SecurityNews
The US and Philippine Alliance on Display: Balikatan 2025
Balikatan 2025, the 40th iteration of the largest annual joint military exercise between the U.S. and the Philippines, commenced on April 21 at Camp Aguinaldo… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Happy 250th Birthday to the US Army!
Today, the nation pauses to honor and join the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday Celebration Festivities here in the nation’s capital include an Army Birthday Festival… Read More
International News
Congressional Republicans’ Reaction Is Mixed to Israeli Strikes on Iran
Reaction from Republican members of Congress to Israel’s Thursday evening strikes on Iran was mixed, highlighting the foreign policy divide in the party. House and… Read More
International News
Trump Tells Iran ‘There Is Still Time’ to Reach Nuclear Deal
Following Israel’s targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and top military leaders Thursday, President Donald Trump says “there is still time” for Iran to make… Read More
LawNews
Federal Judge Denies Newsom’s Request to Restrict National Guard in LA
A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon denied California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request to immediately limit President Donald Trump’s use of California National Guard troops… Read More
LawCommentary
What Governors Newsom and Faubus Have in Common
I recently visited the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and couldn’t avoid seeing similarities to the current conflicts in Los Angeles. In… Read More
SecurityNews
Hegseth Fires Back at Democrats’ Criticism of Sending Troops to LA
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sharply criticized Democrats who accused the Marines and the National Guard of being ill-equipped to respond to the… Read More
LawNews
Hegseth Sends Marines to Augment National Guard to Quell LA Riots
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Monday evening that he is sending 700 active-duty Marines to Los Angeles “to restore order.” “We have an obligation… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Hegseth Was Right to Ban Race in Admissions At Military Service Academies, but Not for the Reasons You Might Think
On May 9, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sent a memorandum to the entire Department of Defense prohibiting the military service academies from using… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why South Korea Is Key to US Shipbuilding Strategy
The U.S. Navy desperately needs help. Today, it maintains fewer than 300 ships—a staggering fall from the 1,200 it boasted at the end of World… Read More
SecurityNews
Countering the Drone Threat
On Jan. 29, 2024, three American service members were killed and over 40 wounded when a drone exploded inside a U.S. base in Jordan. That… Read More
SecurityNews
‘Readiness Over Wokeness’: GOP Lawmakers Salute Renaming of Navy Vessel
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has reportedly ordered the U.S. Navy to rename a tanker vessel that had been christened the USNS Harvey Milk after… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Team Trump Ends the USNS Harvey Milk
This week, the Department of Defense made an unprecedented move: They renamed a ship, originally christened the USNS Harvey Milk. According to Defense Secretary Pete… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Return of Warfighters: Army Hits Recruitment Numbers Four Months Early
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth promised to restore the “warfighting” ethos to the military and now warfighters are signing up in droves to… Read More
EnergyNews
US Manufacturing Victim to ‘Giant Sucking Sound’ Created by China
American manufacturing has fallen victim to a “giant sucking sound,” according to an expert on energy and climate. There is a “a giant sucking… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why the Western Hemisphere Should Cooperate
Last month marked the 40th iteration of Operation Tradewinds, a multinational security exercise hosted by U.S. Southern Command in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and… Read More
SecurityNews
WATCH: Trump Honors Fallen Soldiers During Memorial Day Ceremony
THE CENTER SQUARE—President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and others on Monday thanked those U.S. service members who died serving their country during a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A Memorial Day Song for the Ages: How ‘I Drive Your Truck’ Honored a Gold Star Father’s Memory of His Fallen Hero Son
It’s a day Paul Monti would never forget. The day he got the news military parents dread: His 30-year-old son Jared was killed in the… Read More
Analysis
The New Cold War With China
The threat to the United States from China is multifaceted, long-term, and aggressive. Whether it’s from military modernization to economic coercion, cyberwarfare to space competition,… Read More
SecurityNews
Inside Defense Secretary Hegseth’s Visit to Fort Bragg
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina—On Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first trip to Fort Bragg since restoring the base’s name, he unveiled a plan in step with… Read More
SocietyCommentary
6 Hollywood Classics Worth a Watch This Memorial Day Weekend
On Memorial Day, we honor the Americans who have died protecting and serving this country in the Armed Forces of the United States of America…. Read More
EducationCommentary
A Test Fit for America’s Finest Schools
“Merit” is making a comeback in higher education. Next stop: U.S. service academies. College officials around the country—including those at some of the most selective… Read More
SocietyCommentary
‘People You Should Know’ Is a Love Letter to Bottom-Up Solutions
FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia—Steve Hotz started Black Horse Forge, a nonprofit organization that provides support for veterans, active-duty military personnel, and first responders through the ancient art… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump Speaks to US Troops in Middle East: ‘We Don’t Care If You’re Politically Correct’
Troops chanted “U.S.A.” at the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East as President Donald Trump took the podium before them on Thursday. … Read More
SecurityNews
With Injunction Lifted, Pentagon Set to Remove Trans Service Members From Military
Days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Pentagon’s ban on transgender-identifying service members, the Department of Defense will immediately begin moving as… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Pete Hegseth’s Hard Choices: Today’s Decisions and Tomorrow’s Military
CARLISLE, Pennsylvania—Maj. Gen. David Hill was standing a few feet from where the Black Hawk helicopter en route from the Defense Department would soon be… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
CCP-Linked Stores on Military Bases? This Congressman Is Trying to Close Them Down
Before freshman Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., came to Washington in January, no one seemed to notice that a Chinese Communist Party-linked company had stores that… Read More
PoliticsNews
Advisers Purged at Pentagon
In the latest shake-up under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a number of policy advisers from previous administrations have been ousted from the Pentagon. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New Shipbuilding Deal Promises Swifter Sailing for the US Navy
Last week, America’s largest military shipbuilder signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, the global leader in shipbuilding with a roughly… Read More
SecurityNews
$3 Billion Up From Down Under to Help US Build Submarines
Given the regular flow of dollars out of the country and into foreign economies, it bears mentioning that one ally has, in fact, extended financial… Read More
