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Pam Bondi Moves to Military Base Amid Security Threats: Sources

Relocation follows cartel threats and backlash over Epstein case handling, sources say

(Newser) - Attorney General Pam Bondi has reportedly traded her DC apartment for a bunk on a Washington-area military base, a move the New York Times says followed escalating threats tied to her work on drug cartels and the Jeffrey Epstein case. Sources say federal law enforcement flagged a series of warnings...

Spain's PM Doubles Down After Trump Threat: 'No to War'

Pedro Sanchez says war in Iran would be 'playing Russian roulette' with millions of lives

(Newser) - Spain's prime minister is rebuffing President Trump's threats of a US trade embargo. Per the BBC , Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday explained why he won't let the US use its bases for military action against Iran , summing up his government's stance in just a few words: "...

Spain Blocks US Use of Its Bases for Iran Strikes

Madrid cites violations of international law

(Newser) - Spain has slammed the door on US military aircraft involved in strikes on Iran, saying American forces can't use its bases for operations Madrid views as illegal under international law. Spain's foreign minister José Manuel Albares said Sunday that US and Israeli actions were "unilateral" and Spanish...

Details of Trump's Greenland 'Framework' Are Hazy

Greenland's PM says he hasn't been told about plan but is ready for 'respectful' dialogue

(Newser) - President Trump says there's a Greenland deal in the works, but many details remain very unclear. Trump announced Wednesday that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had agreed on a "framework" for a future arrangement covering Greenland and the wider Arctic, calling it potentially "great" for...

Kids at Military Base Schools Will Have to Ditch Cellphones

Bipartisan defense bill bans student smartphones in K-12 classrooms on military bases

(Newser) - Military kids on US bases are about to join the growing list of students who can't check TikTok between classes. Tucked into the $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act is a new requirement: K-12 students at schools run by the Department of Defense Education Activity will be barred from...

Prosecutors: Shooting Hoax Was Effort to Bond at Work

Malika Brittingham allegedly wanted to 'trauma bond' with her colleagues

(Newser) - A scare about a supposed shooting that prompted a lockdown at New Jersey's largest military base was a hoax caused by a civilian employee who wanted to "trauma bond" with her colleagues, according to federal prosecutors. Malika Brittingham, a civilian who works for the Naval Air Warfare Center...

Trump Asks Naval Base Outside Chicago for Support

Naval Station Great Lakes says it's been asked to support immigration operations

(Newser) - President Trump's administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thursday, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdown to other cities. The Department of Homeland Security has asked Naval Station Great Lakes for "limited support in the form...

Pentagon Reverts Another Military Base's Name

Fort Moore is once again Fort Benning (but not that Benning)

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, for the second time , reversed the renaming of a US military base, saying that Fort Moore in Georgia should revert back to being called Fort Benning, the AP reports. The move reflects an ongoing effort by the Pentagon to overturn the Biden administration's 2023...

Army May Resurrect 'Fort Bragg'
Fort Liberty Is
Once Again Fort Bragg
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Feb 11, 2025 12:00 AM CST

Fort Liberty Is Once Again Fort Bragg

Though it's now named after a different Bragg

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday signed a memorandum making good on one of President Trump's campaign promises: Fort Liberty is once again Fort Bragg. The memo declared the Army would rename it as such, though it's now named after Private First Class Roland L. Bragg, who won...

Drones Snooped on US Base in Virginia for 17 Straight Days
Drones Visited Air Force Base
for 17 Straight Nights
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Oct 19, 2024 2:00 PM CDT

Drones Visited Air Force Base for 17 Straight Nights

Pentagon doesn't know who was behind the mysterious visitors to Langley

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal has a strange scoop involving Virginia's Langley Air Force Base. It seems that in December of last year, a sophisticated fleet of drones flew over the base for 17 straight nights—and the military was powerless to stop them. Were they the work of China?...

US Gives Its Last Military Base in Niger to Junta

US completes withdrawal from air base used in counterterrorism fight

(Newser) - The US handed over its last military base in Niger—one of two crucial hubs for American counterterrorism operations in the country—to local authorities, the US Department of Defense and Niger's Ministry of Defense announced in a joint statement on Monday. The handing over of Air Base 201...

Army Base Faces 'Marathon of Recovery' After Rogue Waves

Repairs on Roi-Namur in Marshall Islands 'may last months or even years,' says Army rep

(Newser) - Powerful rogue waves slammed into a remote Pacific island that's home to a major US military installation on Saturday, causing extensive damage that could take months to repair, according to an Army statement. The Army said multiple areas of Roi-Namur "are underwater ," per CNN . Lying about 2,...

Report: 'Lost' Chinese Tourists Could Be Gathering Intel

They've turned up at US bases, sensitive sites 'as many as 100 times in recent years'

(Newser) - Lost tourists, or something more sinister? Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Chinese nationals have attempted to make their way onto military bases and other sensitive US sites "as many as 100 times in recent years," ostensibly to collect some kind of intelligence or test the security...

This Forced Evacuation of 2K at Crimea Military Base

Ammunition fire also caused closure of major highway

(Newser) - Two days after an attack on a bridge linking Russia to the Crimean peninsula, a major fire at a military base in the Russian-occupied peninsula has forced the evacuation of 2,000 people, according to Crimea's governor. Russian-installed governor Sergei Aksyonov said the fire at a military training ground...

Army Base Renamed to Honor Black WWI Hero

Fort Polk in Louisiana is now Fort Johnson

(Newser) - A US Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black hero of World War I who received the Medal of Honor nearly a century later. Fort Johnson had previously been named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. The renaming is part of...

Fort Bragg Is No Longer Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg Is
No Longer Fort Bragg
Jun 2, 2023 11:01 AM CDT

Fort Bragg Is No Longer Fort Bragg

Military renames it Fort Liberty, part of a push to rid itself of Confederate names

(Newser) - Quick, name the biggest military base in the country. The longtime answer of "Fort Bragg" is no longer correct. The Pentagon on Friday formally renamed the gigantic base in North Carolina "Fort Liberty," reports CNN . It's part of the military's ongoing push to rid itself...

Army Wife Who 'Raised Hell' Gets a Base in Her Name

Fort Benning renamed for Hal and Julia Moore; she pushed for gentler death notices of servicemembers

(Newser) - The Army's Fort Benning in Georgia is now Fort Moore—another in the list of military institutions taking down Confederate names and replacing them with more modern ones. However, as CBS News reports, the "Moore" in the name is actually representative of two Moores—Lt. Gen. Hal Moore...

Netflix to Make 'Transformative' Investment in Jersey

Streaming company is planning $900M facility at former Army base at Jersey Shore

(Newser) - Netflix said Wednesday it plans to build a state-of-the-art production facility at a former Army base at the Jersey Shore that will cost more than $900 million and create thousands of jobs. The California-based company will pay $55 million for a 292-acre site on the former Fort Monmouth military base...

China Building Secret Base in Cambodia, Officials Say

Both countries have denied the project, though groundbreaking is this week

(Newser) - China is establishing a naval base in Cambodia as part of its plan to have military sites for its use around the world, Western officials say. The two nations have shrouded the project in secrecy and denials, though they plan a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday that Chinese officials will attend,...

Two Journalists Witness Tense US-China Exchanges

Chinese radio operators warn Navy plane to leave South China Sea area, and it refuses

(Newser) - China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top US military commander tells...

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