Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to make her pick for running mate within hours. And White House spokesperson John Kirby is pressed about the sudden reversal of a plea deal with the alleged 9/11 mastermind. These stories and more highlight The Morning Rundown for Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. VP Kamala Harris expected to name running mate soon Vice…

United States intelligence agencies are warning that foreign adversaries are working harder than ever to sow the seeds of doubt in American voters ahead of the upcoming 2024 general election. According to The Associated Press, U.S. officials said Russia remains the greatest threat but have an eye on Iran and China as well. Kremlin-backed groups…

For the first time, a pair of H-6 bombers from China were observed flying near Alaska, in a part of the skies known as the Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ. An ADIZ is not sovereign airspace, but all craft are required to identify themselves in the interest of international security. The Chinese H-6s flew…

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is known for saber-rattling, said he’ll deploy nuclear capable missiles if the United States stations hypersonic and long-range weapons in Germany. At the NATO summit in July, the U.S. and Germany announced the American military will deploy weapons capable of hitting Russian territory to Germany starting in 2026. A joint…

Latvia, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member, has started installing “dragon’s teeth,” which are anti-tank concrete pyramids, along its border with Russia. This is part of an effort to defend the country as tensions rise with Moscow over the war in Ukraine. A video circulating social media on Wednesday, July 24, appears to show…

The United States Navy needs help repairing and maintaining its fleet of ships. Fortunately, help is on the way in the form of two companies from South Korea, Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The new partnership should bring a significant boost to the United States’ sea lift capacity. Currently, the Navy faces a…

Ursula von der Leyen has been reelected to another five-year term as president of the European Commission after a vote by EU lawmakers. Von der Leyen will now preside over a coalition that shifted to the right after recent European elections, where ultra-conservative parties won a record number of seats. In July, von der Leyen…

An American woman made history when she became the first female fighter pilot to claim an air-to-air victory, shooting down a Houthi-launched drone. While her name has not yet been released, the Navy confirmed the shoot down happened during the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group’s nine-month deployment in the Middle East, where it conducted operations against Houthi…

Russia is considering beginning new deployments of nuclear missiles following the planned U.S. stationing of long-range conventional weapons in Germany, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov who was quoted debating this on Thursday, July 18. Ryabkov said that every potential response is on the table and refused to rule out deploying nuclear missiles in…

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty regulated the kinds of conventional and nuclear missiles that could be researched, tested and deployed, and served as a key pillar of global peace and security for decades. U.S. allegations that Russia had fallen out of compliance began in 2014 under President Barack Obama, and then continued escalating under…