Carolyn Feinstein ICEBlock Connection Sparks DOJ Termination Department of Justice (DOJ) Auditor Carolyn Feinstein has been officially removed from federal service following an explosive investigation led by investigative journalist Laura Loomer. Feinstein, who worked in the Austin District Office of the U.S. Trustee Program, was fired on July 18, 2025, as confirmed in a termination…
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Senator John Cornyn Busted for Manipulating Trump Rally Audio to Deceive Texas MAGA Voters
Cornyn’s Campaign Edited 2019 Trump Rally Clip to Fabricate 2025 Endorsement Senator John Cornyn’s Trump rally audio manipulation is now at the center of a political firestorm in Texas. The embattled incumbent is facing accusations of deliberately editing footage from a 2019 Trump rally to mislead Texas voters into believing he has President Donald Trump’s…
Senator John Cornyn Busted for Manipulating Trump Rally Audio to Deceive Texas Voters
Cornyn’s Campaign Edited 2019 Trump Rally Clip to Fabricate 2025 Endorsement Senator John Cornyn’s Trump rally audio manipulation is now at the center of a political firestorm in Texas. The embattled incumbent is facing accusations of deliberately editing footage from a 2019 Trump rally to mislead Texas voters into believing he has President Donald Trump’s…
Biden-Era Holdover Behind Mar-a-Lago Raid Still Employed in Trump Administration
Philip Droege, Records Official Who Triggered Mar-a-Lago Raid, Still Employed In Trump Administration In a stunning revelation, Investigative Journalist Laura Loomer has exposed a serious internal conflict in the Trump White House. Biden-era holdover, Philip Droege, the longtime Director of the White House Office of Records Management, still holds a position in the Trump administration….
L3Harris and ELT Group team up on Italian ISR multi-sensor test facility
L3Harris is the prime contractor for Italy’s Joint Airborne Multi-Mission Multi-Sensor System (L3Harris) BELFAST — L3Harris and electronic warfare (EW) specialist ELT Group are partnering to set up an Italian intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) multi-sensor test facility — a first of its kind built outside the US. The future facility is one “we think…
Who’s Who in Defense: Joni Ernst, Chairman, Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Chairman, Senate Armed Services (SASC) Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa Responsibilities Sen. Ernst is no newcomer to chairing the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, having done so with the 116th Congress. For the 119th Congress, she again picks up the reins of a legislative body with jurisdiction over…
Navy begins inducting T-45 trainer aircraft for service life extensions
T-45 Goshawk trainers on the carrier USS Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael E. Wiese/Released) WASHINGTON — The Navy has started inducting its legacy trainer aircraft, the T-45 Goshawk, into a service life extension program (SLEP) designed to keep the fleet in service through 2036 while the Navy advances its successor…
UK Online Age Verification Triggers Chaos, Site Bans, VPN Surge
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. What do you get when you mix bad tech, worse policy, and a government that thinks facial recognition is just magic fairy dust? You get the UK’s Online Safety Act, now fully operational, steamrolling through privacy rights like a…
Reps. Gottheimer and Bacon Call For Controversial “STOP HATE Act” to Regulate Social Media Content with ADL Backing
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A new piece of legislation was unveiled by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Don Bacon (R-NE) will raise alarms among defenders of free speech, as it aims to impose sweeping oversight on major social media platforms under the stated…
Allentown Sued for Retaliating Against Man Who Filmed Police from Public Sidewalk
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A Pennsylvania man who used his phone to record police officers from a public sidewalk is taking the City of Allentown to court after being chased by a patrol vehicle, threatened with arrest, and charged with loitering and disorderly…
Innocent People Are Already Getting Caught Up in UK Police’s Dystopian Facial Recognition Scans
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A community volunteer wrongly targeted by facial recognition technology is preparing to take London’s Metropolitan Police to court after what he describes as a distressing and unjust encounter. The High Court has now granted permission for the case to…
With Formula 1 blueprint, MGI Engineering says it’s revving up to scale drone production
UK firm MGI Engineering unveiled the SkyShark one way attack drone earlier this month as the company bids to satisfy a UK MoD requirement for up to 7000 of such aircraft (MGI Engineering) BELFAST — Leveraging vast experience in Formula 1 racing car designs, UK firm MGI Engineering is switching lanes and prioritizing a ramp…
Santiago Summit: Boric, Lula, Petro, and Sánchez Call for Global Digital Speech Regulation in Name of Democracy
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A political summit in Santiago this week brought together a bloc of staunchly pro-censorship leaders who used the gathering to call for aggressive state regulation of digital platforms and to promote a shared vision of global governance rooted in…
South Korea to perform engine overhauls for US Army Chinooks
A CH-47F Chinook of the US Army’s 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade lands at Osan Air Base in South Korea in May 2025. (Mike Yeo / Breaking Defense) MELBOURNE — The US and South Korean militaries have agreed on a plan to overhaul US Army Chinook heavy lift helicopters based in South Korea in-country under a…
Monte Hawkins Fired After Loomer Report Exposes Anti-Trump, Pro-DEI CBP Vetting Director
Monte Hawkins Led Immigration Vetting While Actively Defying Trump’s Border Agenda—Until Loomer Exposed Him CBP leadership fired Monte Hawkins from his role as Director of the National Vetting Center (NVC) just two days after investigative journalist Laura Loomer exposed his anti-Trump, pro-DEI, and open borders agenda. As the official in charge of immigration vetting systems,…
We are China hawks. Don’t pivot to Asia!
