India to bring Russia’s new T-14 Armata back from the dead?

Russia recently announced that they would be halting production on their latest and most technologically advanced main battle tank, the T-14 Armata, in favor of lower cost programs like updating their existing fleet of T-72 tanks. The problem with the T-14, like the nation’s stealthy fifth-generation fighter, the Su-57, isn’t that the platform doesn’t seem […]

The Pentagon’s revenge: $330m for Taiwan defense

As though China needed another excuse to hate the US, it came September 25, when the US State Department proposed to fund $330m worth of military parts for Taiwan’s army. China, by the way, considers Taiwan its territory. What happened? The US has periodically gifted small military parts to Taipei, Taiwan’s capital. George W. Bush […]

Secrecy is dead. Here’s what happens next.

“Hey Don, we have an unusual idea. Leak us one or more of your father’s tax returns.” WikiLeaks slid that message into Donald Trump Jr’s Twitter DMs—an unusual request for the son of a then-presidential candidate. Since its founding, WikiLeaks had portrayed itself as the ultimate fourth estate—a digital drop-box where secrets could be deposited and released as […]

Tillerson abruptly leaves podium after dismissing resignation rumors as ‘ridiculous’ in awkward exchange with reporter

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson abruptly left the podium while addressing reporters on Monday. The first question came from a French reporter, who asked him whether he’d already submitted a letter of resignation effective January. Tillerson said the question was “ridiculous” and ended the briefing. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was speaking to reporters Monday […]

Michael Flynn’s role in Mideast nuclear project could compound legal issues

In June 2015, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn took a little-noticed trip to Egypt and Israel, paid for by a U.S. company he was advising. The company hoped to build more than two dozen nuclear plants in the region in partnership with Russian interests. Flynn’s quiet involvement in that project — and his failure to […]

More than 200 MS-13 members were arrested in a major Trump administration gang sweep

“Operation Raging Bull” was conducted across the United States from Oct. 8 to Nov. 11. It concluded with the arrest of 214 members of MS-13. President Donald Trump has directed federal law enforcement officials to focus resources on combating transnational gangs, including MS-13. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced a major gang sweep Thursday, with […]

Trump on chief of staff John Kelly: He’ll be here for the next 7 years

President Donald Trump offered an endorsement of sorts for White House chief of staff John Kelly this weekend as rumors grew that Kelly may not last in the administration. “He’ll be here, in my opinion, for the entire remaining seven years,” Trump said. Kelly has recently found himself caught in the middle of a deteriorating […]

Mike Pence sent his lawyer to meet with Robert Mueller over the Russia investigation

Vice President Mike Pence sent the lawyer representing him in the federal probe of Russia’s US-election meddling to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller this summer, Politico reported on Thursday. Pence’s attorney, Richard Cullen, signed on to represent the vice president in June, about a month after Mueller’s investigation got underway. A source cited by Politico said […]

How Jeff Sessions misrepresented the Trump Administration’s expansion of military supplies for police

The Trump administration made false assertions to justify an executive order expanding police forces’ access to military equipment such as tanks and grenade launchers. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Monday that President Trump would make defensive gear available to police again by undoing a policy from the Obama administration. Trump then signed an executive order whose […]

Trump’s Advisors Taking Longer Than Expected With Afghanistan Plan

The Trump administration’s plan for Afghanistan as well as their policy toward Pakistan is taking “longer than originally announced and intended,” said Laurel Miller, the former U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Miller said to the media that, “there are no easy answers, there are no easy solutions. After 16 years, a lot of different […]