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The U.S. Military Must Learn to Say No to Trump
How senior leaders of the armed forces dodge accountability.
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How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump
The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital, founded by the Biden administration to give loans to bolster the U.S. defense industry, is helping lead President Trump’s oil deal.
President Trump said his defense secretary and secretary of state reached an agreement with the Venezuelan government on securing billions of barrels of oil reserves “through a partnership with private business.”
Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll Resigns as U.S. Military Grapples With Two Wars
The resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, had been expected but comes at a tumultuous time for the service.
Daniel P. Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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U.S. Strikes May Have Targeted a New Type of Iranian Naval Mine
The U.S. military said its attacks against Iran were in response to a threat to the Strait of Hormuz.
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. The strait has been under constant threat since the United States and Israel launched a combined assault against Iran on Feb. 28.
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This Marine Died in the Iraq War. His Mother Asks, ‘What Was It For?’
Travis Fuller was from my hometown. I went back and talked with his family about how they made sense of his death, 25 years after Sept. 11.
First Lt. Travis Fuller died in a helicopter crash in Iraq on Jan. 26, 2005.
The Navy’s Supply Chain Struggle, and Trump’s Unusual Oil Deal in Venezuela
Plus, a groundbreaking new space telescope.
American forces attacked two Iranian rocket launchers attempting to disperse sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said.
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Why the United States Can’t Quit Its Wars
The country’s longest war came to an end exactly five years ago. Today it offers lessons for policymakers seeking to avoid an endless war in Iran.
A U.S. military helicopter over Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2021.
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Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Relies on a Powerful and Divisive Partner
The administration will work with a private Venezuelan oil company that has close ties to the country’s government.
Venezuela is believed to have one of the world’s largest reserves of oil but it produces very little oil because of mismanagement, corruption and U.S. sanctions.
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For Trump, the Iran War Is Stuck Between Combat and Genuine Peace
The war has deteriorated over the past six months into Mr. Trump’s own version of a “forever war,” with no clear goals and no end in sight.
President Trump has been unable so far to broker an agreement to end the war on satisfactory terms.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Ban on Transgender Troops
President Trump issued an executive order barring transgender service members from the military as part of a broader attack on transgender rights.
If the justices accept the case, they could schedule oral arguments during the Supreme Court’s term that begins in October.
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What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
Trump Administration’s Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal, Judge Rules
The government retaliated against the A.I. start-up “for constitutionally protected expressive activities,” a federal judge in California wrote.
Anthropic, led by Dario Amodei, was barred from government work after it insisted that its technology not be used in mass surveillance of Americans or for autonomous lethal weapons.
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U.S. to Withdraw 200 Troops Sent to Nigeria Under Trump
Officials say the small, limited deployment could serve as a model. But terrorists in the country have continued to attack and kill.
Nigerian soldiers took part in a search-and-rescue exercise at the Maiduguri Air Force Base earlier this month. Nigerian forces worked with the American military to kill one of the Islamic State’s highest-ranking leaders.
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