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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Curt Mills) - Driscoll, Army Secretary and Staunch Vance Ally, to Depart Admin

State of the Union: Reports of Driscoll’s looming exit come after his long-simmering rivalry with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and amid a rash of hazy exits by Vance affiliates. The post Driscoll, Army Secretary and Staunch Vance Ally, to Depart Admin appeared first on The American Conservative .

Daniel P. Driscoll, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Army, is poised to leave the administration by the end of 2026 , several outlets report .  Driscoll is a former Yale Law School student and longtime friend of Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance. At the nadir of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s perceived stock in Washington, Driscoll was widely tipped as a possible — if not likely — successor.  The Hill claimed Driscoll had been in a “months-long turf war” with Hegseth. But if anything, the palace politics at the Pentagon had seemingly cooled for much of 2026.  Hegseth’s position has been largely bolstered by frontline television appearances during the administration’s crusade against…Open

NPR (Lorcan Lovett) - Rare photos of ex-Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi give her family hope

Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, told NPR THAT photographs of his mother meeting a foreign official gave him "a reason to hope" for the first time since the military coup that ousted her in 2021.

ABCNEWS - Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets with International Red Cross

Myanmar’s military government says detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with the International Committee of the Red Cross’ representative in the capital on Monday in a rare moment of contact with the outside world

NYTIMES (Hannah Beech) - What to Know About Myanmar’s Chaotic War

The Southeast Asian nation recently experienced its highest monthly civilian death toll since the war began in 2021.

NPR (Michael Sullivan) - Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing takes first foreign tour as leader, with visit to India

The tour comes as Myanmar's new government tries to consolidate its political position regionally, while continuing to wage a brutal civil war.

HUFFPOST - Massive 11,000-Carat Ruby Discovered In Myanmar’s War-Scarred Gemstone Heartland

The massive jewel is considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the country.

NPR (Lorcan Lovett) - 'I just want to see her again' says son of imprisoned Myanmar ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi

On Thursday, authorities in Myanmar claimed they had transferred Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest. Her son Kim Aris spoke to NPR about his doubts about the regime's account.

NYTIMES (Richard C. Paddock) - Myanmar’s Junta Claims ‘Benevolence’ for Aung San Suu Kyi. It Still Rules Cruelly.

Moving the deposed civilian leader to a “designated residence” for the rest of her prison sentence is part of an effort by Myanmar’s regime to portray legitimacy.

NPR (Michael Sullivan) - Myanmar attempts to rehabilitate image with Suu Kyi move

State television in Myanmar says detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from prison to house arrest, more than five years after the military coup that removed her from power.

NPR (Lorcan Lovett) - Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi moved to house arrest, doubts linger

The secrecy surrounding Suu Kyi's new location has alarmed her son, Kim Aris, who says he has received no authoritative confirmation of her wellbeing.