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Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Federal Employee Program When is it quiet quitting and when is it playing it safe to keep your career? Alex Witt September 2, 2026 4:01 pm 3 min read When is it quiet quitting and when is it playing it safe to keep your career? That’s the thread we pulled on this Fed Thread conversation with Love Rutledge, retired DoD senior executive and host of the FedUpward podcast. Federal employees can still care deeply about their mission while deciding it’s no longer worth sticking their neck out, she explains. Rutledge says many feds…

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The 62nd installment of my personal indie spotlight returns with 20 more turn-based games worth watching. Drumroll, sound the trumpets: KEEP AN EYE ON IT is finally back, the column dedicated to the most interesting indie RPGs and strategy games that cross TBL’s radar and that I think are well worth following. The last article in this series dates all the way back to 2023, episode 61, to be precise, before it was briefly replaced by the Indie Showcase. But since I like this format more than the latter, I’m bringing the series back, making this officially episode 62. I…

The German Navy has completed a successful dual operational firing trail with IAI’s Naval Lora ballistic missile, as part of its Operational Experimentation (OPEX). The missile was launched from an operational German vessel that comprises a command trailer and a launcher. Under both scenarios, the missile was launched to its trajectory, navigated its course to the target, and hit it with utmost precision. Both the weapon system and the missile successfully met all the trial’s objectives. The Bundeswehr Navy launched OPEX, a groundbreaking initiative to pave the way toward its ‘Marine 2035 and Beyond’ plan. In so doing, it has…

It is 2027. China has spent three years repositioning forces under cover of maritime exercises and coast guard operations. In October, Beijing declares an expanded air defense identification zone covering the Luzon Strait, the Senkakus, and the waters between Taiwan and the Philippine archipelago. Chinese forces occupy three undefended features within seventy-two hours, positioning air defense and antiship missile systems on each. Electronic warfare nodes begin jamming GPS and communications across the contested zone. The positioning is not an invasion. It is a new status quo, enforced by systems already in place before the United States can respond. The US…

Tel Aviv, September 2, 2026 – The German Navy has completed a successful dual operational firing trail with IAI’s Naval Lora ballistic missile, as part of its Operational Experimentation (OPEX). The missile was launched from an operational German vessel that comprises a command trailer and a launcher. Under both scenarios, the missile was launched to its trajectory, navigated its course to the target, and hit it with utmost precision. Both the weapon system and the missile successfully met all the trial’s objectives. The Bundeswehr Navy launched OPEX, a groundbreaking initiative to pave the way toward its ‘Marine 2035 and Beyond’…

Amazon Leo just won approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop and deploy more than five thousand direct-to-device (D2D) satellites. The decision coincides with an April 2026 announcement that the FCC would encourage the growing D2D market by clearing operating permits and establishing exclusive D2D spectrum grants. Currently, there are eight active US companies specializing in D2D telecommunication satellites, and many are partnering with major telecommunications providers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Still, getting regulatory approval is not the same as getting satellites into orbit. When it comes to full-fledged service in the United States and internationally, SpaceX reigns…

Newly signed UFC welterweight Ronald Humphrey, who earned his spot in the promotion with a first-round submission victory over Alexis Miranda on Dana White’s Contender Series Season 10, Week 3 last month, has expressed his candid views on who he believes are the top fighters in MMA. Humphrey’s comments caught the attention of Conor McGregor, who has now reacted. Ronald Humphrey breaks down whom he considers “really good” in MMA; Conor McGregor reacts The 25-year-old undefeated knockout artist, following his DWCS win, appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show, where he spoke about his big plans. Humphrey opined he is not…

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on social media that he was nominating Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao to assume the position full time.The former Virginia Senate candidate and special operations veteran took over the temporary role in April 2026 after the previous acting Navy secretary, John Phelan, was fired.“I am pleased to nominate a true warrior, Hung Cao, to become the next secretary of the Navy,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “We need patriots like Hung leading our Navy and Marine Corps, and I can think of no one better than him to make sure our great Navy…

A federal appeals court has ruled that a district judge lacked the authority to throw out the 2017 court-martial conviction of former Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl for desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Bowe Bergdahl left his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by Taliban-allied fighters for about five years before a 2014 prisoner swap. He had his conviction vacated in 2023 by U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated that decision and ordered the case dismissed, concluding that only military tribunals…