Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns as Pentagon Leadership Turmoil Deepens
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is resigning after just 18 months as the Army’s top civilian leader, following months of reported disagreements with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over senior military leadership and the future direction of the service. His departure adds another major vacancy to a Pentagon already experiencing significant turnover at the highest levels. Driscoll, […]
FTC and 22 States Accuse Amazon of Secretly Inflating Advertising Costs by Billions
Amazon is facing a major new legal battle after the Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan coalition of 22 U.S. states sued the technology and retail giant, alleging that it secretly manipulated its digital advertising auctions to force businesses to pay higher prices. Regulators claim the practices affected more than one million advertisers and generated […]
Air Force Major Faces Career-Ending Charges After Publicly Defying Trump
An active-duty Air Force officer who publicly denounced President Donald Trump is facing serious military charges that could end his career, eliminate his retirement benefits and potentially send him to prison. The case of Maj. Jason Watson, a 17-year Air Force veteran, is becoming a high-profile test of how far service members—particularly commissioned officers—can go […]
Pentagon’s Quiet Hiring of Conservative Influencers Raises New Questions About Transparency and Political Messaging
The Pentagon has quietly brought several conservative military veterans with large social-media followings into civilian government positions, raising questions about transparency, political influence and the increasingly blurred boundary between official Defense Department work and partisan online commentary. The previously undisclosed appointments are part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s broader effort to reshape both Pentagon policy […]
NASA Sends Repurposed Spy Technology Into Space to Map the Universe on an Unprecedented Scale
NASA has successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a $4.3 billion observatory designed to investigate some of astronomy’s biggest mysteries, including dark matter, dark energy and planets beyond our solar system. Remarkably, part of the telescope’s technology was originally developed for American spy satellites before being repurposed to look outward into the universe […]
Americans Push Back Against AI License-Plate Cameras as Surveillance Fears Intensify
Americans are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the rapid expansion of automated license-plate readers, marking a striking reversal in public attitudes toward a technology that police departments have promoted as an important crime-fighting tool. A new nationwide survey shows that concerns about privacy, government surveillance and potential police abuse are beginning to outweigh promises of greater […]
Measles Crisis Deepens as Vaccine Misinformation Fuels Political Battle in Pennsylvania
A growing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has become the center of a national controversy over vaccines, public-health communication and political misinformation after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. questioned whether two recently reported measles-associated deaths were legitimate. The dispute comes as the United States experiences its worst measles outbreak in more than three decades […]
World BASC Organization to Mark 30 Years of Secure Trade at Global Conference in Miami
World BASC Organization will convene international trade, customs and supply-chain leaders in Miami for the 12th BASC Global Conference, a two-day forum focused on strengthening security without slowing the movement of legitimate commerce. Scheduled for Sept. 1–2 under the theme “Securing Trade, Strengthening Trust,” the conference also marks the 30th anniversary of the Business Alliance […]
Historic Preservation Coalition Mobilizes Against Trump’s Plan to Weaken Landmark Protections
More than 600 historic preservation organizations, architectural associations, tribal governments and other groups have formed an unusual national coalition to pressure Congress to stop the Trump administration from weakening federal protections governing historic sites. The rapidly assembled alliance is challenging proposed changes that critics say could allow federal agencies and developers to alter culturally important […]
U.S. Treasury Expands Bond Buybacks in Bid to Ease Rising Borrowing Costs
he U.S. Treasury Department is taking an unusually aggressive step to address rising long-term interest rates, expanding its program for buying back government bonds as officials attempt to improve market conditions and potentially reduce borrowing costs across the economy. The move comes after long-term Treasury yields climbed to their highest levels in nearly two decades, […]
