Military

Pentagon speeds up weapons buying as Gaza aid shifts, Pokrovsk fight intensifies. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.

When Anduril’s YFQ-44A cleared the runway it did more than prove a prototype; it announced an era in which affordable, software-first wingmen will rewrite the rules of air combat.

In a sunlit Kyiv shop three months after Putin’s invasion, a stranger kissed my hand and thanked America, a small human moment that crystallized why Ukraine’s fight for hearth and home deserves unwavering support even amid the Kremlin’s reckless threats.

Watching Pokrovsk ground to dust meter by meter, I see Washington and Budapest flirting with an alliance of convenience that would codify the stalemate into Western policy and rename exhaustion as realism.

Claiming the War Powers Resolution does not apply to strikes on drug cartels sidesteps Congress, erodes transparency, and risks turning American military power into an unaccountable tool.

US expands strikes, Senate blocks limits, China launches new carrier. Here’s your Friday Morning Brief rundown, November 7, 2025.

FAA cuts flights, Trump strikes obesity drug deal, and NATO arms up as tensions rise. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.

In the harsh neon glow of a Kansas hotel room, a 28-year-old Guardsman inked a “covert relationship” with ghosts he thought were Russian agents, pocketed cash, snapped pics of Fort Riley, and tried to mail an American helicopter radio to Russia—only to learn later the feds were the ones writing the script.

Since World War II, Congress has steadily abdicated its constitutional duty to declare war, allowing presidents to launch and prolong conflicts on elastic claims of “national interest” under the flimsy cover of the War Powers Resolution and expansive AUMFs, eroding the checks and balances the framers intended.

In Lawton Fort Sill, where neighbors treat Soldiers like family, this government shutdown exposes the emptiness of polite slogans and demands that America guarantee pay and steadfast care for its warriors—always—so we can keep the faith.

Organizing 500-troop quick reaction forces in every state betrays our constitutional separation of military and civilian authority, invites the militarization of civil life, and imperils the very rule of law American soldiers are sworn to defend.

USS Ford redeploys to Latin America, Cheney dies at 84, NATO shifts command roles. Here’s what’s making headlines this Tuesday evening.