Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) raised serious national security concerns this week about the Pentagon’s plans to integrate the controversial “Grok” chatbot into U.S. military operations via a recent high-dollar deal with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s company, xAI. “As Secretary of Defense, you are responsible for protecting highly sensitive and classified information, procuring the best tools…
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the top U.S. general Dan Caine made a surprise visit to Puerto Rico on Monday, the first trip by senior Pentagon officials there since the start of a military buildup in the Caribbean that has escalated tensions with Venezuela. Hegseth and Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs…
As the Defense Department moves to buy and integrate software at a faster pace, the military services now have access to a tool that allows warfighters to manage and deploy mission-specific software in an instant. Developed by Colorado-based startup Defense Unicorns, the Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS) Registry is a centralized repository that stores, verifies and…
Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. Fed nominee Miran tells Senate panel he’s ‘not at all’ Trump’s puppet Stephen Miran, President Donald Trump’s pick to fill an open seat at the Federal Reserve, on Thursday parried dozens of questions from lawmakers about whether he will make interest-rate decisions independently of…
The United States will keep assets positioned in the Caribbean and strike anyone “trafficking in those waters who we know is a designated narco terrorist,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Wednesday morning, a day after President Donald Trump said the U.S. military had attacked and destroyed a drug-carrying vessel in the region. Mr. Trump…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S….
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Vice President JD Vance is no stranger to being heckled in person. In fact, by the sheer number of times it’s happened, it seems…
Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin announced he’s retiring in November, just two years into a four-year term as the Air Force’s top general. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve as the 23rd Air Force Chief of Staff and I’m thankful for Secretary Meink, Secretary Hegseth and President Trump’s faith in me…
Eight pages of documents detailing U.S. plans to “honor” Russian President Vladimir Putin during Trump’s failed summit with the world leader were allegedly left behind in the business center of an Alaskan hotel. NPR reported that the papers, which have not been confirmed as authentic, included U.S. State Department markings and were found on a…