March
Pressure on Hegseth grows as strike texts revealed
The revelation that sensitive attack plans were shared on a commercial messaging app, possibly on personal mobile phones, has triggered outrage in Washington.
Release of Signal texts strains Trump’s bid to quash furore
Efforts to discredit Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg over the war plan messages is failing to gain traction outside the president’s most fervent loyalists.
Shielded JFK files hid spies, not conspiracies
Those who hoped the release of 64,000 pages by the US National Archives would shed more light on the assassination of John F. Kennedy might be disappointed.
‘The worst part: Ukraine isn’t even losing the war’
Donald Trump’s broadside at Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky caught many people off-guard, but none so much as those on the front line.
Musk isn’t the only one who wants to know what you did last week
Bosses across the world want the same thing, as do many employees, especially those whose work is often invisible. It can be difficult to answer.
February
Top Trump aide pushes to axe Canada from Five Eyes intelligence group
But Peter Navarro denies that he wants to expel the northern neighbour from the information-sharing team, which also includes the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Trump cabinet chiefs ignore Musk’s email ultimatum in split
Some US agencies, along with cabinet secretaries, have told their workers to ignore the billionaire’s demand to justify their jobs, as tensions rise.
Another spy thriller, you say? This one is different
Featuring Keira Knightley in her long-awaited streaming debut, Black Doves turns the cloak-and-dagger genre on its head – and then blows it off.
Musk calls courts corrupt as Trump’s agenda faces legal pushback
The billionaire and Vice President J.D. Vance are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority as the president’s sweeping reforms face resistance.
Trump hints at curbing Musk: ‘He does nothing without my approval’
The president said the billionaire could not dismantle government spending without his permission, as legislators accuse him of breaking the US Constitution.
US launches brazen mission to take back Panama Canal
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Panama City with an audacious mandate from his boss, which the wary host says is “impossible”.
January
China building ‘doomsday’ command 10 times bigger than the Pentagon
The complex would be the world’s largest military command centre and include bombproof bunkers for leaders, say US intelligence officials.
Toddler, female soldiers expected among first hostages released
The hostage release is expected to be the first such major exchange since a weeklong ceasefire early in the Gaza war.
November 2024
China’s defence minister under investigation for corruption
US officials say the probe is part of a wider operation to uncover graft in the People’s Liberation Army.
Donald Trump taps loyalists for top national security and Mid-East posts
The president-elect this week picked a number of loyalists with hardline views who will shape US foreign policy decisions in his new administration.
September 2024
Putin’s propaganda queen admits covertly working to get Trump elected
While the Kremlin has denied US claims of meddling in the election, Margarita Simonyan proudly admits her work is at the behest of the Russian government.
US Navy Seal unit that killed bin Laden trains for Chinese invasion of Taiwan
Seal Team 6, which is tasked with some of the military’s most sensitive and difficult missions, has been planning and training for a Taiwan conflict for more than a year.
Iran ships ‘hundreds’ of missiles to Russia in ‘huge threat’
Delivery of weaponry to Moscow marks a “dramatic escalation” in the war against Ukraine, Kyiv and Western officials warn.
Ukraine’s offensive has triggered doubts in Russian elite: spy chiefs
CIA director Bill Burns said Kursk was “a significant tactical achievement” that had boosted Ukrainian morale and exposed Russia’s weaknesses.
UK, US spy chiefs call for ‘staying the course’ on Ukraine
In their first ever jointly authored article, the heads of the CIA and Britain’s intelligence service said resisting an assertive Russia was more vital than ever.