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by Wang Ye/Xinhua via Getty Images) American B-2s just set the Iranian nuclear problem back by years. Syria is no longer a basket case. And the Trump administration has secured a commitment by NATO members to spend…
My Horrible Two Weeks
Nearly four weeks ago I described what I called my horrible two weeks – wherein my gallbladder, which we had thought was okay, unilaterally decided to develop a few gallstones with one thinking crawling up and blocking my pancreatic duct and causing a massively painful case of pancreatitis might be fun. Hint: it wasn’t. Well,…
Regional sales and ASFAT’s CEO on his expansion plans: Middle East Defense Digest [Video]
Welcome to the first edition of the Middle East Defense Digest, a new monthly show hosted by Breaking Defense’s Middle Eastern Bureau Chief Agnes Helou. In this inaugural episode, Agnes explains what to expect from the show, touches on a few recent contract announcements from the region, and then sits down for an interview with…
Power, payload, range, and advanced avionics: What’s needed in multi-role helicopters
Leonardo’s AW149 can transport 16 fully equipped troops in accord with standard NATO requirements. (Leonardo photo) The AW149 helicopter is Leonardo’s medium-sized rotary wing solution for the modern battlefield. Designed to meet evolving operational needs driven by the current geopolitical state of affairs and the necessity for interoperability among different military assets and domains, the…
Appropriators restore funding for Commerce’s TraCSS spacewatch effort
The orbital population of active and inactive satellites continues to grow, especially in low Earth orbit. (Image credit: NASA) WASHINGTON — The fiscal 2026 budget bills approved by appropriators on both sides of Capitol Hill would restore fiscal 2026 funding eliminated by the Trump administration for the Commerce Department’s nascent space safety program — an…
State Department clears Egypt to buy NASAMS in $4.7B deal
The National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS, firing a missile. The system, jointly produced by the US and Norway, is a critical part of Ukraine’s air defense. (Photo: Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace) WASHINGTON —The US State Department today approved the potential Foreign Military Sale of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) to Egypt…
Startup Union eyes share of 155mm shell production at new Texas facility
US Army Charlie Battery, 4th Battalion, 11th Field Artillery perform a series of 155mm calibration fires to ensure accuracy in brigade operations. (DVIDS) WASHINGTON — At a time when the US Army is working to ramp up 155mm artillery round production, a venture-backed startup is eyeing a share of that market with the launch of…
Largest military buildup in the Pacific since World War II means network transport must keep up
Warfighters operate equipment at the lab located at Defense Information Systems Agency Headquarters at Fort Meade, MD. (Photo by David Abizaid, Defense Information Systems Agency). A myriad of challenges facing the Department of Defense network transport include legacy systems, security, bandwidth, and latency. To address these issues and to “future-proof” network transport so it stays…
Retailers Are Charging You More Based on Your Data. Here’s What You Can Do.
