'Holding our breath': Canadian auto workers face crisis as Trump threatens higher tariffs From @usatoday's Cybele Mayes-Osterman usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Photos show Mike Waltz literally checking Signal during the cabinet meeting (via Reuters)

Musk aides got accounts on classified system with US nuclear secrets: sources usatoday.com/story/news/pol… by Cybele Mayes-Osterman @usatoday

Exclusive from Tom Vanden Brook and I on the Army parade planned for Trump's birthday - usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Contaminated workers. Fired safety experts. Nuclear weapons woes mount. Understaffed nuke agency hit by DOGE and safety worries From @usatoday's Davis Winkie and Cybele Mayes-Osterman usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Follow along with our live coverage of Hegseth's testimony at House Appropriations usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

This is the first time U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth will brief reporters from the briefing room.

40,000 reasons to worry: U.S. troops in Middle East vulnerable to counterattack From @usatoday's Tom Vanden Brook and Cybele Mayes-Osterman usatoday.com/story/news/wor…

Follow along with our live updates on the US strikes on Iran and Sec. Hegseth's remarks this morning usatoday.com/story/news/wor…

Where is Iran's enriched uranium? Questions loom after Trump claims victory. usatoday.com/story/news/wor… by Cybele Mayes-Osterman @usatoday

Good story about the Army's direct commissions for tech/AI executives from Cybele Mayes-Osterman. In it: the revelation that these guys aren't even working on problems in their domain of expertise due to conflict of interest concerns. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Tune in to The Excerpt on USA TODAY Podcasts to talk through my story on the four tech executives joining the Army art19.com/shows/5-things…

ICE is recruiting agents with incentives, massive ad campaigns. Sheriffs aren't happy. usatoday.com/story/news/nat… via @usatoday Trevor Hughes

New from me- National Guardsmen deployed to help out at ICE offices in red states will fingerprint, DNA swab detainees usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

National Guard Humvees park near the Washington Monument after President Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act to assist with crime prevention, Washington, D.C., U.S., August 12, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Army officials say the DC National Guard can’t arrest people, but it can detain them for law enforcement. usatoday.com/story/news/pol… via USA TODAY

Department of Homeland Security agents stopped cars on 14th St NW in DC last night “for seat belt violations and broken taillights”

Check out this story from USA TODAY: Few troops, federal agents in DC's most crime-affected neighborhood There was little sign of President Trump's deployment of troops and federal agents in some of Washington, DC's most crime-ridden neighborhoods. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

What I saw on the ground yesterday at DC’s Union station, where National Guard patrolled for hours usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

Reported earlier this week for USA TODAY that National Guard troops could soon carry weapons on law enforcement weapons. WSJ reporting that troops could start carrying this week usatoday.com/story/news/pol…