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Hack puts Latin American security agencies on edge

A massive trove of emails from Mexico’s Defense Department is among electronic communications taken by hackers from military and police security institutions in several Latin American countries

The Independent UK

Pentagon rejects DC request for National Guard migrant help

The Pentagon has once again denied a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance in dealing with thousands of migrants being bused to the city from Texas and Arizona

The Independent UK

Flying taxis get a big boost from military money

Joby, Boom Supersonic and others are landing big Pentagon contracts

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Mexico president to bypass congress to keep army in streets

Mexico's president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army

The Independent UK

Lawmakers want stronger oversight of troops' housing conditions - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of lawmakers filed legislation to create a Military Housing Readiness Council to monitor housing quality.

Roll Call

Fight brews over Pentagon’s push to counter extremists

WASHINGTON — Democrats in both chambers are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups’ attempts to influence service members.

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Fight brews over Pentagon's push to counter extremists - Roll Call

Democrats are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups.

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Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee has called on the Defense Department to halt its programs to prevent and root out extremism in the ranks.

Tribune News Service

Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee has called on the Defense Department to halt programs to prevent and root out extremism in the ranks.

Roll Call

Pentagon: Hill added $58 billion to current defense budget

Defense Department appropriations legislation for the current fiscal year funded more than $58 billion worth of military projects that the administration did not request, according to a first-of-its-kind Pentagon report.

Tribune News Service

Pentagon: Hill added $58 billion to current defense budget - Roll Call

Additions made by Congress to the Defense Department's budget included money for disaster response, the war in Ukraine, ships and more.

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House poised for NDAA floor debate

WASHINGTON — The House takes up its annual National Defense Authorization Act this week, and the most consequential amendments may or may not be the ones that generate the most rhetorical heat.

Tribune News Service

House poised for NDAA floor debate - Roll Call

The most consequential amendments on the defense policy bill may or may not be the ones that draw the most rhetorical heat.

Roll Call

Virgin Orbit Rocket Launches 7 US Defense Satellites

A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying seven US Defense Department satellites was launched from a special Boeing 747 flying off the Southern California coast and streaked toward space Friday night. The modified jumbo jet took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in the Mojave Desert and released the rocket over…

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2 Seattle startups racing to transform next-gen space travel

The phrase "nuclear energy" conjures images of large steaming towers or Tony Stark's arc reactor from the iconic "Iron Man" movies. But two Seattle-based startups are designing nuclear technologies small enough to pick up and carry that, thanks in part to buy-in from the Defense Department, they hope will fuel…

Roll Call

Senate Armed Services panel goes big with new defense budget - Roll Call

The Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed a roughly 10 percent increase in national security funding for fiscal 2023.

Roll Call

EPA sets stricter advisories for 'forever chemicals' in water - Roll Call

The EPA released health warnings for drinking water with trace amounts of so-called forever chemicals.

Tribune News Service

After subcommittees’ work, Pentagon funding remains a question mark

WASHINGTON — Last week, House Armed Services subcommittees approved their portions of the Pentagon’s annual policy bill, indicating support for a big pay raise for troops and some resistance to ship retirements. But the panels left the biggest question unresolved: how much defense funding to authorize.

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After subcommittees' work, Pentagon funding remains a question mark - Roll Call

House Armed Services subcommittees marked up the defense policy bill last week, but the left unclear the Pentagon's funding authorization.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Climate change is a military problem for the US

The U.S. military has its hands full at the moment with a vicious war in Ukraine and U.S.-China tensions over issues from human rights to sovereignty over the South China Sea. But it cannot delay taking action to address climate change, the most persistent strategic threat we face.

Roll Call

House Armed Services panel aims to bolster biomanufacturing - Roll Call

A House Armed Services panel wants to bolster Defense Department biomanufacturing and other technologies with military applications.

Roll Call

Funding sought for more 'responsive' satellite launches - Roll Call

House lawmakers are seeking funding for a new method of launching satellites that is less vulnerable to attack.

The Independent UK

GOP candidate's security clearance becomes issue in SC

Republican Katie Arrington’s suspended security clearance is becoming an issue in her primary campaign against incumbent South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace

The Independent UK

Parris Island wages battles, not war, against climate change

A Defense Department-funded “resiliency review” finds Parris Island facing growing threats from climate change

Tribune News Service

Senate OKs $40 billion Ukraine aid bill for Biden’s signature

WASHINGTON — A $40.1 billion aid package to help arm the Ukrainian military and provide economic and humanitarian relief is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk roughly three weeks after he asked Congress for another emergency cash infusion.

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