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The union that represents employees of the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center is speaking out about the death of one of its own members. AFGE Local 3669, a chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees, called the death of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti “tragic and senseless” and said it is “especially disappointed” with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins’ reaction, according to a statement released Monday.

WASHINGTON — The Army-led Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) 401 announced additional authorities for counter-drone activities in the homeland, giving service chiefs and base commanders more flexibility to take on the growing menace.

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Alex Pretti, the protester murdered by ICE was a nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center... “Such tragedies are unfortunately happening in Minnesota because of state and local officials’ refusal to cooperate with the federal government (lying sack of poop) to enforce the law and deport dangerous illegal criminals,” the Republican who represented the 9th District in Congress goes on to say, echoing what Trump and the Homeland Security Secretary are saying.

Fishman wrote in his brief that the Trump administration is asking the court to “embrace a novel rule” regarding the First Amendment: “that retired military veterans have no constitutional protection for their speech whenever the Secretary of Defense—in his sole discretion and without even identifying all of the speech at issue—concludes that it ‘risks undermining military discipline and good order.’”

Leonardo DRS announced the opening of a new naval power and propulsion facility in Charleston, South Carolina, to support the U.S. Navy’s drive for shipbuilding and its nuclear-powered Columbia-class submarine program — which is currently facing an estimated 17-month delay.

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Claims by Trump administration officials that the man fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis lacked a right to possess a firearm and that his killing was justified are being dismissed by legal experts and assailed by gun rights groups ordinarily aligned with the president. The rhetoric from Trump law enforcement officials, including his FBI director and the top Border Patrol agent, goes against the decades long GOP effort to throttle gun control rules.

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A Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests President Trump’s proposed “Golden Fleet” of BBG(X) Trump-class battleships could become the most expensive warship program in U.S. history, with estimates ranging from $15 billion to $22 billion per ship depending on final displacement and design.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A aging, decommissioned destroyer that plays a little-known, but vital, role in maintaining the self-defense systems of Navy warfighting ships is on its last legs, but there's no clear plan to replace it, government watchdogs say.

Now guess what the Russians & Chinese are going to do? trump should have kept his mouth shut... WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro. Trump also renewed his threat to conduct military strikes on land against drug cartels, including in Mexico.

Dr. Bruce Davidson told the Daily Beast Podcast that he believes an overlooked detail from President Trump’s January Wall Street Journal interview about his health proves he’s hiding a previous stroke. “I read the report that he was taking 325mg of aspirin, and that is only recommended for people who’ve had a stroke to prevent a second stroke from a partially blocked artery,” Davidson told host Joanna Coles on The Daily Beast Podcast.

Not good for vets that use VA health services... Collins falsely claims the VA is not a medical and healthcare provider, but rather a national security agency, and therefore exempt from federal labor law under a so-called “national security” exception.

Capt. Douglas Whimpey, the commodore of First Naval Construction Regiment (1 NCR), was relieved of his duties on Friday, Jan. 23, becoming the first individual to lose such a position this year.

Update: A new video from a different angle. This is on Twitter. It shows the victim holding a phone in one hand and trying to put himself between ICE and two females that ICE was manhandling. He is then brought to the ground, pepper sprayed, Pistol whipped and then murdered with a handgun. https://x.com/ProjectLiberal/status/2015152446905974953?s=20

Watch ICE Assassinate a Human Being After Beating Him to the Ground (Facebook)

The NDS, which lays out how the Defense Department will follow the guidance of the National Security Strategy (NSS), is traditionally considered a foundational document for the Pentagon. But in a contrast with past releases, the department chose an unusual lack of fanfare: it emailed the document with no warning at almost 7:00 pm on a Friday, when the entire east coast is focused on a major snowstorm that is approaching.

An investigation is being conducted into the weekend death of a Navy officer deployed to the U.S. military’s hub in the east African country of Djibouti, service officials said Friday. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/africa/2026-01-23/navy-djibouti-camp-lemonnier-death-20500780.html Source - Stars and Stripes

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The Trump administration is weighing new tactics to drive regime change in Cuba, including imposing a total blockade on oil imports to the Caribbean country, three people familiar with the plan said Thursday.

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