October 2026
Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight
In announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts of interest.
Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
The Key Witness Against Richard Glossip Just Returned to Court. It Didn’t Go Well.
Decades after blaming Richard Glossip for his own actions, Justin Sneed is less credible than ever — and prosecutors know it.
Antisemitism Law Helped Get a Professor Fired for Free Speech, Lawsuit Says
A lawsuit says Arkansas professor Shirin Saeidi got fired after a harassment campaign by hardline anti-Iran and pro-Israel figures cited her Gaza tweets.
Armed Border Agents Arrest Protesters, Bulldoze 200-Year-Old Tree to Build Border Wall
Armed Border Patrol agents arrested 10 demonstrators and destroyed the cottonwood “grandmother” tree on the Arizona–Mexico border.
The Motorcycle Man
An Army veteran walked into a California police station to make a horrifying confession.
Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town
Authorities are taking unprecedented steps to charge protesters in a sleepy Vermont town that hosts an ICE surveillance and targeting center.
The U.S. Military Struggles to Protect Its Bases Amid Failing Iran War
From Jordan to Kuwait to the United Kingdom, U.S. outposts are increasingly vulnerable to attack.
Public Radio Station Forced to Call Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”
Rather than stand up for editorial independence, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is rolling over to Trump and his “Gulf of America.”
Mahmoud Khalil: “We Can’t Afford to Stay Silent”
Taken by ICE last year for protesting Israel, Khalil speaks on how his fight is bigger than whether he gets to stay in this country.