Pentagon plans to keep National Guard in DC into 2029, 2 US officials say

Pentagon correspondents push back on ‘unconstitutional’ press restrictions

<p>Spokesperson says New York Times ‘will be going back to court’ after defense department hastily announces new arrangement</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox</a></p></li></ul><p>Journalists who cover the Pentagon are pushing back against a new press access arrangement hastily announced by the Pentagon, calling it “an end run” around a federal judge’s ruling to restore their access.</p><p>Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesperson, announced Monday night that the department would permanently close a designated work space for journalists known as “correspondents’ corridor” and create a “new and improved press workspace” in an annex facility outside the b...

Korean Air plans 103 Boeing plane purchases valued at $36.2 bln until 2039 - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxNNUZFclMtT1F4SmR2Nk1jSGZCMXVCX0Ffd0dxRDlQTUhuc0pybmVOMHBlbzdlNFJCT1lEdTQ3TVZ0X0tubHlHemloSVVFNVJIX01DNkNVN04zQXRzUXc3djhveGdHWEQ4cW5HRnRBUVUxMDdOWGNpNndBOG9QWGlSZU9qTWNtTE41bHlNcDRlQmZWOHozXzgwSlBWY1RvX2dmU3M4SEhkaGhrRERxZWJhZU83NkhkSnBfUVY4bjRUczFFQQ?oc=5" target="_blank">Korean Air plans 103 Boeing plane purchases valued at $36.2 bln until 2039</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies - The Guardian

Ukraine war briefing: Pentagon reportedly considering whether to divert aid from Ukraine to Middle East - The Guardian

Behind the Curtain: How Anthropic's Pentagon deal could get revived

<p>Here are two hard truths the Pentagon and <a href="https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2027072228777734474" target="_blank">Anthropic</a> won't state bluntly about their feud over unfettered AI use in warfare:</p><ol><li>Anthropic's AI is vastly better for warfare than any other AI on the market. It could take ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok months to come close, insiders tell us.</li><li>Anthropic will take a massive, long-term financial hit if it remains blacklisted by the government as a "national security supply chain risk." We're talking tens of billions of dollars in direct and indirect contracts in the coming years, the insiders say.</li></ol><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Anthropic is suing the Trump administration for nixing use of Claude, the company's large language model, after the company refused to allow its AI to be used for fully autonomous warfare or mass surveillance of Americans (which the Pentagon says is <a href="https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2027072228777...

Massie suggests ‘wrong person’ arrested in Jan. 6 DC pipe bomb case

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he does not believe federal authorities arrested the true culprit behind two pipe bombs planted outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. “I believe FBI arrested the wrong person in the J6 pipe bomb case,” Massie wrote…