Information about U.S. strikes in Yemen that the defense secretary put in two group chats came from Central Command, according to two people familiar with the chats.
F.B.I. headquarters. In the past, the bureau would counter foreign disinformation campaigns by calling them out, but it has instead shut down its foreign influence task force.
The Pentagon and defense contractors are heavily reliant on magnets and rare earth minerals mined or processed in China, which has suspended exports of the materials in an escalating trade war.