NYTIMES (Sheryl Gay Stolberg) - N.I.H. Reinstates Employee Put on Leave After Criticizing Trump Research Cuts
Jenna Norton had filed a whistle-blower complaint claiming that the agency leadership had retaliated against her.
STRIPES (Seth Robson) - On a jungle range, the US Army is testing handmade drones for modern combat | Stars and Stripes
U.S. soldiers are assembling advanced military drones by hand during Balikatan joint exercises in jungle terrain north of Manila, Philippines.
STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - Army drills in Germany test troops against drone-equipped ‘enemy’ | Stars and Stripes
A unit in 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, is tasked with acting like a real, thinking enemy, using tools such as drones and electronic warfare.
STRIPES (Svetlana Shkolnikova) - Iran war hits 60-day deadline that Trump rejects | Stars and Stripes
Trump notified Congress that for purposes of the War Powers Resolution, “The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated.”
STRIPES (Brian McElhiney and Keishi Koja, Brian McElhiney, Keishi Koja) - Japan military exercise focuses for first time on islands close to Taiwan | Stars and Stripes
The Japanese army’s highest operational command will focus on remote southwestern islands near Taiwan for the first time in training that includes command-and-control drills with U.S. Marines.
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Naval Base Kitsap opens renovated housing for single sailors | Stars and Stripes
Naval Base Kitsap with the opening of a 152-room unaccompanied housing unit this month. Some furnishings need to be moved into the 304-bed project.
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STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - Need for steed: Army trots out pet adoption option that has historical horsepower | Stars and Stripes
A retiring horse from the 1st Cavalry Division is available for adoption.
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STRIPES (Seth Robson) - US embassy warns Americans in the Philippines after deadly rebel clashes | Stars and Stripes
U.S. State Department warns Americans in parts of the Philippines to avoid armed groups after deadly clashes with communist rebels.
WASHINGTONPOST (Salvador Rizzo, Samuel Oakford) - Pirro says video shows moment gunman fired outside correspondents’ dinner
Defense attorneys for the alleged gunman have questioned the evidence in the case, and the U.S. attorney’s X posts go beyond what prosecutors have said in court filings.
WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Diamond) - Trump returns to public events, delivering profane speech
In his first public speech since the White House correspondents’ dinner, the president mocked transgender weightlifters and the “medical crap” an adviser was telling him.
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