Nick Turse

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Articles

Expect Trump’s Military Parade to Cost More Than the Army Says

1 week ago | theintercept.com | Nick Turse

President Donald Trump boasted on Monday that his hosting of a military parade in Washington, D.C., next month to honor the Army’s 250th anniversary — coincidentally the same date as his 79th birthday — was an act of divine intervention. “We’re going to have a big, big celebration, as you know, 250 years,” he said during a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery. “Can you imagine? I missed that four years, and now look what I have, I have everything. Amazing the way things work out.
Expect Trump’s Military Parade to Cost More Than the Army Says

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Nick Turse

Expect Trump’s Military Parade to Cost More Than the Army SaysThe Army says Trump’s June 14 military parade will cost up to $45 million. This is likely an underestimate due to unaccounted expenses. President …
Trump quer turbinar Pentágono, e Elon Musk é o favorito na mamata de bilhões | Intercept Brasil

1 week ago | intercept.com.br | Nick Turse

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Trump quer turbinar Pentágono, e Elon Musk é o favorito na mamata de bilhões | Intercept Brasil

1 week ago | intercept.com.br | Nick Turse

A Casa Branca apresentou ao Congresso dos EUA uma proposta mínima de orçamento, que vai injetar mais recursos federais no Pentágono e cortar com motosserra em educação, ajuda ao exterior, saúde e programas de assistência social.
U.S. Conducts “Largest Airstrike in the History of the World” (Sort Of)

2 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Nick Turse

President Harry S. Truman authorized the first nuclear attack in the history of the world, on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. Around 70,000 people, nearly all of them civilians, were vaporized, crushed, burned, or irradiated to death almost immediately. Another 50,000 probably died soon after. The bomb exploded with the force of more than 15,000 tons of TNT. But the aircraft carrier USS Harry S.
U.S. Conducts “Largest Airstrike in the History of the World” (Sort Of)

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Nick Turse

6 hours agoGraphics: Here's what it will take to transform the Qatari jet into Air Force OneA luxury jetliner gifted by Qatar is currently sitting on a tarmac at an airport in San Antonio waiting for a specialized overhaul to become the next Air Force One. The United States officially accepted the Boeing 747-8 on Wednesday, and the Air Force has been tasked to upgrade it to be used as a …11 hours agoStealth drone landed in Wyoming demanding fuel?
The Questionable Case of Kristi Noem's $50 Million Luxury Jet

2 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Nick Turse

Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump’s secretary of Homeland Security, came under fire last week for her department’s eleventh-hour request for a new luxury jet: $50 million for a Gulfstream 5 for Noem’s personal use, paid for out of the budget of the Coast Guard. The Department of Homeland Security responded to the denunciations with a stirring defense.
The Questionable Case of Kristi Noem's $50 Million Luxury Jet

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Nick Turse

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Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE

3 weeks ago | rsn.org | Nick Turse |Jonah Valdez

The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries. The Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for a global gulag for expelled immigrants. In addition to using longtime U.S. detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, the Trump administration is seeking more far-flung locales to hold deported people, regardless of their countries of origin.
Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE

3 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Nick Turse |Jonah Valdez

The Trump administration appears to be laying the groundwork for a global gulag for expelled immigrants. In addition to using longtime U.S. detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, the Trump administration is seeking more far-flung locales to hold deported people, regardless of their countries of origin.