Military

USNI: Marines deploy to downtown Los Angeles

| Importance: 6/10

Defense Secretary Hegseth deployed 700 Marines from 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (Twentynine Palms) to downtown Los Angeles on June 9, joining 2,100 National Guard troops as Task Force 51 under Maj. Gen. Sherman. Tasked with protecting federal property/personnel amid immigration protests, not law …

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Trump Administration Officially Accepts $400-500 Million Luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar as Air Force One Gift, Sparking Constitutional Crisis Over Foreign Emoluments and Bribery

| Importance: 10/10

The Trump Administration officially accepted a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner valued at approximately $400-500 million from the government of Qatar on May 21, 2025, to serve as a new Air Force One presidential aircraft. The acceptance of what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer characterized as …

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House Select Committee Exposes McKinsey Work for Chinese Military While Advising Pentagon

| Importance: 9/10

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), exposes evidence that McKinsey & Company worked for the Chinese military and Chinese Communist Party while receiving over $480 million to …

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Trump Signs Defense Bill Creating Space Force

| Importance: 7/10

President Trump signed the $738 billion National Defense Authorization Act on December 20, 2019, which established the United States Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. military. The new military service, first created since the Air Force in 1947, will initially comprise 16,000 active-duty …

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Lt. Col. Vindman Testifies - "It Was Improper for the President to Demand Investigation of U.S. Citizen"

| Importance: 9/10

National Security Council Ukraine expert Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, testified to House impeachment investigators on October 29, 2019 that he listened to President Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Zelensky in real-time and …

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Executive Order 9981 Desegregates U.S. Military - Truman Repudiates 170 Years of Discrimination

| Importance: 8/10

President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, abolishing discrimination “on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin” in the United States Armed Forces and repudiating 170 years of officially sanctioned discrimination. The order states “there …

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