputy Managing Editor for Global Security at Politico
Duffy vs. Hegseth: Friction over air safety erupts in Trump’s Cabinet www.politico.com/news/2025/05... @oriana0214.bsky.social @politico.com
Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP
President Donald Trump plans to announce next week that the U.S. will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia.
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BREAKING: Trump can proceed with his plan to ban transgender people from the military, including by removing those currently serving, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Supreme Court lets Trump ban transgender people from military
Neither the majority nor the dissenters provided any reasoning for their positions.
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The Space Force has released a video that uses stock footage from Russia
The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon
A feud between the secretary's advisers and his chief of staff created backbiting and distrust that has erupted into the open.
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NEW TODAY: A MAGA-aligned group that pledged last month to take a “smash-mouth” approach to defending Pete Hegseth and have his back “100 percent” has all but gone silent www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @adamwren.bsky.social
Group boosting Hegseth goes quiet
The Defense secretary has come under heavy scrutiny amid reports of dysfunction at the Pentagon.
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NEW TONIGHT: John Ullyot, the former DOD spokesperson who was sidelined over the Jackie Robinson flap, is leaving the Pentagon www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Top Pentagon official at center of Jackie Robinson controversy to resign
John Ullyot’s departure comes during a week of upheaval at the Defense Department.
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BREAKING: A third DOD official has been put on leave and escorted out of the Pentagon on suspicion of leaking. Colin Carroll is chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Third top Pentagon official suspended in leak investigation
Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was suspended a day after two other political appointees were placed on leave.
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SCOOP: Not one, but two top advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been marched out of the Pentagon following a leak investigation www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
Two top Pentagon officials placed on leave in leak probe
The disclosures under investigation include Elon Musk’s visit to the Pentagon.
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NEW: Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.
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Trump says ‘thousands’ of Ukrainian soldiers encircled in Kursk; Ukraine says that’s ‘untrue’ www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump says ‘thousands’ of Ukrainian soldiers encircled in Kursk; Ukraine says that’s ‘untrue’
Ukraine insists its troops aren’t surrounded, but they are pulling back from areas they captured last summer.
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Greenlanders say no to Trump as rare earths loom over coalition talks www.politico.eu/article/gree...
Greenlanders say no to Trump as rare earths loom over coalition talks
Election throws up surprise result as independence from Denmark remains tough to define.
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The Netherlands doesn’t plan to cancel F-35 deals. Asked whether the Dutch government would consider cancelling contracts for the warplanes, Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans replied: “No. Our entire air force and fighter jet fleet is based on the F-35.” pro.politico.eu/news/195353
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“It’s exceedingly odd. I have never heard of any such thing. I can’t even imagine what the purpose is, other than to terrorize the civilian workforce.” www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup
Details of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.
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This Pentagon Press Secretary Has a Long History of Bigoted and Xenophobic Posts www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This Pentagon press secretary has a long history of bigoted and xenophobic posts
“Be unapologetically right-wing. It will pay off.”
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NEW COLUMN: Trump has yet to create a new world order. Instead, what we have is a period of disorientation. And countries (like, say, Lesotho) need to prepare for worst-case scenarios. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
America’s Friends Are Not Amused by Trump’s Bravado
The president’s speech offers no reprieve for countries that have long relied on Washington.
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If you put "Doja Cat" in place of "DOGE cuts" in headlines, it makes her seem quite powerful
Zelenskyy says it is ‘time to make things right’ after Oval Office blowup www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Zelenskyy says it is ‘time to make things right’ after Oval Office blowup
The Ukrainian president said he and his team is “ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts."
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Well, technically it will be once it's no longer February 28
The first big challenge for Donald Trump’s top military adviser pick isn’t the Ukraine-Russia war or even his lack of qualifications. It’s the legend about a red MAGA hat www.politico.com/news/2025/02... @paulmcleary.bsky.social
MAGA hat drama could taint Trump’s top military adviser pick
The president said Dan Caine once offered to kill for him and slapped a signature red hat on his head, a violation of military rules.
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The @apnews.com has obtained the full list of 875 VA contracts to be cut. Contracts to support veterans disability ratings, toxic exposure work and more are affected: apnews.com/article/doge...
VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care
The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service org...
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Trump, in a continued effort to replace Pentagon officials, hinted his administration would fire the military leaders involved in the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. “They’re going to be largely gone,” he said www.politico.com/news/2025/02... @paulmcleary.bsky.social
Trump signals more firings of military leaders
Senior officers involved in the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan are “going to be largely gone,” he said.
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