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  1. social studies
    How We Lost Our Minds About UFOsNo, aliens haven’t visited the Earth. Why are so many smart people insisting otherwise?
    By Nicholson Baker
  2. what we know
    How Could Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Go Missing For Days?After days of speculation, Austin’s doctors revealed that he received surgery for prostate cancer and is being treated for a subsequent infection.
    By Chas Danner and Nia Prater
  3. foreign interests
    Ukraine’s Latest Arms Haul: Thanks But No TanksThe country’s western allies are sending Kyiv a lot of armored vehicles, but Germany continues to balk at including its heavy tanks.
    By Chas Danner
  4. foreign interests
    U.S. Kind of Confirms It Helped Ukraine Kill Russian GeneralsUnnamed officials say U.S. intel played a critical role in some of Ukraine’s biggest strikes. President Biden reportedly called for the leaks to stop.
    By Chas Danner
  5. afghanistan
    U.S. Admits Deadly Kabul Drone Strike Was ‘Horrible Mistake’The air strike killed ten civilians, including seven children — not an ISIS-K car bomber.
    By Chas Danner
  6. afghanistan
    Final U.S. Drone Strike In Kabul May Have Been Deadly MistakeTwo new investigations suggest that the U.S. airstrike, which killed 10 civilians, likely targeted an innocent man.
    By Chas Danner
  7. politics
    Biden Administration Transfers Its First Guantánamo DetaineeResuming an Obama-era policy, the Pentagon repatriated a Moroccan man who had been held without charges at the notorious facility since 2002.
    By Nia Prater
  8. the truth is in here
    Pentagon Releases UFO Report: Here’s What We KnowA guide to the government’s unclassified report on unidentified flying objects, which was released on Friday.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  9. ufos
    How to Decipher the Pentagon’s UFO ReportThe crucial, missing context for what pilots might actually be seeing — and why the military is okay with letting us think it might be aliens.
    By Jeff Wise
  10. just asking questions
    How the Pentagon Can Improve the Way It Studies UFOsHarvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb lays out the steps U.S. officials should take to ensure science is at the center of our revamped approach to UFOs.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. ufos
    Pentagon Report to Detail ‘Difficult to Explain’ UFO Sightings, Says RatcliffeThe former director of national intelligence said military pilots and satellites have recorded “a lot more sightings than have been made public.”
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  12. vision 2020
    Could Biden Move Left on National Security?His party-unifying repositioning on domestic policy might extend to such topics as the Pentagon spending cuts that Sanders and Warren have promoted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. ufos
    Pentagon Officially Releases Three Videos of ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’Though the three videos were already public in some form, the DOD’s decision to release them cements a military consensus to take UFOs more seriously.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. impeachment
    Unredacted Emails Show Pentagon’s Concern Over Trump Withholding Aid to UkrainePentagon emails call the withholding of aid a “clear direction” from Trump, as officials worried he would violate the Impoundment Control Act.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. russia
    Pentagon: U.S. Is Falling Behind Russia in Global InfluenceThe white paper doesn’t directly blame the president, but its conclusions might as well.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. vision 2020
    Elizabeth Warren Unveils Plan for Cleaner, Greener War MachineWarren’s new climate plan focuses on greening the Pentagon. That’s a smart as a legislative tactic, but slightly off-brand as a campaign pledge.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. foreign policy
    Trump Mulls Legally Dubious Plot to Deny Aid to Poor ForeignersThe White House might refuse to spend $3 billion that Congress appropriated for foreign aid (even as it demands a $716 billion military budget).
    By Eric Levitz
  18. U.S. Army Is Discharging Immigrants Who Were Promised CitizenshipAt least 40 recruits and reservists have been quietly booted with little explanation, and now their immigration status could be at risk.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. The Navy Is Planning Tent Cities for Undocumented ImmigrantsThe administration’s “zero tolerance” policy has spawned plans for military facilities to house tens of thousands of detained immigrants.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. select all
    13 Reasons to Believe Aliens Are RealHow seriously should you take those recent reports of UFOs? Ask the Pentagon. Or read this primer for the SETI-curious.
  21. Here’s a Video of a Navy Jet Encountering a UFO“What the f*ck is that thing?”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. The Pentagon’s ‘Logistics Agency’ Lost Track of More Than $800 MillionMeanwhile, conservatives say that military funding must be increased immediately to avert disaster — and wasteful government programs must be cut.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. The Pentagon Is Afraid to Give Trump More Military Options on North KoreaTop Defense officials believe that a military strike would be reckless and unnecessary — and don’t trust Trump to reach the same conclusion.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. Reports: The Pentagon Spent Millions on UFO ResearchFor about five years, the government wanted to believe.
