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KYIV, Ukraine — The possibility of an adversary detonating a nuclear weapon in space to disrupt U.S. satellite infrastructure and the global communications networks that rely on it is no longer a remote scenario, according to multiple officials — and American forces are not prepared for it, strategists found after bringing former officials together to war-game their responses to a potential nuclear danger in orbit. The possibility of nuclear war in space mostly sat in think-tank territory until recently, when the Pentagon confirmed it keeps weapons above the sky. Moscow demanded the demilitarization of space and Ukrainian intelligence published stolen…

Nate Diaz is confident that he and former UFC double champion Conor McGregor will meet for a third time, whether inside or outside the octagon. Yesterday, at the Ki MMA launch party, Diaz talked about a potential trilogy bout with McGregor. The Stockton native told Red Corner MMA: “We’re going to have a trilogy. When he’s in action, and I’m in action, and s**t’s happening, we’re going to meet.” When asked if he would be interested in sharing the BKFC ring with “The Notorious,” Diaz paused briefly before adding: “Whatever, wherever, whenever… Me and him are gonna fight.” Check out…

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The U.S. military’s top uniformed leader says U.S. forces must be ready for war near or possibly even on the moon, a rhetorical leap that comes as service leaders are still wrestling with the legal frameworks surrounding its newly revealed orbital weapons.“Our task, my friends, is to adapt right now, so the Joint Force is prepared to fight, endure, and win, in global contested environments, from the seabed to cislunar space,” Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine told airmen, guardians, and industry figures during his keynote address at the Air, Space, and Cyber Conference.Caine later repeated the…

As the Education Department presses forward with handing off much of its remaining work portfolio and personnel to other agencies, former department secretaries and union officials are demanding greater transparency about the consequences of those efforts. In a letter addressed to Education Acting Inspector General Mark Priebe, the American Federation of Government Employees — along with three former Education secretaries from the Biden and Obama administrations — called for a formal investigation into the costs of the Trump administration’s massive workforce and program cuts. “This is waste. This is fraud. This is abuse,” the letter reads. “We ask for OIG…

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Terry Gerton You recently issued a report on federal safety net programs that updates work you first published years ago as you were recalculating and reassessing these programs, especially Medicaid and SNAP. What did you find that had changed in the intervening years? Kathy Larin So our report looked at the extent to which adults who are enrolled in two public assistance programs, Medicaid and SNAP, are working. And we also looked at who they’re working for in 11 states. And what we found is that there are a lot of people who are working, and working full-time, and they…

A robotic dog trying to find its humans faces a city full of hostile machines. That is the premise of Dog in the Machine, a tactical turn-based roguelite where escaping means learning new attacks and putting the battlefield’s hazards to good use. French developer Studio Chahut and Goblinz Publishing have announced that the game will arrive on Steam on September 29, 2026. The AutoDog’s journey takes it through compact grids populated by enemy guardians and objects that react to your actions. Conveyor belts, interactive buttons, explosive obstacles, and a collision system create opportunities to trigger chain reactions. An attack is…

In 2025, Jennifer Kavanaugh and Christopher McCallion wrote, “Armed Neutrality for Ukraine Is NATO’s Least Poor Option,” where they made the case for armed neutrality over full NATO membership as the wiser course for both Ukraine and NATO. A year later, we asked them to revisit their arguments. Image: MidjourneyIn your 2025 article, you argued that NATO membership and binding U.S. or European security guarantees for Ukraine were effectively unworkable, and that armed neutrality was the option best suited to protecting both Ukraine’s security and NATO’s credibility. As the debate has evolved to include talk of “Article 5-like” assurances short of…

Millbrook, UK – 16 September 2026. Colt Canada, the Canadian small-arms manufacturer within the Colt CZ Group, will give UK and European audiences their first look at the new C25 rifle this week, with an unveiling at DVD (Defence Vehicle Dynamics) 2026 – UTAC Millbrook, 16–17 September. C25 has been officially selected by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces as the next step beyond the C7/C8 platform that has served Canadian and Allied forces for more than 35 years. C25 builds on Colt Canada’s decades of experience and responds to a changing operational environment in which…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Space Development Agency wants to wrap up its Tranche 1 launch campaign by the end of spring 2027, flying six more batches of satellites to build out its tracking and data transport constellations, according to Director Gurpartap Sandhoo. The agency is aiming to complete two of those launches by the end of 2026—one in the next month or so and the second in December, Sandhoo told reporters Sept.…