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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns

State of the Union: He exits following tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The post Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns appeared first on The American Conservative .

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll resigned Monday, leaving the Pentagon after a long-simmering conflict with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.  Driscoll spoke with President Donald Trump on Monday about the state of the Army and submitted his resignation, the Financial Times reports . The White House praised Driscoll’s leadership but did not give a reason for his departure. An Iraq War veteran, former venture capitalist, and friend of Vice President J.D. Vance, Driscoll was confirmed as Army secretary in February 2025. He was a major proponent of increasing the military’s use of drones and other next-generation military technologies. Driscoll and Hegseth reportedly clashed over personnel decisions and plans for modernizing the…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Nicastro) - Iran War Day 186: Trump Rules Out Using Nukes Against Iran

State of the Union: The president also downplayed the possibility of conventional escalation following Sunday's tit-for-tat strikes. The post Iran War Day 186: Trump Rules Out Using Nukes Against Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .

Asked Monday about whether he had ruled out the use of nuclear weapons against Iran, President Trump gave an unusually direct answer. “Well, I would never say that, but the answer is yes,” he said , “I rule that, I rule out, no use.” He added that there “was no reason for it,” given the success of U.S. strikes: “Here [the Iranians] are, they’re totally defeated militarily. So now I defeat them, and now I should use a nuclear weapon on top of them? What a stupid question.”  The president also suggested a return to full-scale combat operations was unlikely, even after the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes Sunday. “This is a relatively little war for us. This is not a big war,” he said . Trump described Iran as a…Open

YOUTUBE (Agenda-Free TV) - Attempted Attack on Power Grid in Brandenburg, Germany - LIVE Breaking News Coverage

Explosive devices have been found at an electrical substation near a power plant in Brandenburg, Germany, in a suspected attack on the German power grid. Get the latest on the suspected attempted explosives attack near a power station in Brandenburg, Germany in our live breaking news coverage. Police in Germany say multiple explosive devices were found at an electrical substation in Turnow-Preilack, Brandenburg, and that these explosive devices were part of an attempted attack designed to cause a shutdown at the nearby Jänschwalde power plant. Early reports had said rockets were involved in the attack on the power grid, but a police spokesperson now says there were no rockets involved. Reportedly there was some damage due to the attempted…