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NEW: The Trump administration told @washingtonpost Thursday that even as it expands the use of AI, it will keep a human in the loop in nuclear warfare. The hypothetical nuclear attack that escalated the Pentagon’s showdown with Anthropic
Tara Copp
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Tara Copp
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@WashingtonPost Pentagon correspondent. Signal: taracopp.06. Email: [email protected]
- EXCLUSIVE: The @AP has obtained and tonight published a database of the file names and descriptions of more than 26,000 military images flagged for removal --because the pictures highlight contributions by women or minorities, or celebrate heritage -- or "DEI." A team of us went
- BREAKING: @SecDef Lloyd Austin has directed a service-wide stand down to take place in the next 60 days. Each military branch will schedule a stand down to allow each service to have "needed discussions" on extremism in the ranks
- Today our @AP White House reporter was denied access to the Oval Office because the Associated Press recognizes the international body of water on our southern coastline as the Gulf of Mexico, while acknowledging President Donald Trump's order to rename it the Gulf of America.
- Update to this story: #FAA employees fired included one who spoke to me on the record who was partnered with the @DeptofDefense on a classified, urgent need for an upgraded radar system for Hawaii to detect cruise missile threats. Their phone was wiped, institutional knowledge
- EXCLUSIVE: WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated Press. Known
- EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin seeking to deport wife of .@USArmy #7th Special Forces Group #veteran -hearing Monday in Arlington, Va. militarytimes.com/news/your-mili…
- BREAKING: .@RepAdamSmith @HASCDemocrats just denied DoD the ability to reprogram $1B in counterdrug $$$ for #BorderWall
- New from me: The Trump administration has reversed the firings of all but 28 of the nuclear weapons workers that @DOGE blindly cut last week. One of the hardest hit plants was Pantex -- near Amarillo, Texas -- where 30 percent of the cuts took place. The nuclear weapons role of
- #Military absentee ballots will be counted as late as Nov. 23. Re-posting b/c of @realDonaldTrump comments today he hopes vote count will stop Election night. 1 in 5 of those 250,000 military absentee votes was cast in Florida
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible "Insider Threat" by a fellow service member due to a tattoo he has that’s associated with white supremacists.
- .@USArmy releases the name of the third Black Hawk crew member in this week’s devastating collision with the American Airlines Jet: Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham, North Carolina. And a rare, heartbroken statement from her family.
