Virtually all of the giant reconciliation fund has been doled out, the Pentagon’s acting chief financial officer said Tuesday. “Everything except for $1.3 billion in the $153 billion that’s been given to the Department of Defense by the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act has been apportioned and [has] been released to…
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Questions about following illegal orders—a frequent theme of the second Trump administration—came up again at a Capitol Hill hearing on Tuesday. Just days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the U.S. war on Iran would feature “no quarter, no mercy for our enemies”—on its face, a violation of international law—the…
Golden Dome’s official projected price tag just jumped $10 billion to $185 billion. Experts say the real cost is likely to be far, far more.Gen. Michael Guetlein, the Space Force officer in charge of the sprawling missile defense project, said Tuesday that it was no longer expected to cost $175…
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I became a shad addict on a quiet backwater creek in eastern North Carolina, just trying to find a way to kill time outdoors until turkey season kicked off. I was pitching a small red spoon from the bank when a hickory shad snatched it and launched itself from the…
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Discussions of quantum computing regularly predict the end of digital secrecy, which would have society-altering consequences. But what if the opposite happens? If quantum encryption software becomes available to citizens around the world, digital secrets might become harder to harvest, altering intelligence collection and national security. Governments have no monopoly on quantum…
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Defense companies have agreed to make four times as many missiles, President Donald Trump said Friday, denying reports that his war on Iran was quickly draining stocks of key munitions. “They have agreed to quadruple Production of ‘Exquisite Class’ Weaponry in that we want to reach, as rapidly as possible, the…
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The White House’s new national cybersecurity strategy calls for responding more directly to threats and securing critical U.S. technologies.As described in a seven-page document released on Friday afternoon, the strategy has six pillars: shape adversary behavior; promote common-sense regulation; modernize and secure federal government networks; secure critical infrastructure; sustain superiority in critical and emerging technologies; and build cyber talent and capacity. In a signed…
