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  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Hugo Lowell

    Donald Trump’s so-called Golden Dome missile defense program – which will feature space-based weapons to intercept strikes against the US – is not expected to be ready before the end of his term, despite his prediction that it would be completed within the next three years. In the Oval Office last week, when he announced that the US space force would oversee the project under Gen Michael Guetlein, the president said he was confident that it would be “fully operational” before he left office.

  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Hugo Lowell

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  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Hugo Lowell

    The White House has lost confidence in a Pentagon leak investigation that Pete Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides last month, after advisers were told that the aides had supposedly been outed by an illegal warrantless National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap. The extraordinary explanation alarmed the advisers, who also raised it with people close to JD Vance, because such a wiretap would almost certainly be unconstitutional and an even bigger scandal than a number of leaks.

  • 1 week ago | theguardian.com | Hugo Lowell

    Defense secretary Pete Hegseth moved on Friday to dramatically curtail press access inside the Pentagon, seemingly punishing the news media for reporting on leaks of classified and unclassified information in recent weeks. The changes, announced in a two-page memo issued by Hegseth, effectively boxed credentialed reporters into one corner on one floor of the building that houses the press office and spaces used by news organizations.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Hugo Lowell

    Donald Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will appoint US space force Gen Michael Guetlein to oversee the “Golden Dome” missile defense project envisioned to protect the United States from possible foreign strikes, according to two people familiar with the matter. The president was expected to discuss the project alongside the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, at 3pm ET at the White House.

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Hugo Lowell
Hugo Lowell @hugolowell
11 May 25

Good luck to the intel agencies with dismantling every panel in the 747 that Qatar is giving Trump to check for bugs and trackers

Hugo Lowell
Hugo Lowell @hugolowell
11 May 25

RT @jonkarl: ABC EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is poised to accept a luxury jet as a gift from Qatar. It’s to be used as Air Force One and t…

Hugo Lowell
Hugo Lowell @hugolowell
10 May 25

NEW: Trump special counsel prosecutor Jay Bratt is expected to appear before the House judiciary committee next week Wednesday, per three people familiar. @guardian scoop w @ChrisJStein https://t.co/jm1XFoj9BD