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Is Barbie a Chinese communist sympathizer? GOP lawmakers weigh in
A movie on plastic dolls, not nuclear weapons, has caused political uproar among some conservatives.
By Zamone Perez
Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats
The Navy’s special operations forces have been focused on counterterrorism operations but now must begin to evolve beyond those missions.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Sea power backers propose $25 billion to fix US shipyards
The introduction of the 11-page Shipyard Act comes after President Joe Biden proposed a $2.25 trillion infrastructure package and Republicans made a $568 billion counteroffer.
By Joe Gould
Apple launches dual podcast-TV series on controversial former SEAL Eddie Gallagher
“The Line” is being touted as an “independently reported” endeavor to expose “previously untold aspects” of the story of former Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher.
By Jon Simkins
Navy pauses plan to move Wisconsin badger statue to Virginia museum
The U.S. Naval Academy loaned it to the state in 1988 and planned to move it to the nonprofit Nauticus Museum, where the second USS Wisconsin is berthed as an exhibit.
Congress approves waiver for Biden’s pick for defense secretary
President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon took a major step closer to confirmation on Thursday, after House and Senate lawmakers voted to waive a rule blocking the recently retired general from assuming the post.
Trump pardons former national security adviser Michael Flynn
The move is the latest in a series of controversial pardons by the president.
Former sailor details misconduct by SEALs pulled from Iraq
U.S. Navy intelligence specialist Colleen Grace was asleep on a remote air base in Iraq when she was woken up by knocking on the door next to her room, and then a voice she recognized.
Retired SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher sues Navy secretary and New York Times
The lawsuit alleges that the service unlawfully leaked information and that the reporter defamed Gallagher in news articles.
Congress may unite on fighting China with $100B tech industry boost
Congress would pump $100 billion into the National Science Foundation for research into artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced communications, robotics and more under a bipartisan proposal led by the Senate’s top Democrat.
By Joe Gould
Trump praise of ‘tormented’ Flynn raises pardon speculation
President Donald Trump voiced strong support Thursday for his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, raising speculation that a pardon may be coming after Flynn's lawyers disclosed internal FBI documents they claim show the FBI tried to “intentionally frame" him.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press