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Ever noticed online price tags that seem suspiciously uncertain, numbers hovering ambiguously between suggestion and reality? That’s surveillance pricing, the newest darling of…
Senate confirms Lohmeier as Air Force No. 2 civilian
Matthew Lohmeier testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee as President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the undersecretary for the Department of the Air Force on May 1, 2025. (SASC Screengrab) WASHINGTON — The US Senate today confirmed Matthew Lohmeier as the Department of the Air Force’s newest under secretary, filling a vacancy left open…
Brazilian Feminist Isabela Cêpa Faces 25-Year Sentence as Supreme Court Retroactively Applies Racism Law to Gender Speech
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Brazilian women’s rights advocate Isabela Cêpa, a feminist known online as “Feminisa,” is again facing the possibility of a 25-year prison sentence in what has become one of the most aggressive speech-related prosecutions in modern Brazil. The charges stem…
Space Force creates new ‘System Deltas’ to guide missile warning, space-based targeting efforts
As part of the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared System (Next-Gen OPIR), two polar satellites will provide coverage over the northern hemisphere. (Graphic: Northrop Grumman) WASHINGTON — The Space Force’s primary acquisition command has created two new subordinate organizations, called “Systems Deltas (SYDs),” to oversee development programs: the first for missile warning and tracking, the…
Brave Leads the Charge Against Microsoft’s Memory Machine
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Microsoft’s Recall tool, which continuously captures screenshots of user activity on Windows machines, is prompting renewed pushback from the privacy-focused tech community. Leading the charge is Brave, a browser built with user privacy at its core, which will soon…
Amazon Acquires Bee, the AI Wearable That Hears Everything You Say
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Amazon is moving to acquire Bee, a startup focused on voice-driven wearable technology, signaling a broader push into AI-powered personal devices. Bee manufactures a lightweight bracelet and an Apple Watch app designed to capture and process audio from the…
CNO nominee Adm. Caudle says he will look at ‘pulling the plug’ on sub Boise
Adm. Daryl Caudle, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, delivers remarks during a reenlistment and promotion ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial, May 23, during Fleet Week New York 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kalvin Kes.) WASHINGTON — Adm. Daryl Caudle, the White House’s nominee to become the 34th chief of naval…
TAI inks strategic partnership with Airbus for Hurjets for Spain
A Hurjet trainer aircraft on display at IDEF 2025. (Breaking Defense/Agnes Helou) IDEF 2025 — Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Airbus today inked a strategic partnership agreement at the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF) in Istanbul, formalizing the collaboration on joint production of the Hurjet advanced jet trainer to meet “Spain’s jet trainer procurement needs,”…
What’s really in reconciliation, and how the pentagon can make it work
Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, departs following a vote at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The recently enacted budget reconciliation act is a major, and somewhat unique, Congressional accomplishment that is good for the nation’s security. The defense portion of the reconciliation bill…
D.C. Circuit Strikes Down Gag Order Blocking X From Disclosing Government Data Requests in FBI Whistleblower Case
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. A federal appeals court has struck down a sweeping gag order that prevented X from notifying users when their data was sought by the US government, declaring that the order failed to meet legal standards under federal privacy law….
As electronic warfare prevades battlefields, Israeli firm is thinking smaller with anti-jam tech
An artist’s rendering shows Israeli firm infiniDome anti-jamming tech, GPSdome-SunStone, designed for small UAVs. (infiniDome) JERUSALEM — As modern militaries confront increasingly electronic warfare-saturated battlefields, an Israeli defense firm says it sees an opening in providing anti-jam capabilities to increasingly small platforms like drones and, eventually, GPS-guided munitions themselves to “make smart munitions smart again.”…
‘Threat detectors’: Australia issues first batch of counter-UAS system contracts
Australian Army Corporal Patrick Flanagan operates the AIM Defence Counter-UAS Directed Energy Weapons System during a demonstration at the Puckapunyal Military Area, Australia. (Credit: CPL Jacob Joseph/Australian Department of Defence) MELBOURNE — Less than a year after inviting tenders for a program to rapidly acquire a suite of counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (c-UAS) capabilities, Australia has…
‘Lugged’ and affordable: Air Force seeks industry info on new cruise missile
U.S. Air Force Capt. Joseph Masson, a navigator assigned to the 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, inspects AGM-86 air-launched cruise missiles during exercise Prairie Vigilance 25-1 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, April 12, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kyle Wilson) WASHINGTON — Seeking to bolster its budding…
Northrop targeting more European sales for IBCS, with local production pitch
The Polish government, who selected IBCS to serve as the centerpiece for its medium range air defense modernization program, declared Initial Operational Capability in December 2024. Poland is the first U.S. ally to field the system. (Northrop Grummon) RAF FAIRFORD, England — Northrop Grumman is pitching its Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) to the European…
How the Pentagon plays into Trump’s sprawling artificial intelligence ‘Action Plan’
An 149th Intelligence Squadron airman conducts training in a computer training lab at Mather Field, California Dec. 2, 2023. The December 2023 UTA focus was on the readiness of the airmen by embracing their unit’s stated mission to “Organize, train, and equip Cyber-ISR leaders to provide intelligence in support of federal and state mission priorities….
