One legal expert said the contract “falls under the cloud of conflicts of interest we have seen throughout this administration.” For the second time this year, a little-known company backed by Donald Trump Jr. has scored a major contract with the US Department of Defense. The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Vulcan Elements—a tiny startup of 30 employees that […]
“The Department of Defense has no choice but to release the complete, unedited footage,” said Sen. Jack Reed. Calls mounted Thursday for the Trump administration to release the full video of a September US airstrike on a boat allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean Sea following a briefing between Pentagon officials and select lawmakers that left some Democrats with […]
It was 83 years today that Japan’s Imperial Navy launched a surprise attack on the Hawaiian Naval base of Pearl Harbor that would result in the United States entering World War II. The attack, designed by Japan to be a preventative action to keep the U.S. from interfering with their military actions in the Philippines, […]
“Making Adm. Bradley the fall guy in the administration’s ‘Protect Pete’ campaign is disgraceful and destructive,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “Hegseth must go—resign or be fired.” As journalists on Tuesday continued to demand answers about the “double-tap” strike that started an illegal US bombing campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth kept pointing the finger […]