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Are U.S. troops ready to face Iranian drone swarm attacks?

A fire and plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

By Ben Wolfgang and John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Ground operations in Iran could put U.S. forces directly in the crosshairs of Iranian drone swarms at a moment when American troops may not have the equipment needed to handle the threat, former defense officials and military analysts say.

Inside the push to ‘subdue the enemy without fighting’: Pentagon readying for cognitive war

The Pentagon is viewed from the window of an airplane Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office is launching an initiative to wage cognitive warfare — nonkinetic military operations short of major destructive conflict.

The Pentagon is viewed from the window of an airplane Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Inside the push to ‘subdue the enemy without fighting’: Pentagon readying for cognitive war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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White House asks appeals court to revive Trump’s ballroom plans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S. presses search for a missing serviceman as Iran calls on public to find ‘enemy pilot’

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Federal worker in Virginia admits to using telework to collect three paychecks at same time

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Drone incursion at Air Force nuclear bomber base under investigation

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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The United States Department of Justice sign in Washington, D.C., on July 12, 2017. Paul Brady Photography / Shutterstock.com ** FILE **

Federal worker in Virginia admits to using telework to collect three paychecks at same time

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Drone incursion at Air Force nuclear bomber base under investigation

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this image made from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, April 4, 2026, a Russian T-72B3M tank fires towards Ukrainian position. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito pauses after swearing in Mark Esper as Secretary of Defense during a ceremony with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, July 23, 2019. Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down American flag that flew at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home, The Washington Post acknowledged May 25, 2024, that it had the same story more than three years ago and decided not to publish it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Justice Samuel Alito hospitalized last month after falling ill

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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A fire and plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Are U.S. troops ready to face Iranian drone swarm attacks?

By Ben Wolfgang and John T. Seward - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP) ** FILE **

Drone incursion at Air Force nuclear bomber base under investigation

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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The U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base is seen, Feb. 6, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Air Force base bomb suspects benefited from birthright citizenship, says DHS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Trump administration to rejoin offshore drilling agencies separated after 2010 Gulf oil spill

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Trump dubs Vance as the new fraud czar to go after massive scams in places such as California

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Trump makes California the new Ground Zero in blue-state fraud sweep

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Federal worker in Virginia admits to using telework to collect three paychecks at same time

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