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Military News
Fort Cavazos Soldier Gets Life in Prison After Horrific String of Attacks on Female Troops in Barracks

Army Times
More than two-thirds of reserve troops are overweight

Defense News
Space Force weather satellite deemed ready for forecasts

Military News
Secretive 'Dark Eagle' Hypersonic Missile Launches from Cape Canaveral

Breaking Defense
Navy Secretary axes contracts for fleet maintenance software, ‘DEI,’ climate in $300M purge

Defense One
The Army is preparing a generative AI workspace to improve daily operations

Breaking Defense
Elon Musk sat in on job interview for Air Force’s top civilian

Defense One
White House tries again to issue a workforce-reduction order that can survive legal scrutiny

The Globe and Mail
U.S. auto industry appeals to Trump to reverse course on tariffs

CBS News
Stunt pilot Rob Holland killed in plane crash at Langley AFB - More

Axios
The 22nd Amendment: Why Trump can't be elected a third time

MSNBC News
Five key quotes from Trump’s Time interview on his first 100 days - More - More

NBC News
Trump's memecoin dinner contest earns insiders $900,000 in two days - More

CNBC News
Trump's memecoin dinner contest earns insiders $900,000 in two days

NBC News
Hegseth trying to show Trump he's a fighter amid chaos in Pentagon

NPR News
New senior staff announced as White House looks to 'right the ship' at the Pentagon

CBS News
DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.

Wired News
‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question

The Guardian
Weatherwatch: Sage advice 50-odd years ago on UK nuclear power still relevant

Breaking Defense
Estonia approves $3.2B defense spending spike

BBC News
Pope Francis laid to rest after funeral brings together politicians, royalty and 400,000 mourners

BBC News
Who was at Pope Francis' funeral and where did they sit?

Time Magazine
President Trump Pays His Respects at Pope Francis’ Funeral

BBC News
Trump questions Putin's desire for peace after meeting Zelensky - More

Military News
Russia Says all Ukrainian Troops Have Left the Kursk Region - More

The Guardian
Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia

NPR News
Trump calls on Russia and Ukraine to meet to negotiate an end to the war

The Guardian
Kharkiv residents reel from Russian attacks

BBC News
Putin and Trump envoy had constructive meeting, Russian aide says

Reuters News Agency
Cosmos 2553 is spinning out of control, analysts say - More

BBC News
DR Congo and Rwanda vow to agree peace plan within days

Aios
Trump has quietly been hammering Yemen for six weeks

Navy Times
Houthi rebels have shot down 7 US Reaper drones in recent weeks

BBC News
At least 400 injured in large explosion at Iran port - More

Military News
Iran and the US Hold Expert Talks in Oman Over Tehran's Rapidly Advancing Nuclear Program

BBC News
Six police officers killed in Thailand plane crash

BBC News
Who will win the race to develop a humanoid robot?

Navy Times
Navy suspends search for missing USS Nimitz sailor

Navy Times
Enlisted Australian sailors trained to use US nuclear attack subs

The Guardian
Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on Kangaroo Island

Military News
48 Hours with Marines and Soldiers on the US Southern Border

The Associated Press
Today in History: 30 April

This Day in Aviation
30 April

France 24
Les fidèles se pressent pour un dernier hommage au pape François

France 24
L'énervement des Américains ne doit porter que sur Poutine, affirme Emmanuel Macron

Agence France-Presse
Kinshasa et le groupe armé M23 disent vouloir œuvrer à la conclusion d'une trêve

Agence France-Presse
Gaza : 55 morts dans des frappes, l'armée israélienne menace d'élargir son offensive

Agence France-Presse
Frontières fermées, visas annulés : le Pakistan et l’Inde répliquent après l’attentat au Cachemire - Plus

Radio-Canada
Que retiennent les Vietnamiens de la guerre du Vietnam ?

International Commentary

Oleksandr Mykhed | The Guardian
We hid in the bathroom as bombs fell on Kyiv. Is this Trump’s idea of peace?

Nataliya Gumenyuk | The Guardian
In Kyiv, we don’t believe in the fantasy of Trump’s ‘peace deal’. Our reality is more dead civilians.

Colin Jones | The New Yorker
What’s Legally Allowed in War

Susan B. Glasser | The New Yorker
Waiting for Trump’s Big, Beautiful Deals

Cory Turner | NPR News
Why judges blocked the Trump admin's school DEI crackdown

Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos | The New Yorker
A Politics of Fear Defines Trump’s First Hundred Days in Office

Lawrence O’Donnell | MSNBC News
Trump's second term: 'He is in his 94th consecutive day of failure'

Mona Eltahawy | The Guardian
I left behind an authoritarian state to move to the US

Anjana Rajan and Jonathan Ring | Defense One
The AI arms race will be won on mathematical proof

D. Graham Burnett | The New Yorker
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?

Margaret Hartmann | The Intelligencer
How Trump Could Change Daylight Saving Time

Book Reviews

Hillel Italie | The Associated Press
10 fiction and nonfiction books inspired by the Vietnam War