Nearly three years since the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and the fallout that followed, a Republican senior investigator announced he’s resigning his position in protest over the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s investigation of the operation. The investigator, Jerry Dunleavy, is a former journalist and co-author of a book about the suicide bombing attack outside…

The chances of the United States military getting involved in a major war with a near-peer competitor are the highest they have been in 80 years. At the same time, the U.S. military is the smallest and most unprepared it has been to fight in a major conflict since the end of the Cold War,…

The U.S. is boosting support for Ukraine by arming F-16 fighter jets with American-made missiles and other advanced weaponry as they prepare for combat, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Pentagon has initiated the “Jumpstart” initiative, which allows European countries to pool their resources to purchase necessary air-launched weapons from the U.S., preserving their own…

It’s no secret the United States spends extraordinary sums on the military. Congress approved an $824 billion budget for the Pentagon for 2024. However, not all that money goes to good use.  “How much do you think the Air Force pays for this bag of bushings?” Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., asked Air Force Secretary Frank…

Comedian Jon Stewart is pushing the Biden administration to fix a loophole in a veterans aid bill. The bill left out some U.S. troops who responded overseas after 9/11 then got sick. The U.S. military deployed special operations forces to Uzbekistan just a few weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to a base in…

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, will address the Republican National Convention (RNC), formally accepting the party’s nomination for vice president. And the Secret Service director is confronted at the convention, as lawmakers seek answers following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Thursday, July 18, 2024. JD…

New satellite imagery shows China may be expanding electronic spying stations in Cuba. The island is just 90 miles south of Florida, giving it an ideal position to monitor sensitive U.S. communications and maritime activity in the region. This latest development follows the Pentagon’s 2023 denial of a reported agreement between China and Cuba to…

The city of Los Angeles settled a lawsuit by agreeing to pay $300,000 in legal fees for freelance journalist Ben Camacho and the watchdog group Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. Many court watchers viewed the case as a matter of media freedom. Last year, the city sued Camacho and the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. The two…

Despite a recent government report that found no evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence, some academics are urging reconsideration. Harvard and Montana Technological University published a paper that suggests UFO sightings could be the activities of intelligent beings. The paper proposes various origins for these beings; they might be remnants of an advanced, ancient human civilization, descendants…

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. military launched a secret campaign to counter what it perceived as China’s growing influence in the Philippines, a nation hit especially hard by the deadly virus. The U.S. military participated in secret propaganda against China’s vaccine, as acknowledged by a senior Department of Defense official, who…