Trump is set to order new tariffs on steel and aluminum. Here are the top countries that supply America’s metal imports.
A 25% tariff on aluminum and steel would affect the US’s top trade partners. President Donald Trump is planning to double down on his tariff agenda with a 25% levy on all steel and aluminum imports — a move that would likely make building construction and car assembly more expensive. “Any steel coming into the…
US military planes flew a Patriot air defense battalion out of the Pacific to the Middle East. It took over 70 flights, a commander says.
The US Army fires a Patriot interceptor missile during a test. US military airlifters flew over 70 cargo loads of equipment from the Pacific to the Middle East, moving a Patriot air defense battalion from a priority theater to the tense region, a top commander said on Thursday. The recent relocation of the high-profile air…
The Pentagon says it’s ending $5.1 billion worth of IT and consulting contracts with firms including Accenture and Deloitte
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced cuts to IT consulting contracts and other areas. The US’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, on Thursday ordered the termination of IT and consulting contracts with companies including Accenture and Deloitte, calling it “wasteful spending.” In a Department of Defense memo, Hegseth said he would cut a Defense Health…
How I convinced my boss to do something risky, bet big, and send me to a war
The author standing next to a Ukrainian air defense unit. Do you want your boss to give you a shot at something big? I can tell you what worked for me when I asked B-17to send me to a country at war. I’m a defense reporter, and I spent a little over a week on…
Why this Marine general says it’s OK to lose your war game
US Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force participating in the war game Down Range. A Marine Corps general said this week that officers and troops couldn’t shy away from war gaming, tough exercises in critical thinking. They also can’t be afraid to lose, he said. “Why isn’t everybody war gaming today, right now?” Brig. Gen.…
US fires commander of Greenland Space Force base following Vance visit
Colonel Susannah Meyers (left) at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland. The commander of a US Space Force base in Greenland has been fired following a recent visit by Vice President JD Vance. In a statement Thursday, the military’s Space Operations Command said Meyers had been removed from her position at the Danish territory’s Pituffik Space Base…
Why the stock market’s precipitous decline may have a long way to go
Stocks aren’t the only thing that have collapsed in short order over since Trump’s tariffs have taken effect. The University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment preliminary April data released on Friday revealed astounding declines in how consumers feel about the economy. Many of the gauges in the survey have seen sentiment deteriorate to levels seen in…
Gen Z is storming the links
Young Americans are getting into golf and tennis. Boomers wish they’d get lost. Eleanor Lee grew up surrounded by golf. Her grandparents were members of the exclusive Claremont Country Club in Oakland, California, and would take Lee and her family to the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club near San Diego every Thanksgiving to play…
Russian soldiers are getting better at rapidly spotting and smashing enemy artillery
Russian artillery has become more accurate and faster in the Ukraine war, a new study found. Russia’s military has the reputation of being a sledgehammer, as crude as it is destructive. This particularly applies to Russian artillery, the “god of war” who isn’t particularly concerned where his thunderbolts hit as long as they hit something.…
