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Britain’s boxer Anthony Joshua (L) faces off with Albania’s boxer Kristian Prenga during the weigh-in ceremony on the eve of their heavyweight bout in Jeddah on July 24, 2026. Briton Anthony Joshua, a two-time heavyweight champion, will face Kristian Prenga at “The Comeback” event in Saudi Arabia on July 25. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images

The National Guard Bureau, the District of Columbia National Guard and the U.S. General Services Administration have awarded apartment-hotel rental company Placemakr $292 million to provide up to 2,000 “apartment-style lodging units” for troops assigned to the Joint Task Force-District of Columbia mission, the Guard announced. The contract, the largest interagency lodging acquisition in the history of the Guard, comes as part of ongoing support for the Trump administration’s “Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful” executive order.The length of the D.C. task force’s mission, which kicked off in August 2025, has made current lodging arrangements unsustainable, a Guard release stated. Mobilized…

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JULY 24: (L-R) Opponents Magomed Ankalaev of Russia and Bogdan Guskov of Uzbekistan face off during the UFC Fight Night ceremonial weigh-in at Etihad Arena on July 24, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC)

House Democrats on Wednesday introduced legislation that would require agencies to provide members of Congress with greater access to government facilities for oversight purposes. “I have personally been denied access to [U.S. Agency for International Development], the U.S. Institute of Peace, a public meeting at the Department of the Interior and repeatedly delayed in conducting oversight at [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] facilities,” said Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., the bill’s sponsor, in a statement. “All of these were clear examples of the Trump administration’s deliberate and repeated efforts to deny, delay or obstruct congressional oversight of the executive branch.” Specifically, the Congressional Oversight…

Tampa International Airport, Des Moines International Airport and Charleston International Airport all plan to transition to a new voluntary public-private screening initiative, called Gold+, reports The New York Times.A Transportation Security Administration’s agency spokesperson confirmed on July 22 that the three airports have become the first to opt in to the new private screening model, angering the union that represents thousands of TSA workers.The Gold+ option has been billed by the agency as an update to an existing program by which 20 U.S. airports, including San Francisco International, already use private security screeners rather than federal workers. The TSA first…

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At the Farnborough International Airshow, the British training company HeliOperations and the German simulation specialist Reiser Simulation and Training signed a groundbreaking agreement. According to a release from Reiser, the company will deliver an advanced Flight Training Device (FTD) simulating the Leonardo AW139, as well as a stationary hoist training system named hoistAR. This new acquisition represents a central building block within the seven-year contract for the basic flight training of German Navy pilots preparing at HeliOps for their future operations on the NH90 Sea Lion and NH90 Sea Tiger naval helicopters. (f.l.t.r.) Michael Weissenboeck (Reiser ST) and Steve Gladston…

FARNBOROUGH, UK—The first robot wingman to fly with U.S. aircraft in a major multi-national exercise wasn’t among the ones that the Air Force picked for initial-production contracts last month. Instead, it was the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, which is being developed by Boeing for the Australian Royal Air Force—and a company exec hinted that its CCA could have more exercises in its future.The Ghost Bat, which made its airshow debut this week here in England, flew last month alongside U.S. and allied forces in Valiant Shield, a large training exercise in the Pacific’s Northern Mariana Islands. On Tuesday, Glen Ferguson, Boeing…

An Israeli Navy Dolphin class submarine surfaced off the coast of Eilat in in the Red Sea recently, in a rare public appearance, drawing the attention of beachgoers and swimmers along the Red Sea shore.  The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated the submarine was conducting routine operational activities in the area, and the surfacing footage was cleared for publication by the military censor. Israeli Dolphin submarines are typically stationed at the main naval base in Haifa up north, making a southern Red Sea appearance uncommon. The sighting occurred amid heightened security alerts and regional friction involving missile threats in the…