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DOD can’t say who it killed in military strikes against drug smugglers  Politico Tracking U.S. Military Boat Strikes, Killings, and Survivors  The New York Times Strike First, Explain Never  The Atlantic US military strikes another boat in the Pacific, killing 4  CNN US military kills 57 in naval strikes  WLWT Source link

It looks like President Donald Trump’s family is once again using the White House as a personal piggy bank. A Florida-based drone manufacturer linked to Don Trump Jr. just received its largest ever contract to supply parts to the Pentagon, the Financial Times reported Friday. Unusual Machines, a company that builds and sells drones, said that the U.S. Army had …

The Pentagon press corps’ negotiations with the Defense Department over easing proposed restrictions on their reporting have reached an impasse, according to the Pentagon Press Association — though the Pentagon says it has negotiated in good faith. In a statement Wednesday, the Association said it “has been cautious” with its public statements about the restrictions as negotiations were underway over …

About 334,900 civilian employees at the Defense Department will be furloughed in the event of a government shutdown, according to the department’s contingency plan released over the weekend. The department employs roughly 741,500 civilians, according to the contingency plan. Of those, approximately 24% — or about 182,700 — are funded through sources other than the annual appropriations bill now stalled …

Monterey’s Defense Language Institute despite executive order renaming DoD  KSBW RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR  The White House (.gov) The Donald “Genius” Trump Space Center? Melania’s Harvard School of Government? What’s Next On Trump’s Rebrand List?  Vanity Fair Pentagon officials fume over Trump’s Department of War rebrand  Politico President of Peace, Department of War. A New Name Sends Mixed Signals.  The New York …

‘Shooting themselves in the foot’: Pentagon officials outraged by DOD think tank ban  Politico Pentagon Wants to Ban Officials from Participating in Forums Deemed Anti-Trump  Military.com Pentagon freezes out DC think tanks in new move, citing ‘America last’ concerns  foxnews.com With or Without the Pentagon, Security Conferences Are Overrated  World Politics Review Pentagon Suspends Its Participation in Think Tank Forums  The New York Times Source …

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Microsoft says it has stopped using China-based engineers to support Defense Department cloud computing systems after ProPublica revealed the practice in an investigation this week. “In response to concerns raised earlier this week about US-supervised foreign engineers, Microsoft …

Key Takeaways MP Materials shares remain in focus after soaring 20% yesterday on news that Apple plans to invest $500 million in the rare earths firm, news that came just days after the Department of Defense took a stake in the company. The price recently staged a volume-backed breakaway gap above a flag pattern, accelerating the stock’s uptrend. The bars …