    By Benjamin Hart
  25. U.S. May Bomb ISIS in the Philippines: ReportAs Tillerson meets with Duterte, the Pentagon mulls opening a new front in America’s war against the (so-called) Islamic State.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. A Transgender Servicemember on How He’s Coping With Trump’s Ban“We will continue to serve our nation as we always have, until they tell us that we can’t.”
    By Lily Carollo
  27. The Trump Doctrine in Afghanistan: Let the Generals Handle ItWe’re about to find out what Mattis’s Pentagon will do with mostly unchecked authority to conduct a war.
    By Jonah Shepp
  28. This Is What a ‘Successful Interception’ of a Mock ICBM Looks LikeU.S. officials released a video that shows the simulated ICBM being shot down.
    By Jen Kirby
  29. Former CIA Director Resigns From Trump’s Transition TeamAnd he isn’t the only one who’s finding the job of “relatively sane national security adviser to Donald Trump” to be a challenging one.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. Roadside Bomb in Syria Kills U.S. Service MemberThe first member of the American military to die in Syria since the U.S. deployed Special Operations Forces last year to defeat ISIS.
    By Jen Kirby
  31. syria
    U.S. Ends Syrian Rebel Training ProgramMeanwhile, the conflict in Syria continues. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  32. government shutdown
    Furloughed Pentagon Workers to Return to WorkMost of them, anyway.
    By Adam Martin
  33. navy yard shooting
    What Did The Pentagon Know About Aaron Alexis’s Recent Troubles?A run-in with police went unreported.
    By Adam Martin
  34. your tax dollars at work
    Military Marks Afghan Withdrawal by Destroying $7 Billion of Its Own EquipmentThey can’t leave it by the curb with a Post-it note.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. top secret
    Pentagon Employees Can Read No Easy Day, But Can’t Talk About ItSo much for the book club.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. ink-stained wretches
    Pentagon Contractor Admits to Running Smear Campaign Against JournalistsThe contractor says government money wasn’t used in the online attack.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. the war in afghanistan
    U.S. Troops Posed for Pictures With Dead Suicide Bombers in AfghanistanThe Los Angeles ’Times’ has released the photos despite requests from the government not to publish them.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  38. neighborhood news
    Pentagon Worried About Potential Iraq War Parade in NYCCelebrating could be dangerous.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. terrorble
    Suspicious Things Happening Near Pentagon [Updated]A man leads police to a car containing a possible bomb.
    By Dan Amira
  40. japan
    U.S. Urges Wider Evacuation After Pool for Spent Fuel Rods Boils DryThe U.S. urges Japan to vastly expand its evacuation zone.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  41. pentagon
    No More Stupid Cat Videos at the Department of DefenseAnd Japan is to blame.
    By Julie Gerstein
  42. loose lips
    In the End, Does Everyone He Works With End Up Hating Julian Assange?He rubs people the wrong way.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  43. don’t ask don’t tell
    Supreme Courts Says DADT Can Still Be Enforced While It’s Under AppealThe Supreme Court says enforcement is officially back on … for now.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  44. don’t ask don’t tell
    And the Pentagon Survey Says … Troops Think Being Openly Gay Isn’t That Big a DealThe No. 1 answer was: I’m not really sure what the fuss is about.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  45. terrorble
    Pentagon Hosted Future Terrorist Imam for LunchWhoops …
    By Dan Amira
  46. terrorble
    Temporary Lockdown After Shots Fired on the PentagonThe damage was minor, but we’re more worried about the possibility of a sniper.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  47. don’t ask don’t tell
    Judge Rejects Feds’ Request to Keep Enforcing ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’She’ll issue her final decision about rejecting the stay early today.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  48. don’t ask don’t tell
    Pentagon to Comply With Ruling to Halt ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ PolicyThat’s even though the Obama administration has moved to appeal a recent ruling.
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. 9-11-10
    Forces Conspire Against President Obama on 9/11/10He has nowhere to go.
    By Dan Amira
  50. julian assange
    Update: Assange Arrest Warrant Dropped As Wikileaks Warns of ‘Dirty Tricks’Good morning, Julian Assange.
    By Mike Vilensky
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