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Most federal employees don’t realize they’re one unexpected expense away from financial crisis. And even fewer know there’s a nonprofit built specifically to help them before things go from bad to worse. On this episode of Fed Thread, I sat down with Robyn Kehoe, executive director of the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA). It’s an organization that’s flown under the radar, supporting federal employees for four decades. Despite its longevity, most feds have never heard of it. And that’s exactly the problem. The hidden vulnerabilities of federal life Federal employees are often seen as insulated from financial shocks.…

The Trump administration says the nation’s science and technology research ecosystem needs to embrace “novel security solutions” to ensure the U.S. maintains its global edge, according to a new document publicly released on Monday. The National Security Science and Technology Strategy published by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy outlines how the U.S. innovation sector should be leveraged and guarded to defend the country. The new document builds off last year’s National Security Strategy, which called, in part, for “protecting the competitiveness of the U.S. economy and bolstering the resilience of the American technology sector.”To help safeguard the…

Updated Aug 19, 2026, 10:33 AM EDT Top-Up allows your Montgomery GI Bill to pay tuition and fees not covered by active-duty Tuition Assistance. Top-Up is a program that allows active-duty service member to use Department of Veterans Affairs Montgomery GI Bill benefits to supplement the tuition and fees not covered by active-duty Tuition Assistance. The amount of the benefit can be equal to the difference between the total cost of a college course and the amount of Tuition Assistance that is paid by the military for the course. Top-Up is not available under the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve program.…

An autonomous weapon does not possess legal authority. Commanders and operators do. But every autonomous weapon still has an engineering permission state: the set of actions its software is allowed to execute without fresh human input. On an electronic-warfare battlefield, that permission state can become a target. Consider a loitering munition operating inside a commander-approved engagement envelope. Its datalink drops. Satellite navigation becomes unreliable. Smoke, decoys, or electronic attack degrade the sensor picture. The system correctly contracts its permissions and stops short of its widest engagement mode. Then one thing gets better: A clean position update arrives. A target track…

The newest White House tech strategy pushes faster development of emerging technologies for the military, gives defense innovators more room to experiment, and will broaden the federal market for young defense tech startups. But it also doubles down on a particular approach to developing AI—one that favors a handful of well-connected U.S. tech companies at the expense of other innovative approaches. That could benefit China and slow the U.S. military from getting the tools commanders actually want. Here’s a breakdown of the winners and losers.Winners: swarms, deployed AI, faster military technologyThe strategy puts a big emphasis on new, tech-driven approaches to…

The maritime industry is undergoing a profound transformation. At SMM 2026, companies from around the world will showcase technologies that are already changing shipbuilding and ship operations today. These include numerous world and European premieres. One thing is clear: no single technology will define the future of shipping. What matters is how different approaches work together. Many are no longer visions of the future but are already moving towards practical application. Reducing emissions remains one of the key challenges facing the shipping industry. Accordingly, the sector is working intensively to use energy more efficiently on board and bring new propulsion…

The fight between Dana Whtie and Eddie Hearn over who is promoting Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury has gone on for so long and is getting so ridiculous that it has started to overshadow the Joshua vs. Fury fight itself.In a perfect world, Joshua vs. Fury would have been officially announced the moment Fury beat Mariusz Wach and Joshua beat Kristian Prenga in a series of questionable warm-ups nearly a month ago. But since then we’re heard nothing but non-stop accusations of promotional malpractice and contractual interference from Joshua’s manager, Eddie Hearn.Hearn says Joshua has a contract that demands UFC…

HD HHI and SIMA Perú have launched BAP Chimbote, the second landing support ship (BALOG) built for the Peruvian Navy, just one week after the launch of the lead vessel, BAP Talara. On Tuesday, August 18, approximately one week after the launch of the first landing support ship / logistics support ship (Buque de Apoyo Logístico – BALOG) for the Peruvian Navy, B.A.P. Talara, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) successfully launched the second vessel in the class, B.A.P. Chimbote, in collaboration with Peru’s state-owned shipyard, SIMA Perú (Servicio Industrial de la Marina). B.A.P. Chimbote, launched this time, is actually…

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has been out in the hands of players for almost two weeks now, and the game just had its first taste of the spotlight. CEO 2026 served as the first offline major for Marvel Tokon with over 1,000 entrants, but which of the 4v4 title’s 21 characters showed up to play the most in the hands of the current best competitors? Well, we’ve decided to craft…

The Marine Gunnery Sgt. John David Fry Scholarship provides education benefits to the surviving spouses and children of service members who die in the line of duty after Sept. 10, 2001. The scholarship was created to honor the memory of Fry, of Lorena, Texas. With only a week left in his Iraq tour in 2006, Fry, 28, injured his hand and was given the option of going home early with a Bronze Star. Fry declined the offer and volunteered to go on one last run to defuse bombs. Fry was killed March 8, 2006, by an improvised explosive device in…