The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...

Even in the annals of an erratic presidency, Trump's Alaska meeting stands out as a reversal of historic proportions. Trump abandoned his goal of an immediate cease-fire and bowed to Putin’s approach of seeking a broader deal requiring Ukraine to give up territory. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...

“This isn’t about me,” Jen Easterly wrote last week. “This is about something larger.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

Jen Easterly’s rise in elite policy circles over three decades and her sudden fall at the hands of Laura Loomer tell the story of how Washington is changing during President Trump’s second term and why it might never be the same. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

All four-star general nominees must now interview with President Trump. The goal is to "ensure they are war fighters first — not bureaucrats,” says the WH. Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...

Incredible story about Volkswagen, and modern day slavery in the Amazon via @terrencemccoy.bsky.social wapo.st/46sX08n

A standoff over a senior officer's promotion reflects an ongoing clash between Hegseth’s highly partisan worldview and the longstanding tradition of an apolitical military that pledges an oath to the Constitution www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/u...

General Caine Faces His First Big Test Under Trump “In President Trump’s view, generals are chest-thumping, tough-talking cheerleaders for the military and the operations he, as commander in chief, orders them to carry out.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

A reporter in the briefing room tried to bring Mr. Trump’s timeline into our shared space time continuum but the White House didn’t seem ready for that voyage. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...

Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

These are dangerous times for the U.S. military. A war, a divisive domestic mission and a force in grave danger of being politicized. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

These are dangerous times for the U.S. military. A war, a divisive domestic mission and a force in grave danger of being politicized. This exchange between Sen. Slotkin and Sec. Hegseth captures the tension. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...

An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.

Shameful. Disgraceful.👇

@gregjaffe.bsky.social does it again. Then BG Tom Vandal was my boss and mentor in 3ID and Iraq. At that time Maj Vandal was a cadet. Selected for command, her world comes crashing now. This piece honors both. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Maj. Erica Vandal had spent her entire life in the Army as a military brat, a USMA cadet and an artillery officer. Her bosses described her as a “a superb officer.” Here's what happened when Trump/Hegseth trans ban cast her out. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Maj. Erica Vandal had spent her entire life in the Army as a military brat, a USMA cadet and an artillery officer. Her OERs described her as a “a superb officer.” The Trump/Hegseth trans ban cast her out. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

Main parade takeaway: Everyone seemed BORED including President Trump. It’s a fighting army, not a marching army.

Thanks so much for sharing!

The Army turns away from its recent past as it confronts an uncertain future. "A forced exercise in forgetting about the last 20 years of war,” says Carter Malkasian, who served in Afghanistan. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

Trump's throwing the Army (and himself) a big parade this weekend. The Army, meanwhile, is in the midst of a pretty big identity crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

Jonathan Clements knew exactly what he wanted instead: to launch Roth IRA accounts for young people from poor families who have never invested before, with the objective of turning them into lifelong savers. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Pete Hegseth’s culture war hits West Point. Books banned, syllabuses scrubbed, two professors resign in protest, the librarian quit. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

The @nytimes got a draft of a new EO that has drastic changes to US diplomacy: eliminating sub Saharan Africa embassies and getting rid of neutral foreign service exam to instead recruit those in “alignment with the president’s foreign policy vision” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

Stop what you’re doing and read this: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/a...

Why Trump hardliners rushing to defend Bridge Colby? What a Pentagon nomination tells us about the new rules of Washington. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

So excited to see Sean Baker won an Oscar for Anora. Stopped by the Magic Castle — where he shot The Florida Project — on a reporting trip in 2020.

In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military’s Top Lawyers My first story at the new place. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

What’s a good way to support free speech? Buy Brian’s book, which I’ve been told is amazing!

I've had 15 great years at the Washington Post -- and loved almost every minute -- writing about soldiers, presidents, theme park workers, baristas, county commissioners, a civics teacher. Now I'm headed the NYT to help cover the Defense Department. www.nytco.com/press/greg-j...

The Washington Post first out with this story, congrats to David Nakamura, Lisa Rein and Matt Visser who worked it deep into a Friday night to cover this bureaucratic massacre. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

How Trump decided to kick off his second term with blanket Jan. 6 pardon (Some pardon recipients are exploring lawsuits alleging civil rights violations.) wapo.st/4jvkOfK by Isaac Arnsdorf

If you want to know what Hegseth plans to do to the Pentagon, read his book. I recently wrote about it for the Post. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

The best way to understand Pete Hegseth is as a product of two lost wars. My story on the man likely to be the next defense secretary. wapo.st/4hsPk83

President Trump has pardoned or ordered the release of virtually all who were federally prosecuted for Jan. 6, including those convicted of seditious conspiracy or assaulting police officers. Here's free access to my colleagues' extraordinary coverage of that day: www.pulitzer.org/winners/wash...

Thinking about this beautiful version of America the Beautiful today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRUj...

I would love more people to learn about this photographer. Please repost.

RIP Charles Ponzi. Taken from us 75 years and one day ago. Gone but not forgotten.

"If you want a vet who will deliver that type of personal loyalty, you need one who has been thoroughly disillusioned..bc if you're Trump, that absence of belief won't result in a belief in nothing. It will result in a belief in anything. And that anything will be you" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

“If you were curious why Tucker Carlson recently spoke of being mauled in his sleep by a demon, it may be because he is absorbing the language and beliefs of this movement.” Fascinating story that explains so much about our politics. @mccrummen.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Why we fight and what Trump doesn’t understand. Via @philklay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...

"This is what recovery looks like." A piece about Kevin Lopez, a young man with schizophrenia, and the intervention that helped him return to his life. With beautiful portraits by @heislerphoto. (gift link) nyti.ms/41TQe9p

A truly engaging read on immigration, the military and one family's journey: He’s becoming an American soldier. First he must become a U.S. citizen. Via @missy_ryan + @gregjaffe.bsky.social wapo.st/4gyKkPm

What does it mean to be and become an American? Read the story of Sebastian Villaorduna (a new citizen and soldier) and his undocumented mother Daysi. From @missy_ryan and me. wapo.st/4gyKkPm

The story of Sebastian Villaorduna (a new U.S. citizen and soldier) and his undocumented mother Daysi is a story about what it means to be and become an American. From Missy Ryan and me. wapo.st/4gyKkPm

Sailors making snow angels on the flight deck of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in 2017. Happy Christmas Eve!

“Many friends of mine are pretty deep in the slough of despond.“ “Slough of Despond” would be a great name for an Emo group. Who’s opening for the Smiths? Slough of Despond. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Always assumed that the super rich felt less need to suck up to power. Recent events indicate the inverse is true. “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft…”