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At Bagram, the Taliban lazily read the paper while the almighty hand of Trump reaches for the lease—and the runway remembers how to roar.

Trump’s sudden pledge that Ukraine can reclaim all occupied land is less a policy than a gamble—one that only matters if he backs it with steel, not slogans.

Ryan Routh’s half-baked crusade to kill Donald Trump ended the same way his trial did—chaotic, desperate, and doomed from the start.

From a stadium-sized farewell to Charlie Kirk, to Trump’s $100K H-1B shockwave rattling boardrooms, and Europe’s airports grinding down under a cyberattack, this week proves that politics, policy, and code can all go down hard—and when they do, the fallout hits real people first. Welcome to your SOFREP Sunday Morning Brief. It’s September 21st, 2025.

Trump’s lethal strike at sea, an armed man stopped at Kirk’s memorial site, and Cruz blasting the FCC like a mob movie all hammer home one truth—America’s political battles are being fought with weapons, warrants, and words sharper than knives. Welcome to your Saturday Morning brief. It’s September 20th, 2025.

Flying with the Night Stalkers, whether fast-roping from a Black Hawk, thundering in a Chinook, or clinging to the skids of a Little Bird, showed me firsthand why these aviation professionals are the lifeline of America’s most elite warriors.

From Capitol Hill’s grilling of FBI Director Kash Patel over Charlie Kirk’s assassination, to U.S. officers quietly observing Russia-Belarus war games, and Donald Trump’s reversal on TikTok, the week showed Washington balancing political firestorms, military brinkmanship, and digital-age dealmaking all at once. Here is your Tuesday evening SOFREP News Brief for September 16th, 2025.

Erika Kirk vows to carry on her slain husband’s work as Tyler Robinson faces charges for the Utah killing, Ryan Routh flails in court over his alleged Trump assassination attempt, and President Trump pressures NATO to unite on sanctions against Russia and tariffs on China. It’s Saturday, September 13th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.

Slap a new label on the Pentagon and call it what you want—war by any other name still smells like cordite and tears.

Banks shouldn’t be allowed to play politics with people’s livelihoods, and Trump’s executive order slamming the brakes on debanking is the first real shot fired in the fight to keep America’s financial system free from partisan chokeholds.

Putin walks out of Alaska with the optics he wanted, West Virginia’s Guard rolls into D.C. to stiffen the perimeter, and New Orleans’ mayor gets hit with a federal indictment—power projection abroad, domestic muscle at home, and accountability snapping at the heels. It Saturday, August 16 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.

At Alaska’s icy table, two nuclear heavyweights have a clean shot to freeze the slide—keep New START’s caps alive, put numbers on tac nukes, and fence Europe off from new land-based missiles.