Sam Biddle

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Sam Biddle

10 hours agoArmy plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learnsWASHINGTON (AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned.

1 week ago | theintercept.com | Sam Biddle

Trump’s nominee for under secretary of the Army, Michael Obadal, retired from a career in the Army in 2023, then spent the past two years working for Anduril, the ascendant arms maker with billions of dollars in Army contracts. If confirmed to the Pentagon post — often described as the “chief operating officer” position at the largest branch of the U.S. military — Obadal plans to keep his stock in Anduril, according to an ethics disclosure reviewed by The Intercept.

3 weeks ago | blackagendareport.com | Ann Garrison |Abayomi Azikiwe |Stanley Kwabla Arku |Sam Biddle

African Command's (AFRICOM) heavy-handed tactics in Africa have backfired, exposing U.S. arrogance and fueling a wave of resistance. As Sahel nations reject neocolonial bullying, Washington’s crumbling influence reveals the consequences of prioritizing militarism over mutual respect.

4 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Sam Biddle

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement just signed a contract worth $73 million with a firm whose executives are accused of taking part in a scheme to manufacture evidence against a co-worker during their time working at the Department of Homeland Security.

1 month ago | theintercept.com | Sam Biddle

Five years after Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian assured employees that the company was “not working on any projects associated with immigration enforcement at the southern border,” federal contract documents reviewed by The Intercept show that the tech giant is at the center of project to upgrade the so-called virtual wall. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is planning to modernize older video surveillance towers in Arizona that provide the agency an unblinking view of the border.