Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins has announced that the agency will fire an employee who is accused of abusing a Marine veteran at a state-run veterans home in New York, where he also worked.
Collins wrote on social media that the Department of Veterans Affairs “will immediately initiate removal proceedings for this employee.” He added in the Sunday post that the “incident didn’t happen at a VA facility.
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When President Donald Trump announced military operations against Iran in February, the intent was not just to knock out the country’s nuclear infrastructure, but to place extreme economic and political pressure on the regime.
Trump even urged the Iranian people to “rise up” against the regime, and use what he described as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to overcome an authoritarian government.
Iran’s Drones That Russia Is Using. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The Russian military has been steadily losing more troops than it is recruiting, and Ukrainian drone attacks are taking a major toll on its energy infrastructure, forcing Russia to face critical shortages.
However, the Russian military is going all-in on taking the strategic city of Kostyantynivka in the Donbas Oblast of eastern Ukraine, and is trying to surround it.
Lancet Drone from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The city is important to Putin’s army because it is a primary gateway to the Kramatorsk-Sloviansk metropolitan area.
The Defense Intelligence Agency is taking steps toward the potential launch of an artificial intelligence prototype project as it seeks new technologies to overcome inefficiencies in its procurement enterprise.
The DIA — which has a workforce of more than 16,000 personnel and is tasked with providing intel support to the military and Intelligence Community — issued an RFI on June 17 to inform its pursuit of a next-generation, AI-powered “acquisition platform.
The battlespace of the future hinges more than ever on fusing data, making it actionable and building the means to transmit it from the enterprise to the edge securely, GDIT President Amy Gilliland told defense and industry leaders at a recent defense conference in Washington.
Saying the U.S. is at a pivotal moment during what is “arguably the most significant transformation in technology in a generation,” Gilliland asserted that the defense industry must step up in bringing emerging technology together for the military.
Acquisition budgets are increasing for the French Armed Forces, with growth across all domains as sectors like munitions forecast to rise.
Armed with heavy shovels, a hastily assembled work force of Moscow women and elderly men gouge a huge tank trap out of the earth to halt German Panzers advancing on the Russian capital. In the feverish effort to save the city, more than 100,000 citizens labored from mid-October until late November digging ditches and building other obstructions. When completed, the ditches extended more than 100 miles.
Warsaw, Poland – The city of Moscow has come under attack from Ukraine’s drone army for the third time in six days. Reports state that at least 60 drones were launched overnight from 21-22 June, which, among other disruptions, created temporary closures for the third time at all of the Russian capital city’s four major airports.
Ukraine Hits Moscow with Third Round of Attacks in Six Days
An Estonian Defense Forces M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) fires a training rocket during a live-fire exercise in Undva, Estonia, July 11, 2025. U.S.
On Monday, June 22, Vice President JD Vance expressed optimism that a deal with Iran was possible, and outlined what he called a “lot of good progress.”
The comments came a day after the vice president was visibly snubbed by the Iranian delegation in Switzerland, who avoided handshakes and deliberately declined a planned photo opportunity with the negotiating teams present.
U.S. Senator J. D. Vance speaking with attendees at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Image Credit: Gage Skidmore.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has publicly demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reject the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU).
This is a manifestation of a broader tension and raises questions about what happens if Israeli and American definitions of “victory” diverge, suggesting a potential fracture between allies pursuing different strategic objectives.
Israeli Air Force F-15I Image Credit IDF
Israeli F-16 Fighter Jet IDF Flickr Photo
Israeli Balancing Act
Netanyahu is balancing multiple pressures simultaneously.