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Trump was once wary of ordering regime change in Iran. Here’s what made him change his mind

Feb 28th: Guardrails were tossed aside, as Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered up a battle plan that included strikes on Iran’s leadership. Read more ▸

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic since 1989, is dead at 86

Feb 28th: Iranian state media reported the death early Sunday, after a major attack launched by Israel and the United States. Read more ▸

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, White House confirms

Feb 28th: Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, President Donald Trump said Saturday on social media. Read more ▸

No US casualties reported following Iran’s retaliatory strikes, officials say

Feb 28th: CENTCOM officials also claimed that "damage to U.S. installations was minimal and has not impacted operations." Read more ▸

War powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack on Iran without approval by Congress

Feb 28th: Many Democrats are calling the operation illegal, saying the Constitution gives Congress alone the power to declare war. Read more ▸

US confirms first combat use of LUCAS one-way attack drone in Iran strikes

Feb 28th: The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone, is a one-way attack drone reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136. Read more ▸

World leaders fear broader escalation after major US and Israeli attack on Iran

Feb 28th: European leaders held emergency security meetings and scrambled to protect their citizens in the Middle East after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Read more ▸

Competing with Dick Bong to be WWII’s top ace this pilot met a fateful end

Feb 28th: Thomas McGuire Jr. was chasing Dick Bong's record when his life was cut short several months before war's end. Read more ▸

US, Israel launch ‘major combat operations’ in Iran

Feb 28th: Discussing the potential of American casualties, Trump said "that often happens in war." Read more ▸

Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic technology in dispute over AI safety

Feb 27th: Hegseth also said he was designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk, a move that could prevent U.S. military vendors from working with the company. Read more ▸

Desperate for help, a Marine battles phone trees, hold music and indifference

Feb 27th: The system is callous. Not maliciously. It just happens. Checkbox by checkbox. Door by door. Doctor by doctor. Read more ▸

Hegseth replaces director of schools for military children

Feb 27th: The new director, Paul Craft, will "reorient" DOD schools toward "patriotic values and classical learning," Hegseth said. Read more ▸

Transgender youths are targeted in Scouting America changes pushed by Pentagon

Feb 27th: Under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon has taken aim at the military’s partnership with Scouting America. Read more ▸

Devil Dogs to follow slimmer waist-to-height standard than other branches

Feb 27th: The U.S. Marine Corps has gone further in its waist-to-height ratio than the Department of Defense’s standards, making the new criteria 0.52 or less. Read more ▸

Stick to your guns: Why the Marine Corps is opting for the M27 over the Army’s M7

Feb 27th: The M27 IAR is chambered for 5.56mm NATO legacy cartridge, while the M7 rifle is chambered for the larger and more modern 6.8mm round. Read more ▸

Pakistan in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan, defense minister says

Feb 27th: Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in a dramatic escalation of tensions. Read more ▸

Celebrity chef says he’ll be the ‘bat’ to enforce quality at new Army dining halls

Feb 27th: Chef Robert Irvine says he’s been getting regular data readouts showing how many soldiers are eating at the new dining halls and what they’re ordering. Read more ▸

US military uses laser to take down CBP drone, lawmakers say

Feb 27th: The case of mistaken identity prompted the FAA to close additional airspace around Fort Hancock, about 50 miles southeast of El Paso. Read more ▸

West Point cadet booted from Army after using AI to create nude image of woman

Feb 27th: Cayden Cork, 20, pleaded guilty to charges tied to the manipulated image and his extortion attempt, according to the Army. Read more ▸

The good, the bad and the ugly — Inside Europe’s race to supplant US defense enablers

Feb 27th: Defending Europe against a Russian attack without U.S. help will stay tricky for the foreseeable future, as some areas are progressing faster than others. Read more ▸

Anthropic ‘cannot in good conscience accede’ to Pentagon’s demands, CEO says

Feb 26th: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday the AI company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology. Read more ▸

SOCOM on the hunt for ‘acoustic rainbow’ tech for silencing drones

Feb 26th: “Acoustic rainbows” sound psychedelic. But the idea is no acid trip: By dispersing sound waves, noisy objects can actually be made silent. Read more ▸

US military assembles largest force of warships, aircraft in Middle East in decades

Feb 26th: The U.S. Navy will have at least 16 ships in the region, dwarfing the 11-ship fleet that was, until the Ford’s departure, positioned in the Caribbean Sea. Read more ▸

Nine sailors arrested in connection with 2025 violent assault

Feb 26th: The May 2025 assault took place at a house party in Jamul, San Diego, during which a victim alleges they were pistol whipped and attacked by a group. Read more ▸

Army orders $186 million in Switchblade kamikaze drones, tank killers

Feb 26th: The autonomous systems manufacturer announced today that it will provide two types of its Switchblade family of loitering munitions to the Army. Read more ▸

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