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Today — 17 October 2025Main stream

Venture Capitalist Resigns From Salesforce Foundation Over Benioff Comments

17 October 2025 at 01:01
Ron Conway stepped down from the board of Salesforce’s philanthropic arm after the company’s chief executive, Marc Benioff, said he supported President Trump and wanted the National Guard to come to San Francisco.

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Ron Conway, a prominent venture capitalist, resigned on Thursday from the board of Salesforce’s philanthropic arm.
Yesterday — 16 October 2025Main stream

Hegseth Warns U.S. Will Impose ‘Costs’ on Russia if Peace Efforts Falter

16 October 2025 at 04:04
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered unusually strong criticism of Russia, just as Ukraine seeks American Tomahawk missiles.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels on Wednesday.

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.

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Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, in Caracas last month. American officials have been clear, privately, that the Trump administration aims to drive Mr. Maduro from power.
Before yesterdayMain stream

What Are Tomahawk Missiles, and Why Might Trump Give Them to Ukraine?

15 October 2025 at 23:32
Ukraine could receive a newly developed land-based launcher to strike Moscow and beyond.

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A Tomahawk cruise missile being launched toward Iraq from the USS San Jacinto in the Red Sea in 2003.

U.S. Military Kills 6 People in Boat Attack Near Venezuela, Trump Says

15 October 2025 at 04:01
In a social media post, the president said the people aboard a boat were suspected of smuggling drugs for an unspecified group his team had labeled terrorists.

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President Trump aboard Air Force One on Tuesday. The administration has not explained how a boat in the southern Caribbean Sea posed an imminent threat of armed attack that could prompt a right to use force in self-defense.

Several News Outlets Reject Pentagon’s Reporting Restrictions

14 October 2025 at 07:14
The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department’s policies on news gathering ahead of a Tuesday deadline.

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The 21-page Pentagon document lays out a number of requirements at odds with First Amendment protections, according to lawyers representing news organizations.

Factory Towns Revive as Defense Tech Makers Arrive

Drawn by local talent, cheap labor and state cash incentives, start-ups building the weapons of the future are revitalizing manufacturing in once-vibrant industrial towns.

A worker inspecting a drone at Swarm Defense Technologies’ factory in Auburn Hills, Mich.

The Return of the ‘War Department’ Is a Message From Trump

6 September 2025 at 06:43
President Trump and his defense secretary say they want to return to the era when America won wars. They largely ignore the greatest accomplishment of the past 80 years: avoiding superpower conflict.
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