Outside the Beltway

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

A legal defense without merit.

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

As widely expected, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ” Brown will become the nation’s top military officer.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

A weird twist to the online leak story.

You’re not helping, Mr. President.

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

The problem has intensified—and spread beyond Ukraine secrets.

Russia is circulating doctored versions of plans for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

The Pentagon Papers guy laments that there are too few like him.

The trailblazing Congresswoman is gone at 82.

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

The PRC is skirting sanctions to supply a frienemy.

Playing two-level games.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

The Biden administration is slowly ratcheting up the aid package.

The Marine and Air Force chiefs appear to be the top candidates.

A controversial artillery round is being used effectively against Russian forces.

United States and People’s Republic of China forces are playing a dangerous game.

A truly bizarre vote.

Shockingly, the Defense Department doesn’t keep up with former employees.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

They’re hitting civilian targets partly because they can’t hit military ones.

Eighteen HIMARS and what do you get? Years older and deeper in debt.

The Pentagon’s Inspector General is “concerned” over the pace of rejections.

It goes deeper than base names.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

A man made famous for discovering Iraq’s WMD program was virtually nonexistent is gone at 82.

A major milestone has been reached.

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

The US armed forces are looking for a few more good men and women.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

A long-overdue milestone has been reached.

The Biden Administration is constantly bragging about its actions against Russia. Is that wise?

The 45th President was a psychopath.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

A wackadoodle colonel is on his way out.

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

They have lost at least seven.