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Active duty troops’ authority to detain and search increased along southern border

Active duty troops’ authority to detain and search increased along southern border

Escalating immigration enforcement, President Donald Trump significantly expanded Biden-era policy of using National Guard troops at the US-Mexico border, as reported by Stars and Stripes. A sixty-foot-wide, 170-square-mile stretch of land along New Mexico’s southern border has been designated as part of Arizona’s Fort Huachuca, enabling active-duty troops

Beijing's Boeing ban jeopardizes decades-old aviation ties

Beijing's Boeing ban jeopardizes decades-old aviation ties

More than 50 years after President Nixon’s 1972 visit paved the runway for Boeing’s entry into China, that partnership is now under pressure. According to Bloomberg, Chinese authorities have told domestic carriers not to place new orders with Boeing, while requiring official approval for any deliveries or purchases

Boeing beats estimates, GD gains (Q1 2025 earnings)

Boeing beats estimates, GD gains (Q1 2025 earnings)

For earnings season, the Horizon will be summarizing financial results of each Horizon 7 company (Boeing, Booz Allen, General Dynamics, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and RTX Corporation). We begin with Boeing and GD. Boeing revenue beats estimates for Q1 2025 Boeing’s Q1 2025 earnings reflect a complicated but

Consulting giants offer billions to preserve federal contracts

Consulting giants offer billions to preserve federal contracts

Some of the nation’s largest consulting firms are offering up to $20 billion in concessions to preserve their federal contracts amid a sweeping cost-cutting campaign by the Trump administration, reports the Wall Street Journal. In a high-stakes response to pressure from the Trump administration, firms such as Booz Allen

Lockheed shifts focus to F-35 upgrades after NGAD loss, will not protest

Lockheed shifts focus to F-35 upgrades after NGAD loss, will not protest

The US Air Force’s Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter—now dubbed the F-47—will be built by Boeing, and Lockheed Martin isn’t protesting, reports Breaking Defense. Lockheed had been seen as the favorite because of its track record with fifth-generation jets like the F-22 and F-35. Instead, Lockheed

DEI is gone at DOD, trumpets GAO report

DEI is gone at DOD, trumpets GAO report

So-called gay conversion therapy promised to turn even the thoroughbred gay straight using pseudoscience and a spirituality corrupted for the purpose. Before the game began, they move the goal posts: being “straight” isn’t so much a matter of being attracted to women, but an absence of attraction to men.

DOJ, let Google keep Chrome

DOJ, let Google keep Chrome

The Consumer Choice Center is out with a press release questioning the government’s request that Google sell Chrome as a result of its monopoly in search. This as the remedies phase of US v. Google begins. Yael Ossowski, Deputy Director of the Consumer Choice Center, said: There has never