BREAKING: Defense Secretary Hegseth authorizes 2,000 National Guard soldiers to carry weapons in DC if needed, US official tells Liz Friden

A day after Trump hinted the US could boost Ukraine's offensive capabilities against Russia, Putin makes an unannounced trip to Sarov, the center of Russian nuclear weapons research. Not exactly subtle.

Pentagon list of firings today grows: "Others removed include Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, the chief of the Navy Reserve, and Rear Adm. Milton Sands, a Navy SEAL officer who oversees Naval Special Warfare Command" DIA Chief Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse was sacked first. W/Warren Strobel

New number for mobilized National Guard in D.C., as of Friday evening: 2,282. Was 1,997 last night.

Jamie Sands was my officemate at the Pentagon. He was the CT Director when I was Chief of Sensitive Activities in SO/LIC. I’ve known him since he was an O-5. He’s an incredible SEAL Officer who leads with integrity and was always apolitical and professional. Among best I’ve known

BREAKING from me & Liz Friden: -1700 National Guardsmen set to mobilize in 19 states in the coming weeks to assist DHS amid sweeping federal interagency crime and immigration crackdown -Documents obtained by FOX News show planning for activations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,

The country’s foreign-born population shrank by 1.4 million people from January to June as Trump cracked down, marking the first decline since the 1960s, per Pew Research Center. Trump took 181 executive actions in his first 100 days to curtail immigration. pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

NEW: 2,279 National Guard from Washington DC and six states are now mobilized in DC, according to a Joint Task Force District of Columbia Spokesperson. 1,345 of these are from the six states.   A breakdown of how many from each state:  Washington DC: 934 West Virginia: 300-400

EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon has for weeks been planning a military deployment to Chicago as President Donald Trump seeks to crack down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, in a model that could later be used in other major cities.

NORAD detected & tracked a Russian spy plane flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Sunday. It did not enter U.S. or Canadian airspace. This is the third Russian aircraft tracked in the ADIZ since President Trump met with European leaders last week.

Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, was killed in the first strike, according to the officials. Photographer Hatem Khaled, who was also a Reuters contractor, was wounded in a second strike on the hospital, they said.

KYIV, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv aims to secure at least $1 billion on a monthly basis from allies to purchase U.S. weapons for its war effort against Russia.

Just in: Defense Innovation Unit Director Doug Beck leaves his agency today

SCOOP: Doug Beck, the influential head of the Defense Innovation Unit — the Pentagon’s tech incubator — stepped down abruptly today, removing the last top Biden holdover at the DOD and severing a key link to Silicon Valley. (W/ Felicia Schwartz + Jack Detsch) politico.com/news/2025/08/2…