STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Navy will deactivate long-idle nuclear submarine USS Boise | Stars and Stripes
Adm. Daryl Caudle said the time and money could be put to better use accelerating the building of Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarines.
STRIPES (Rose L. Thayer) - Army seeks to privatize 3 more dining facilities as part of campus-style meal program | Stars and Stripes
Vendors have until July 2 to submit plans to design, renovate and operate facilities at Fort Knox, Fort Sill and Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall.
SUBSTACK (The Grayzone) - Ecuadorian fishermen testify to surviving US drone strikes
New testimonies not reported by US media reveal a wave of American drone attacks on Ecuadorian fishermen, who were held and abused in Salvadoran prisons.
By Oscar Leon Donald Trump’s so-called war on drugs strikes again—targeting civilians, treating suspicion as guilt, and producing false positives to inflate results in a war that benefits those at the top. New testimonies that have been ignored in US media reveal that on March 17, US and Salvadoran military forces attacked an Ecuadorian fishing vessel on … Read moreOpen
NPR (Brendan Byrne) - After a whirlwind mission to the moon, astronauts are back home. Here's what's next
The Orion crew module containing the four Artemis II astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening.
NPR (Jane Arraf) - In Syria, instability allowed ISIS fighters to flee camps, but many of their families still detained
NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.
REDSTATE (Adam Turner) - The Most Insanely Idiotic Criticisms of the Iran Conflict
NYTIMES (Richard Sandomir) - Davey Lopes, Base-Stealing Maestro, Is Dead at 80
He was one of baseball’s most efficient thieves, and part of a storied infield quartet with the Los Angeles Dodgers, playing in four World Series.
NYTIMES (Andrew Higgins and Lili Rutai) - Growing List of Orban Loyalists Defecting Before Critical Election
With Prime Minister Viktor Orban seeming vulnerable before Sunday’s vote, criticism is growing from within institutions his party once counted on for support.
NYTIMES (Ann E. Marimow) - As Election Looms, Will Alito Retire, Giving Trump a New Supreme Court Pick?
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire in the coming months and give President Trump a fourth nominee.