The diplomatic road that paved the way for a planned Trump-Putin meeting on Ukraine
President Donald Trump is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the White House’s latest bid to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Day: August 7, 2025
Trump’s sweeping new tariffs take effect against dozens of countries
The president also hit India with a 50% tariff and threatened a 100% levy on foreign-made computer chips.
What the world’s biggest chipmakers are doing to stave off Trump’s tariffs
Shares of major chip stocks rose as investors bet these companies’ U.S. investments may help mitigate President Trump’s proposed 100% semiconductor tariffs.
‘Shark Attacks’ May Be Coming Back to Army Basic Training
Jeff Schogol, T&P Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is looking into reinstating the practice of Army drill sergeants swarming and screaming at trainees
U.S. Army Hypervelocity Projectile Plan Ready
Brian Everstine, Aviation Week he U.S. Army has an acquisition plan in waiting for appropriated funds to bring on a U.S. Navy-developed hypervelocity projectile to be used for air defense
U.S. Missile Depletion From Houthi, Israel Conflicts May Shock You
RespState We crunched the numbers taking into account existing stockpiles, public info on interceptors used, and new orders
Army Crafting a New Space Policy, Moving Out on Counterspace
Hitchens, BrDef The Army’s emphasis currently is “on the counterspace piece for space control, electronic warfare, really doing counter-communications”
Army Sergeant Shoots Five Fellow Soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia
WSJ The 28-year-old suspect is in custody; motivation unknown
Trump calls on Intel CEO Tan Lip-Bu to resign
Singapore-raised Tan Lip-Bu took over the role of Intel CEO in March.
‘In two days, it all came crashing down’: A French-Syrian family torn apart
The fall of Bashar al-Assad allowed the Abou Latif family to realise their dream of returning to their homeland of Syria this summer. But they found themselves caught up in the fighting between Druze and jihadists in the city of Sweida. Wife and mothe…