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Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Republican lawmakers accuse Pentagon IG of hiding Jan. 6 evidence

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A DJI Phantom 3 drone flies during a drone demonstration at a farm and winery in Cordova, Md., on June 11, 2015. China says it will prohibit the export of all unregulated civilian drones that could be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and that certain drone features will be restricted as the East Asian country faces repeated Western criticism for its stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AP photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Top Chinese drone maker DJI sues Pentagon over blacklisting, denies military links

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A U.S. special forces soldier sets off a traditional explosive charge that's noticeably larger then recently-developed breaching charges, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at at Fort Liberty in Fayetteville, N.C. A U.S. special forces soldier sets off a reshaped explosive charge that's noticeably smaller to reduce its blowback on troops, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at at Fort Liberty in Fayetteville, N.C. Special Operations Command is developing ways to better protect warfighters and evaluate their health risks, particularly during training. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

With brain injuries a growing problem, the U.S. military tests how to protect troops from blasts

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An entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., is seen Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Naval Academy postpones lecture from noted Trump critic

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Deploying the National Guard in Washington D.C. illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Uncovering Army secretary’s Jan. 6 delay of National Guard

By Rep. Barry Loudermilk

The image provided by U.S, Central Command, shows U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces placing the Trident Pier on the coast of Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza is being dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with weather and security problems. (U.S. Central Command via AP) ** FILE **

Pentagon IG launches another probe into Gaza floating pier operation

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Jacob Deas, 23, left, and Airman 1st Class Jonathan Marrs, 21, right, secure the titanium shroud at the top of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile on Aug. 24, 2023, at the Bravo 9 silo at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. After the shroud is secured, it is lifted off, revealing the black cone-shaped nuclear warhead inside. (John Turner/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Pentagon official: Minuteman III ICBM replacement must continue despite cost overruns

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Security personnel manned the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, visit by a team from the World Health Organization. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pentagon can’t account for funding of risky virus research in China

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, east of Paris, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. On Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected from an F-35 Lightning II over North Charleston, S.C. The search for his missing aircraft was focused on two lakes north of North Charleston, military officials said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

F-35 Lightning program’s cost keeps rocketing — to over $1.5 trillion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2022. U.S. officials say the Pentagon will announce it is sending up to $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, including more than 50 heavily armored vehicles and an infusion of missiles for air defense systems. The aid comes as Ukrainian and Western leaders try to sort out the impact of the brief weekend revolt against the Russian military. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) **FILE**

GAO faults Pentagon over tracking of shipments of arms, supplies to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, on topics including artificial intelligence and the delay in the Senate on confirming military nominations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pentagon rolls out new budget with old spending asks still pending

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo from May 2, 2019, visiting scientist Richard DiNinni, reflected in glass, watches as Cadet Cheyenne Quilter works with a virtual reality character named &quot;Ellie&quot; at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Artificial intelligence is spreading into health care, often as software or a computer program capable of learning from large amounts of data and making predictions to guide care or help patients. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Pentagon tells AI experts: ‘We really need your help’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is escorted by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he comes to the Capitol in Washington to issue a plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued wartime funding for Ukraine, Dec. 12, 2023. Two months later, that aid request had still not been met but Schumer and McConnell are keeping the Senate in session on Super Bowl weekend to force funding for Ukraine and Israel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Russia will be emboldened if Congress fails to pass Ukraine funding, Pentagon warns

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

United States and Chinese flags are set up before a meeting between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, on July 8, 2023. China said the United States is the "biggest disruptor of regional peace and stability" in the world in a scathing response Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023 to a Pentagon report on China's growing military buildup. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

Congress probes government funding for U.S.-based AI researcher now working for China

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) **FILE**

Market leader OpenAI rewrites rules to allow work with U.S. military on AI projects

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting, Nov. 22, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. The secrecy surrounding Austin's hospitalizations due to prostate cancer surgery set off a political firestorm, launched multiple reviews and triggered calls for his ouster. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Austin’s woes mount as Pentagon watchdog to probe undisclosed hospital stay

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives for a classified briefing for Senators on Israel and Gaza at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

First congressional Democrat calls for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to resign

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth stops at an Army recruiting display after a speech to students at the Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, on Feb. 14, 2023. The Army is launching a sweeping overhaul of its recruiting to focus more on young people who have spent time in college or are job hunting early in their careers. The aim is to reverse years of enlistment shortfalls. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor, File)

Too few good men: Pentagon hopes grim recruiting numbers will rebound in 2024

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Office of Public Affairs, Manchester VA Medical Center, a Bible is displayed at the Manchester VA Medical Center in Manchester, N.H. Two organizations are fighting over the display of the Bible at the medical center. The Bible was carried by a prisoner of war in World War II and became part of a memorial and was later removed after the Military Religious Freedom Foundation objected. WMUR-TV reports another group, the Northeast POW-MIA Network, wants to put it back. (Office of Public Affairs, Manchester VA Medical Center via AP)

Religious expressions, displays get new protection under 2023 defense authorization bill

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 9, 2007, file picture, Edward Anthony, left, describes medical experiments that were performed on him while he was an inmate at Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison, as author Allen Hornblum listens in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)

Scientists vow not to repeat U.S. government’s grisly experiments on humans

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times