Space Force eyes ‘novel’ development tools for Golden Dome SBIs
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test Oct. 29, 2020, at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. (US Air Force photo by Michael Peterson) WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is considering innovative methods — such as prize contests and industry cooperation — for kick starting development of space-based…
Roketsan signs agreement with Indonesia, unveils five missiles and space launch vehicle designs
A 1:6 model of the Simsek-2 Space Launch Vehicle unveiled by Turkish firm Roketsan at IDEF 2025. (Agnes Helou/Breaking Defense) IDEF 2025 — Turkish missile firm Roketsan today signed an agreement with Indonesia to transfer the production technology of its Cakir cruise missile to Jakarta, while also using the second day of Turkey’s IDEF event…
Denmark orders four MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones for Arctic missions
Artist rendering of a Danish MQ-9B medium altitude, long endurance drone (Danish Ministry of Defence) BELFAST — Denmark and the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) have reached an agreement on the acquisition of four General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian medium altitude, long endurance drones to be operated by the Nordic nation…
Army upgrades policy, technology to secure GenAI
Mr. Leonel Garciga, the U.S. Army Chief Information Officer, addresses the moderator and members of the panel during the Under Secretary of the Army’s Digital Transformation Panel at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2023. (US Army photo by Henry Villarama) WASHINGTON — Artificial intelligence is a powerful but dangerous…
When Smart Meters Turn Into Spy Tools
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. California’s robust privacy protections are facing a critical test as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and community advocates press forward with a lawsuit to dismantle what they describe as an illegal and biased surveillance operation run by Sacramento’s public…
The quiet cut to US defense innovation — and why China is watching
Capt. Franca Jones, commander, Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) presents a brief to scientists and leadership with Notre Dame University. (US Navy Photo by Dr. Jill Phan/Released) While Beijing continues to surge investment into military modernization and dual-use technologies, a quiet policy shift at the Department of Defense could erode a long-standing US advantage: the…
Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Digital Movies Without Warning
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Microsoft has unexpectedly shut down the option to purchase movies and TV shows through its Xbox and Windows storefronts, leaving users with no opportunity to prepare for the change. The removal took effect immediately and was first noticed when…
Canada Advances National Digital ID With Consultants
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Canada’s federal government has begun laying the groundwork for a nationwide digital ID system by turning to private consultants, sidestepping both a formal budget disclosure and parliamentary involvement. Documents reveal that the Department of Social Development determined the scope…
Steam Purges Games Under Pressure from Visa and Mastercard’s Unseen Censorship
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Somewhere between your mouse click and a purchase, a private boardroom full of executives quietly decided what you’re allowed to see, support, or sell. They don’t run your favorite website. They’re not elected lawmakers. But if Visa or Mastercard…
Global military space spending growth trend continues in 2024, topping $60B
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and Space Operations Command (SpOC), successfully launch a Global Positioning System (GPS) M-code satellite into orbit as part of the GPS III-7 mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, May 30, 2025. (Photo courtesy of SpaceX)…
Proton Launches Lumo, a Privacy-First AI Assistant
If you’re tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Proton has introduced Lumo, a new AI assistant crafted with a strong focus on safeguarding user privacy. Unlike most AI tools on the market, Lumo was developed without relying on external partners or harvesting user data for training purposes….
‘All about time’: Army turns to AI to reprogram RF waveforms at the edge
A US Army Paratrooper assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division talks into a radio microphone during rotation 21-05 at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., March 7, 2021. (US Army photo by Sgt. Justin Stafford) WASHINGTON — As part of the Army’s ongoing transformation in contact effort, the Army Reprogramming…
Turkey and UK edge closer to Eurofighter fighter jet deal after MoU signing
UK Defence Secretary John Healey (left) and Turkish Minister of National Defence, Yasar Güler sign the Eurofighter Typhoon MoU at the International Defence Industry Fair in Istanbul (BAE Systems) IDEF 2025 — Turkey and the United Kingdom took what the UK called a “big step” closer to finalizing a contract for 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fourth-generation…