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Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., wants to overhaul the federal government’s half-century-old privacy law as concerns about the Department of Government Efficiency’s use of data linger. On Tuesday, Trahan released a 68-page staff report on the Privacy Act of 1974 that she said could serve as a blueprint for bipartisan, bicameral reform. This push comes as many lawsuits continue to work their way through the courts alleging that DOGE broke the government’s main privacy law when it accessed data at the Treasury Department, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Personnel Management and elsewhere.Whistleblowers have raised alarms about DOGE exfiltrating sensitive data from the…

Ukrainian defense tech companies received the country’s first export permits in early February as Ukraine looks to capitalize on the dramatic recent expansion of the defense sector and boost the wartime economy. The news came days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the decision to allow international weapons sales and unveiled plans to establish ten export centers across Europe in 2026.  The move to permit Ukrainian arms exports has been a long time coming, with defense tech companies arguing that they have spare production capacity due to the Ukrainian state’s limited purchasing power. With foreign sales now on the agenda,…

SAN DIEGO — A little-known joint center for integrating cyber operations proved instrumental during the operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, a top Navy cyber official said this week. The Joint Integrated Fire Center (JIFC) acts as a combined air operations center that coordinates all the aircraft in an area of operations, Vice Adm. Hedi Berg, commander of 10th Fleet/Fleet Cyber Command, said at the annual WEST conference. The organization encompasses all the headquarters elements and teams for cyber operations — as well as space counterparts, intelligence community and interagency — to help build out an understanding of cyber…

LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 30: Ronda Rousey reacts to her loss to Amanda Nunes of Brazil during the UFC 207 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 30, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Fort Belvoir, Va PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. –?After three years of dedicated leadership, Colonel Jason Bohannon relinquished his charter as the Project Manager for Soldier Lethality (PM SL) during a ceremony on February 6, 2026.?The traditional military ceremony marked the formal transfer of responsibility for the organization, which is tasked with ensuring Soldiers have overmatch capabilities in individual and crew-served weapons.?  Brigadier General Troy Denomy, Capability Program Executive Ground, presided over the event and presented Col. Bohannon with the Legion of Merit. The award recognized Bohannon’s diligent leadership and oversight of a portfolio critical to the nation’s warfighters. Bohannon’s superior initiative, outstanding…

The most consequential infrastructure decisions in Panama today are often not made at the locks of the canal, but in conference rooms where aviation security software, cargo-routing platforms, and port-scheduling systems converge. Sustained observation of Panama’s logistics and regulatory environment — reinforced by long-standing professional relationships within its institutions — points to a shift in how influence is accumulating.Panama’s strategic relevance is no longer confined to maritime geography. It is increasingly rooted in the integration of air, sea, and data systems, with Tocumen International Airport emerging as the keystone of that convergence — a shift unfolding neither overnight nor generationally, but across…

The troubled Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program will hit a key milestone by year’s end, with hopes to deliver the initial ICBM by the early 2030s, Pentagon and Air Force officials announced Tuesday.In 2024, the Northrop Grumman program to modernize the land-based arm of the nuclear triad went so far over budget that the Pentagon rescinded a 2020 decision to move the program into its engineering and manufacturing development phase. Program officials said in September 2025 that they hoped to re-enter that phase by mid-2027, but now say they plan to hit that milestone this year. “Leveraging considerable progress over the…

MELBOURNE — Australia will invest $3.9 billion Australian dollars ($2.75 billion) in a submarine construction yard at Osborne in South Australia, to build nuclear-powered submarines acquired under the AUKUS pact, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The money, announced Sunday, will serve as a down payment for the construction of the yard. Government-owned Australian Naval Infrastructure, which is responsible for the infrastructure behind Australia’s continuous naval shipbuilding program — including modernization of the Osborne yard — projects building the facility to cost $30 billion Australian dollars. “South Australia is at the centre of one of the most significant defence undertakings…

Blue-chip heavyweight MMA prospect Gable Steveson left out two of the greatest heavyweights off of his personal Mount Rushmore. Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson could be months away from making his UFC debut. The blue-chip prospect returns this weekend as he looks to move to 3-0 in his young MMA career. Steveson, a top protege of Jon Jones’, is looking to add more gold to his resume. Joe Rogan and UFC CEO Dana White have already called Steveson a potential superstar in the UFC’s heavyweight division. Despite the immense hype surrounding his MMA career, Steveson remains a student of the…

President Donald Trump’s renewed bid to acquire Kalaallit Nunaat, also known as Greenland, is not adequately explained by the immediate benefits that possession of this country would give to the United States. Instead, this crisis is better explained in terms of the Trump administration’s political project, which seeks to reinvent the United States’ identity as a great power in an emerging post-rules-based international order. During his Davos speech, US President Donald Trump reaffirmed his desire to acquire Kalaallit Nunaat, citing that the US is a “great power, much greater than people even understand”. Trump also underscored that the US needed…