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OMB Director Russell Vought says there are no plans to do a closing report on DOGE’s controversial, cost-cutting blitz across government. Justin Doubleday@jdoubledayWFED July 1, 2026 6:54 pm 3 min read With the Department of Government Efficiency’s official mandate coming to an end on the Fourth of July, the Office of Management and Budget has no plans to complete a final report on DOGE-led efforts to drastically reshape the federal government and cut hundreds of thousands of federal employees. During a June 30 House Appropriations financial services subcommittee hearing, Chairman David Joyce (R-Ohio) pointed to how the Trump administration’s fiscal…

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Deep staffing cuts at the Pentagon’s independent weapons testing office last year have left the organization with fewer specialists who are now overseeing programs outside their areas of expertise, increasing the risk that problems with new weapon systems could go undetected before they reach troops.  Congress stood up the Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) in 1983 following a series of scandals around a number of weapon systems that didn’t perform as expected. The M16 rifle, for instance, malfunctioned so badly in the field that it cost many soldiers their lives. Those deadly combat failures were exactly…

Addressing the Herzliya Conference, Baram calls for tailored force buildup, a broader alliance stretching from India through the UAE to Greece and Cyprus, and a new US-Israel security MOU built on hard interests and shared values. Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Director General Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram spoke to the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University today (Wednesday): “The war has sharpened, for every actor in the region, the price of Iran’s military buildup. It has created a shared interest in forging a broader alliance, from India through the UAE to Greece and Cyprus.” Baram warned that “the agreements now…

What can leaders do about a transnational organization that is a militia, a political party, a social services network, and a smuggling operation at the same time — and one that has resisted various dialogues and survived repeated attacks?American, Lebanese, and other leaders should recognize Hizballah’s hybrid, transnational nature and grapple with the unique challenges the organization creates. Otherwise, they will fail to resolve the Hizballah predicament while creating conditions for ineffective agreements, new wars, and squandered opportunities in the Levant.Meeting openly for the first time in decades, Lebanese and Israeli representatives have negotiated on security and political tracks while…

PARIS — French-German tank maker KNDS delayed plans for a stock-market listing, citing market volatility for the European defense sector, with the company’s shareholders planning to resume the process for an initial public offering “upon the return of more favorable market conditions.”The maker of Germany’s Leopard tank and France’s Caesar self-propelled howitzer said it has “completed substantially” all the required preparations for its proposed stock listing in Paris and Frankfurt, and engaged extensively with investors, in a statement published Wednesday night.The announcement comes just a week after KNDS said it was going ahead with plans for its stock-market listing, and…

During a recent conference on the People’s Liberation Army, I heard the same question posed to attendees and paper writers: “How would China react to U.S. force posture change X, Y, or Z?” or “How would the Chinese military respond to U.S. strikes in certain locations?” Having participated in dozens of unclassified wargames at the RAND Corporation and elsewhere, I hear a similar refrain when playing the “red team.”This is a reasonable and legitimate question. Policymakers and war planners should understand likely Chinese responses in studying and preparing for possible contingencies between China and the United States.To make well-grounded assessments…

Bryce Mitchell is back doing Bryce Mitchell things, and this time Mikey Musumeci got pulled into it. During a recent appearance on Tim Welch’s podcast, the UFC fighter gave Musumeci his flowers as a high-level grappler, then ripped apart the style that made him famous. Mitchell said Musumeci is “the best at what he does,” but made clear he has no interest in watching the kind of match Musumeci usually competes in. Bryce Mitchell Says He “Won’t Watch” Mikey Musumeci Because It’s “Gay” But Would Grapple Him Mitchell’s issue was not with Musumeci’s resume. It was with the look of…

A federal court issued a ruling Tuesday that paves the way for all transgender service members to continue serving in the military despite a Trump administration policy that ordered their removal.The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a motion to certify Talbott v. USA as a class action lawsuit several weeks after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in a June 1 ruling that the Pentagon’s transgender military ban was unlawful.The June ruling only allowed the plaintiffs in that case to continue serving, meaning all other transgender service members are currently still banned…

Credit: SaabDefense Feeds, Washington – The Saab Mk66 undersea target has been selected by the U.S. Navy to strengthen anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training through the procurement of four advanced underwater target systems.The acquisition is intended to provide more realistic training environments for naval crews, allowing submarines, surface warships and maritime patrol aircraft to sharpen their ability to detect, track and engage underwater threats in increasingly complex operational conditions.The purchase highlights the Navy’s continued investment in undersea warfare readiness as strategic competition beneath the oceans intensifies. With submarine fleets expanding across several major naval powers, realistic ASW training has become an…