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Trump administration briefing: Judge reinstates some fired workers, more tariff threats on EU

Judge says it is a ‘lie’ that employees at federal agencies had performance issues; Trump mulls EU alcohol tariff – key US politics stories from Thursday at a glance

The Guardian - US

Pete Hegseth moving to relax rules of engagement as part of military lawyer overhaul, says report

Administration sacked top military lawyers last month and now wants sweeping changes among judge advocate general’s corps

The Independent UK

Trump believes US will annex Greenland as NATO leader tells him the organization will sit out potential takeover

Former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, now the NATO Secretary-General, declined to respond to Trump’s belligerent remarks

The Independent UK

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First Thing: Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war

System overhaul announced as new judge advocate generals being nominated after purge of predecessors. Plus, study finds marriage triples obesity risk in men – but not women

The Guardian - UK

Pentagon to unveil cuts alongside fiscal 2026 budget request - Roll Call

Yet to be seen is the impact of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency assessment of Defense Department spending.

Roll Call

‘Slap in the face’: AOC condemns Schumer over plan to vote for Republican funding bill – as it happened

Minority leader’s intention to vote for Republican funding bill to avert shutdown attacked by progressive Democrats

The Guardian - US

Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war

The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general’s corps

The Guardian - US

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‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man

The US government’s move to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion policies is a naked attempt to appeal to prejudice – but it may well backfire

The Guardian - UK

Trump administration lawyers tie themselves in knots trying to defend trans military ban to judge

‘You're going to get rid of all these very qualified people who the military has spent millions of dollars into training specialized jobs for no other reason than they have had gender dysphoria or they transition,’ the judge summarized

The Independent UK

Military leaders warn of risks to armed forces' readiness in temporary funding bill

Military service leaders are telling senators that passing a temporary budget that keeps defense spending largely flat will hurt readiness and efforts to modernize the force

The Independent UK

Congress and DOGE Can Find Spending Cuts at the Department of Defense

The U.S. can defend itself at a lot less expense.

Reason

Stephen Colbert on Trump: ‘A sack of incompetence and malice’

Late-night hosts look at the president’s failed tariff war and how his economic plan has led to a disastrous stock market

The Guardian - US

Veteran GOP aide gets nod for a top slot in Trump's budget office - Roll Call

President Donald Trump nominated veteran Senate and White House aide Eric Ueland to the top management post at the White House budget office.

Roll Call

Pete Hegseth says the Defense Department doesn’t ‘do’ climate change despite being one of the largest polluters

The U.S. military has been identified as the single-largest consumer of energy in the U.S. and the world’s single-largest institutional consumer of petroleum

The Independent UK

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Salon

Paranoid Hegseth bans the Enola Gay

Trump’s defense secretary ends a 1965 policy barring racial segregation from contract facilities

The Guardian - US

Sycophancy and toadying are de rigueur in Trump’s court of self-aggrandizement

Gestures of servility from administration members and world leaders alike are sickeningly common in the mad king’s court

The Guardian - US

How Trump is driving US towards Russia – a timeline of the president’s moves

Since becoming president, Trump has upended the US approach to Ukraine and treated Moscow more as an ally

The Guardian - US

Will Trump put a Fox News host on the US supreme court? Mark Tushnet can’t rule it out

In his new book, the Harvard law professor argues against originalism and for putting non-judges on the highest court

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Latin Times

Pete Hegseth Removes 'Enola Gay' Bomber Images Because They Contain the Word 'Gay'

Thousands of military images online either have been or are set to be removed following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's order to remove content showcasing diversity efforts within the military, including images of B-29 bomber Enola Gay due to having the word 'gay' in it.

Evening Standard

Minister slaps down Russia's ambassador to London telling him Vladimir Putin could end Ukraine war tomorrow

Health minister Stephen Kinnock condemned Putin’s ‘illegal and barbaric’ invasion of Ukraine

Evening Standard

‘Fair enough’ for US to expect Europe to do more on defence, suggests minister

Sir Keir Starmer is due to speak to European leaders on Friday, as the UK’s diplomatic push for peace in Ukraine continues.

The Independent UK

Starmer to hold talks with European allies as push for Ukraine peace continues

PM to be updated by European leaders on the outcome of a summit aimed at boosting the continent’s defences and bolstering support for Kyiv

Evening Standard

Russia fires wave of missiles at Ukraine as Zelensky hopes for 'meaningful' talks with US

Russia launches latest wave of attacks as Volodymyr Zelensky confirms Ukrainian and UK officials will hold talks in Saudi Arabia next week

The Independent UK

Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate

First it was Fort Bragg, named in honor of a Confederate general

The Independent UK

‘Gay’ Hiroshima bomber, female and Black soldiers being erased in shocking Pentagon DEI file purge

As many as 100,000 photos and online posts including a female Medal of Honor recipient, Black soldiers and people whose last name is ‘Gay’ may be axed in the diversity eradication ordered by Donald Trump

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