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(L) DUJAIL, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: U.S. Army soldiers salute during a memorial service for Sgt. Robert Tucker at a military base October 18, 2005 in Dujail, Iraq. Tucker, 20, from Cookeville, Tennessee, was killed by insurgents when a roadside bomb blew up his armored vehicle on October 13 near Dujail, just two weeks before the end of his 10-month deployment in Iraq. He was assigned to K-Troop, of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which patrols the area around Dujail. Saddam Hussein is scheduled to go on trial on October 19, for the death of 143 people from Dujail who he allegedly ordered killed in 1985 in revenge for an assassination attempt. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) / (R-Top) Terry Adirim. (Photo via: Department of Defense) / (R-Bottom) THORNTON, CO - MARCH 06: Adams 12 Five Star Schools District RN Tiffany Karschamroon draws a dose from a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the newest vaccine approved by the U.S. FDA for emergency use, at an event put on by the Thornton Fire Department on March 6, 2021 in Thornton, Colorado. Colorado entered COVID-19 vaccination Phase 1B.3 on Friday, allowing essential grocery and agriculture workers, people over the age of 60 and people with two or more high-risk conditions to receive a vaccine. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Trump Admin Fires CIA Official, Following Her Previous Involvement With Military’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Terry Adirim, a former senior defense officer and top intelligence agency official who was instrumental in the Biden administration’s military COVID-19 vaccine mandate—was recently fired from her position.

FBI Director Kash Patel (C) speaks as US Attorney General Pam Bondi (2nd L) looks on during press conference on illicit narcotics, at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 9, 2025. The law enforcement officers and the US Coast Guard highlighted the offload of over 48,400 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $509 million at Port Everglades, interdicted during drug operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Marco BELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Coast Guard Seizes Over $500M In ‘Cartel Cocaine’

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a “major blow” to two Mexican drug cartels after the Coast Guard seized over $500 million in cocaine — amounting to over 45,000 pounds.

(L) U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes. (Photo via: Senate Judiciary Committee. / (R) Retired Army lieutenant colonel Ann Murdoch poses for a photo in Arlington National Cemetery after attending a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on June 8, 2018. - President Donald Trump has made clear his opposition to transgender Americans serving in the military, but that didn't deter several transgender veterans from laying a wreath Friday, June 8, 2018 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier just outside Washington. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) / With AFP Story by Elodie CUZIN & Michael MATHES: US-military-transgender-politics (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Federal Judge Rejects Trump Admin’s Ban On Transgenders Serving In The Military

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to prohibit transgender individuals, those with gender dysphoria, from enlisting in the military—a policy that was scheduled to take effect on Friday.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the press during a bilateral meeting with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles at the Pentagon on February 7, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Marles is on a visit in Washington to meet with Secretary Hegseth, other Trump administration officials, and U.S. Congressional members. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

DOD Launches Investigation Into Leaks Of Sensitive And Classified Information, Includes Polygraph Tests For Members

The Department of Defense (DOD) has launched an investigation into leaks of sensitive and classified information.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - FEBRUARY 18: University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas looks on after winning the 200 yard freestyle during the 2022 Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships at Blodgett Pool on February 18, 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)

Trump Administration Pauses $175M In UPenn Funding Over Transgender Athlete Policy

The Trump administration announced that it’s freezing $175 million in taxpayer funding for the University of Pennsylvania for defying the president’s executive action and continuing to let transgender athletes compete in women’s sports.

AT SEA - SEPTEMBER 25, 2011: In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) is underway during the multinational UNITAS Atlantic 53-2012 exercise conducted in the western Caribbean Sea September 25, 2011 at sea. In a response to a alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people by the Syrian regime the USS Mahan, the USS Barry, the USS Ramage, and the USS Gravely, all Arleigh Burke-class destroyers carrying Tomahawk land-attack missiles, are en route or in position in the eastern Mediterranean for a possible strike on Syrian military assets on August 28, 2013. (Photo by U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

Pentagon Announces Deployment Of Navy Warship For Additional Border Protection

The Pentagon announced that a Navy warship has been deployed in an effort to secure the U.S. southern border.