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FBI agents assigned earlier this year to review investigative files in the criminal case against notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were instructed to “flag” any documents that mentioned President Donald Trump, Sen. Richard Durbin said Friday.

The first woman to lead the U.S. Naval Academy is being reassigned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Department of Defense said Friday. The big picture: Vice Adm. Yvette Davids joins a growing list of women and people of color serving in top military roles to be ousted by the Trump administration, many of whom as part of a purge of so-called "wokeness" in the military.

Will Sailors have to wear an ICE patch Next?... The tRump administration has dictated the use of South Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to hold immigrant detainees. It’s the latest move in the administration’s plan to conduct mass deportations of undocumented immigrants by expanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel and facilities.

Pictures released to WHRO by the mother of a sailor serving on board the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford shows backed up toilets and waste spilt onto the floor. The problem became worse over the course of a week onboard the aircraft carrier, which left Norfolk on June 24, she said.

“It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

NEW HIT SONG - Releasing the Files (Trump's Epstein Files Saga)

President Donald Trump passed on a chance to launch a sustained strike on Iran that could have fully dismantled the country’s nuclear program. Months in the making, the plan was crafted by the commander of the U.S. Central Command, Erik Kurilla, a four-star general nicknamed “the Gorilla” and one of the few voices on the Middle East that Trump actually listens to, NBC News reported.

A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said Wednesday he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle and pinned down by federal agents who arrested him.

I guess trump's assessment was off... One of the three nuclear enrichment sites in Iran struck by the United States last month was mostly destroyed, setting work there back significantly. But the two others were not as badly damaged and may have been degraded only to a point where nuclear enrichment could resume in the next several months if Iran wants it to, according to a recent U.S. assessment of the destruction caused by the military operation, five current and former U.S. officials familiar with the assessment told NBC News.

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The House Armed Services Committee passed an amendment to its annual defense policy bill barring the Pentagon from using any of the funds from next year's defense budget to rename Defense Department installations in honor of Confederate figures.

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Our troops deserve better leadership. These Pentagon issues fall squarely on Hedgehog & trumps lap... The reprimand allegedly took place after a tense one-on-one meeting on April 4 between Yinon Weiss, Elon Musk’s pick to lead DOGE at the Defense Department, and Justin Fulcher, another official at the advisory body, three sources told the Washington Post.

Earlier this month, as Republicans raced to get their “big, beautiful” billionaire tax cut package across the line, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was also making the rich richer. Russell Vought, who serves as acting director of the CFPB while simultaneously serving as the director of the Office of Management and Budget, quietly signed an order releasing Navy Federal Credit Union from its agreement to refund $80 million to U.S. service members over illegal fees.

Three sailors in Great Lakes, Ill., were arrested in late June as part of an anti-human trafficking operation in Lake County. The three sailors were arrested along with 24 other men, all charged with one count of soliciting a sexual act, according to a Lake County Sheriff’s Office release. The men were released pending a court date.

It's been nearly a year since a jury convicted Bree Kuhn for murdering her husband, Collin Turner, in their Gulf Breeze home in 2021. Kuhn, then a U.S. Navy chief petty officer, shot and killed Turner, a 33-year-old retired U.S. Marine, after an hours-long argument escalated to violence at the couple's home in Gulf Breeze, Florida, on Sept. 8, 2021.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Chesapeake’s own U.S. Navy chief culinary specialist Juho Lee is headed to the 2025 Department of Defense Warrior Games challenge in Colorado Springs.

But the 3.8% pay hike would be a step down from the 4.5% hike all troops saw this past January. And lawmakers last year also approved a second, targeted pay raise for junior enlisted troops which went into effect in January, raising some service members’ paychecks by an additional 10%.

"The Navy is committed to maintaining a ready fleet," Kilby said, explaining that the Navy is working to increase its ship readiness by improving the maintenance processes and reducing delays, increasing the procurement of spare parts, and taking a "focused and deliberate" approach to "manning, training, modernization, and sustainment."

Obviously Hedgehog is a Polliwog... Rear Adm. Michael “Buzz” Donnelly was named as a candidate for promotion to vice admiral and commander of the 7th Fleet on June 18 by President Donald Trump. But amid a recent report by conservative news outlet The Daily Wire about Donnelly allowing drag performances under his command aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, the Pentagon has moved on from the admiral.

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