Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the Air Force officer whose return from captivity during the Vietnam War was captured in an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph in 1973, has reportedly died at the age of 92. Read more here: bit.ly/4peSiBk

The annual report comes late this year because cuts to the federal workforce led to a months-long delay getting data www.kpbs.org/news/politic...

News Analysis: The bombings in the capital cities of India and Pakistan this week have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world.

The arrival of the aircraft carrier Ford and three other warships in the Caribbean region, and closer to Venezuela, raises the total U.S. force in the region to more than 15,000 troops, the largest military buildup in the area in decades www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...

In Saudi Arabia, the children of unmarried mothers are banished to the fringes of society, routinely deprived of birth certificates, medical care and education, a New York Times investigation found. Read more: nyti.ms/4p4dTvU

The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

The U.S. military killed six people on Sunday in two more strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, without providing evidence. The strikes raised the death toll in the campaign to 76 people.

The United States killed six more men in Sunday strikes on suspected drug boats. Our news article and tracker on this offensive, which has killed at least 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea since early September. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

John Cleary, who was shot in the chest by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in 1970, a moment captured in a Life magazine cover photo, died last month. He was 74.

U.S. Sends Attack Aircraft to El Salvador Amid Regional Troop Buildup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...

Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Guess who has tens of thousands of books and will have free wine & cheese plus 10% off all purchases this Saturday from 5pm - 7:30pm… It ain’t Borders!

Two bishops with ties to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, including Bishop Robert Barron, criticized the administration’s treatment of Catholics detained by immigration officials this week. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Catholic bishops, even some aligned with the White House, are now speaking out forcefully against the Trump administration's policies about immigrants, respect for Native Americans and the Army's cancellation of support for uniformed priests www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

A U.S. Army garrison in Germany’s largest state briefly offered community members seeking food aid amid the government shutdown an online referral to German public resources. The list of five German support organizations was removed sometime Wednesday.

How Cheney’s Presidential Power Push Paved the Way for Trump to Go Further Donald J. Trump and Dick Cheney became adversaries, but the former vice president set the stage for Mr. Trump’s bid to expand his executive authority. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

There was no dispute from anyone in a federal district courtroom on Tuesday that a man in Washington pelted a federal agent with a freshly made deli sandwich in August. There was considerable dispute, however, over whether the act should be treated as a criminal offense.

From @theathletic.com: The All Blacks shirt has its own mythology. Players wear it with a sense of allegiance akin to that of a military or a religion. nyti.ms/3Xa13jN

“It’s important to keep going,” Dr. Mink said. “These are young men who signed up, served their country, were fighting for freedom. I don’t want to give up yet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...

Both The New York Times and Airwars are tracking the U.S. strikes on boats in the Carribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. 64 or 65 killed in 15 separate incidents. NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...

Think twice about shooting indoors. Great reporting from @tmgneff.bsky.social Dave Phillipps and Jeremy White www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NYT: "Under the new policy, journalists could get in trouble — and even lose access permanently — for soliciting government employees to “violate the law by providing confidential government information.” Securing confidential information is the bread and butter of accountability reporting."

This definitely explains why I've felt my sinuses getting hammered while shooting at indoor ranges. Great reporting by @tmgneff.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...

Books and curriculum materials at five Defense Department schools that were removed to comply with Trump administration executive orders will be restored in accordance with a recent court ruling in a case brought by military families.

Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

A National Guard member from New Mexico is accused of illegally trying to provide U.S. military equipment to Russia.

Why Trump’s Boat Killings Would Be Hard to Prosecute Even if critics who call President Trump’s boat attacks “murder” are right as a matter of law, it would not be easy to get the matter into a court. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

V-1 Missiles Once Terrorized Britain. Now They’re Home to Starfish.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and several other Trump officials are using Washington-area homes built for senior members of the military. Some former residents are worried that the break with tradition could make it more difficult for some admirals and generals to find affordable housing.

Former residents of Quarters 8 expressed frustration that Hegseth has taken the traditional residence of the Army's vice chief at Fort McNair. Other officials have followed suit and moved into homes reserved for admirals and generals in the DC area www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

Residents are still in shelters at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, which is still being whipped by dangerous winds. There has been damage on the 45-square-mile installation in southeast Cuba but everybody is said to be safe. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

The Trump administration claims so-called “narco-terrorists” killed more Americans than Al Qaeda. You know who actually killed more Americans than Al Qaeda? The Confederacy. You’ll never guess who the Trump administration is erecting monuments to. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...

NEW: A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica sets up new roadblocks to care for male veterans with breast cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.

President Trump has called upon the military force to help implement a sweeping agenda on crime and immigration. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/434zSdP

Two U.S. Navy aircraft went down in separate incidents while conducting routine operations from an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea on Sunday. The crew members of both aircraft were in stable condition after being rescued and the causes of both crashes were under investigation.

#MedSky: In August, we reported that the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year. We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️

A D.C. resident who was briefly detained and handcuffed last month for following a National Guard patrol while playing “The Imperial March” from Star Wars on his phone has filed a lawsuit saying his constitutional rights were violated.

NEW: Germany will front the salaries of nearly 12,000 local national employees at U.S. military bases if the federal government shutdown delays October paychecks.

Mike O'Hara, a good and selfless friend, speaking at the dedication of a Navy Crew racing shell honoring Erik Kristensen, another good and selfless friend who always pulled hard for his teammates www.instagram.com/reel/DPeECIV...

A fun thing you learn driving around Southern New Mexico (in the White Sands Missile Range) is that they will occasionally literally close the freeway during tests to ensure shit like this doesn't happen. And that's in extremely remote New Mexico... not the frigging 5.

A shell prematurely blew up on Saturday during a military event in California. Debris fell onto California Highway Patrol vehicles near a major freeway that had been ordered closed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had warned that the plans to fire shells over Interstate 5 could pose hazards for motorists.

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

The U.S. military has killed three men and destroyed another boat it suspected of running drugs in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Sunday. He did not provide evidence for his assertion that the boat was engaged in drug-running activity.

“As part of its hiring blitz, the agency has dropped age, training and education standards and has offered recruits signing bonuses as high as $50,000.” From @propublica.org

Venezuela’s government said this week that it had launched a sweeping military mobilization and begun training civilians for combat, portraying the moves as defensive steps against what it called an escalating threat from the U.S.

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

When the remains of Capt. Charles Graham Gibson Jr. arrived, his spouse and son weren’t waiting. They died decades earlier, uncertain what happened to the 28-year-old soldier last seen alive fighting in the Korean War battle at Chosin Reservoir. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...