DoJ's national security division has lost nearly 38% of its staff, internal records show, leading to “unprecedented personnel constraints” in the unit that handles cases involving espionage and the export of sensitive military ​technology. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

Is it the easy access to guns?

The White House correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect will appear in court Monday and ‘many’ charges are expected, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said. Interim D.C. police chief Jeffery Carroll said that law enforcement believes the suspect was a guest at the hotel.

President Trump wants to abolish Iran’s atomic stockpile, which Tehran accumulated after he canceled an Obama-era nuclear deal in 2018. Now Trump’s negotiators are dealing with the consequences of that decision, which he made over the objections of many of his national security advisers at the time.

NBC News: In the early days of the war, an Iranian F-5 fighter jet bombed a U.S. base equipped with radar and air defense systems, in Kuwait.

I talked with AP about mines and the Strait of Hormuz apnews.com/article/iran...

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“I knew it was risky to speak out, but my responsibility to Stripes and the First Amendment was paramount,” she said The troops, Ms. Smith said in the interview, “deserve to have the unfiltered news, not what the Defense Department wants them to hear.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/b...

Iranian news so take it as you will…. Only five ships transited the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, “a Chinese oil tanker, a Greek bulk carrier, an oil tanker registered in India, and the oil tanker LUMINA OCEAN with unspecified ownership.”

Breaking news: President Trump said that he had canceled U.S. officials’ trip to Pakistan to talk with Iran about the war there, casting more uncertainty over negotiations to end the conflict.

Trump abruptly cancels Kushner-Witkoff Pakistan trip

yeah, so this is the thing about the iran war. regardless of whether there is shooting or not, the strait is closed, and that is the central problem for the global economy. iran realizes this and no amount of bluster will change it www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Iran denies requesting face-to-face talks with the U.S. in Pakistan, saying it rejected the Americans' requests for negotiations and that the White House Press Secretary “is lying,” the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news reports.

Not related to the SoH but also covered in this presser is the Pentagon’s assessment of the Afghanistan withdrawal. Hegseth said it will be “probably the most comprehensive review this department has ever done about a single series of events.” Said it will be released this summer

Wut 😟

BREAKING: The Pentagon has fired the Stars and Stripes ombudsman — the role Congress created to protect the military paper's editorial independence — after she publicly criticized the DOD's overhaul of the publication. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“My dearest, I write you this letter in fear it may be my last. We are overrun by a horde of small people, teeming with a chaotic energy terrible to behold & impossible to contain. Their words indecipherable; their demands extreme; their battle cry “6-7!” My courage wanes; we will soon be lost!”

The White House says real estate investors Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will go to Pakistan on Saturday for Iran negotiations. JD Vance and Marco Rubio are not going.

Iran war leaves seafarers stranded in the Gulf reut.rs/4cwqTqR

This is awesome. The Navy didn’t even use HE rounds for the Touska! Just… 5”… Ball?? Now that is an actually-judicious use of force!

Today, Secretary Hegseth & Chairman Caine conducted a press conference on the war with Iran. I’ll post their comments pertaining to the Strait of Hormuz in this thread 🧵 1/n

As I’ve said before, we accept Iran’s undermining of the right to freedom of navigation to our & everyone else’s detriment

Iran’s decision to levy payments on transiting vessels has created a model that Houthi militants may soon replicate at the Bab el Mandeb, further threatening global trade flows www.lloydslist.com/LL1156996/Ho...

That sounds like wishful thinking 🧐

Looks we’re back to “working group” level talks with Iran👇 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Hey Siri why would they want to not keep records? 🤔

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth says aviation is “going to probably get worse over the next few weeks” because of a jet fuel supply crunch that's also pushed up ticket prices driven by America's war in Iran. He said the effects could last through the summer.-CBS News

How’s that NDS coming along? 😑

Probably shouldn’t have used S.F. McDeltaface as his username

When I was at CENTCOM, there was an Iran-born cultural advisor who used to tell anyone who’d listen (which unfortunately wasn’t very many people) that Iranians were the world’s fiercest negotiators. I recall him saying, “Don’t underestimate the impact of 1000s of years of haggling over rug prices”

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy laid more mines in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, according to a U.S. official and a source with knowledge of the issue. www.axios.com/2026/04/23/i...

“The breaking point…came in the last two weeks as the president’s frustration over Phelan’s management of his prized battleship program grew & Phelan’s enemies in the Pentagon, including Hegseth and Feinberg, mounted a campaign to force him out.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

If you start a fistfight at a bar that escalates to threaten your friends, you have no right to then be angry at your friends if (a) they choose not to fight or (b) they do so halfheartedly or (c) they do so but are mad at you afterward In this scenario, *you* are the problem, not your friends

An email circling the Pentagon outlines options for the US to punish NATO allies that failed to support the war against Iran. Options include suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing the U.S. position on Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands.-Reuters

It’s sad that when I first saw this headline in the NYT my immediate thought was “Probably SOF” 😞

I’ve known a few people like this in my life and that’s a perfect descriptor for them 👍

Seems like a good time to repost this one👇

Washington Post now reporting the Navy told Congress it will be months to clear “20 or so” mines laid by Iran, and that not until war is over. You simply cannot clear mines in an active war zone.

with zero sarcasm this is good government and we should do this immediately

I do enjoy not having to mince my words. BBC World Service: "How much US minesweeping is happening in the Strait of Hormuz?" Me: "Absolutely none."

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman: Transporting highly-enriched uranium is not an option; reducing its concentration is a viable option.- Al Jazeera

But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die

The Pentagon reportedly told lawmakers this week that clearing the strait could take six months.

Oh let’s be clear, the economic impact of the SoH closure is going to be felt *forever* Oil/gas now, food over the next year(s), moves away from hydrocarbons in the long term It’s a step change moment, folks

SECNAV sunk. www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/p...

He was fired by Hegseth👇