Pentagon chief Austin makes impassioned defense of women in combat

An early look at Super Bowl LIX: Experts make picks, answer questions and break down Chiefs-Eagles

The Chiefs and Eagles will meet again in the Super Bowl! We have early predictions, matchup insight, looming questions and team breakdowns.

ESPN - 2h

Super Bowl 2025: Chiefs and Eagles combined regular season wins could make this most hyped title game ever

The Chiefs and Eagles had a combined 29 wins in the regular season

CBS Sports - 2h

A wave of executive orders to shake up Pentagon

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story A wave of executive orders to shake up Pentagon President Trump is ...

The Hill - 22h

Chiefs' Xavier Worthy adds insult to Bills' season-ending loss as WR 'skipped on' in draft makes Buffalo pay

Buffalo, which passed on drafting Worthy, could be eyeing more receiver help yet again

CBS Sports - 1d

Penn State hires Jim Knowles from Ohio State, making him college football's highest-paid defensive coordinator

Knowles has posted four straight top-15 defenses between Ohio State and Oklahoma State

CBS Sports - 1d

Mahomes, Chiefs: Excited to try to make history

The Chiefs advanced Sunday night and now have a shot at becoming the first NFL team to win three consecutive titles in the Super Bowl era.

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2025 NFL mock draft roundup: How Patriots can learn from Chiefs defense

The AFC champion Chiefs built an elite defense through the NFL Draft. Should the Patriots take a similar approach to team building?

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Pentagon looks to leverage AI in fight against drones

The Pentagon’s new strategy focused on countering drones aims to respond to the future of warfare as autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are set to dominate the battlefield in the years ...

The Hill - 2d

Pete Hegseth, New Defense Secretary, Outlines Pentagon’s Priorities

After being sworn-in by Vice President JD Vance, the Pentagon’s new leader addressed the Defense Department’s three million employees.

The New York Times - 3d

Austin signs Albania's Uzuni in club-record deal

Austin FC signed Albania forward Myrto Uzuni as a designated player on a club-record transfer fee from Spain's second-division side Granada CF, the team announced on Friday.

ESPN - 3d

Hegseth heads to Pentagon with plans to upend it

His approval could smooth the process for other controversial Trump picks.

Politico - 3d

OpenAI: Extending model ‘thinking time’ helps combat emerging cyber vulnerabilities

OpenAI used its own o1-preview and o1-mini models to test whether additional inference time compute protected against various attacks.

VentureBeat - 4d

ICC chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women

Reasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity are being committed against women and girls in Afghanistan, application says. The international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has requested ...

The Guardian - 5d

Assassin’s Creed: Shadows preview | hands-on combat with both heroes

Ubisoft let me preview what may be one of its most important games of all time: Assassin's Creed: Shadows.

VentureBeat - 5d

2025 AFC Championship: Travis Kelce, third-down defense among key factors in determining Bills-Chiefs winner

Here is a look at some of the key factors for the AFC Championship

CBS Sports - 5d

Psychology Can Be Harnessed to Combat Violent Extremism

Organized violence is set to grow—but the social media-powered mechanisms that expose would-be extremists to threats can also be used to help empathy flourish.

Wired - 5d

Ukraine to hand combat units $60 million monthly for new drones

Yahoo News - 6d

Mark Milley's portrait removed from Pentagon hallway

Mark Milley's portrait as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was taken down from the Pentagon hallway where all of the paintings of the previous chairmen are located.

ABC News - Jan. 20

Milley portrait taken down from Pentagon

A portrait of retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who has feuded in highly public spats with President Trump, was taken down in the Pentagon on Monday. A ...

The Hill - Jan. 20

Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping women, aid agency chief warns

The head of a major international aid agency is warning that funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women

ABC News - Jan. 19

South Carolina makes Dawn Staley highest-paid coach in women’s college basketball

The University of South Carolina’s board of trustees approved a contract extension for women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley on Friday that will make her the highest-paid coach in women’s college ...

Yahoo Sports - Jan. 17

Watch live: Austin bids farewell to Defense Department

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell in a speech Friday morning, just days before President-elect Trump is set to return to the White House. During his four years helming the Pentagon, ...

The Hill - Jan. 17

Women: Could undefeated Ohio State make a late surge?

Ohio State remains undefeated as we hit the midseason point, but can its successes continue later in the season?

ESPN - Jan. 17

Scientists make "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women in U.K.

Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said.

CBS News - Jan. 16

Chief Is Getting a New CEO: All About the New Head of the Women’s Leadership Network

The Chief co-founders have tapped Alison Moore, most recently of Comic Relief US, to take the lead on the organization’s next chapter.

Inc. - Jan. 15

Australia appoints first rabbit tsar to combat invasive species

Fears over rising population emerge in 165-year battle to protect crops and limit property damage

Financial Times - Jan. 11

Ukraine’s highest profile combat unit to recruit English-speaking soldiers

Azov, a volunteer brigade, plans to form international battalion to boost numbers as Ukraine heads into fourth year of war. The Britons killed fighting for Ukraine against Russia Ukraine’s ...

The Guardian - Jan. 10

Biden: 'We've still got a long way to go' to combat California wildfires

President Biden and Vice President Harris received a briefing on the ongoing efforts to combat the devastating wildfires in California. President Biden pledged additional federal support but ...

NBC News - Jan. 10

Watch live: Biden gives remarks on combating California wildfires

President Biden will give remarks Friday morning about the federal response to the wildfires that continue to devastate the Los Angeles region. The fires have killed at least 10 people and burned ...

The Hill - Jan. 10

It’s September 2026, and the Pentagon Is Alarmed

The effort to ban TikTok is not about what’s on the platform but about who runs it.

The New York Times - Jan. 9

Pentagon 'not aware of any plans' to take Greenland by force

The Pentagon on Wednesday said it was “not aware” of any plans to invade Greenland if ordered to do so, after President-elect Trump a day earlier refused to rule out using military force to seize ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

Pentagon sending assets to California to battle wildfires

The Defense Department is sending additional assets to California to assist with the massive wildfire spreading across Los Angeles and the southern part of the state. Pentagon deputy press ...

The Hill - Jan. 8

Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ+ veterans

The Pentagon has reached a historic legal settlement with more than 35,000 LGBTQ+ veterans that would create "new and simpler processes to obtain updated discharge records and potential upgrades to ...

CBS News - Jan. 7

Pentagon Labels More Chinese Companies as Military in Nature

Tencent was added to the Defense Department’s list of “Chinese military companies,” contributing to a selloff in U.S.-listed shares of the WeChat owner.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 7

Pentagon Reaches Settlement With Veterans Dismissed Over Sexuality

The agreement, if approved by a judge, would let former service members upgrade their discharge status and receive benefits they had been denied.

The New York Times - Jan. 7

Pentagon agrees to historic legal settlement with LGBTQ+ veterans

If approved by a federal judge, the agreement means the military would help thousands of veterans seek honorable discharges.

CBS News - Jan. 6

Indonesia launches free meal program to combat kids, pregnant women malnutrition

Indonesia’s new government has begun an ambitious project to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women that is expected to cost $28 billion through 2029, although ...

ABC News - Jan. 6