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Walkout: Top U.S. Media, Including Conservative Outlets, Reject New Pentagon Press Restrictions Project Maven

Walkout: Top U.S. Media, Including Conservative Outlets, Reject New Pentagon Press Restrictions

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Dozens of reporters handed in their access badges and walked out of the Pentagon Wednesday instead of agreeing to the Defense Department’s…
bubmag
October 16, 2025
Capitol agenda: GOP dares Dems to buck bipartisan spending bill Project Maven

Capitol agenda: GOP dares Dems to buck bipartisan spending bill

Democrats have to decide Thursday whether voting in favor of advancing a full-year appropriations bill will weaken their negotiating position in the government shutdown. Republicans are daring Democrats to oppose bipartisan legislation to fund the Department of Defense for fiscal 2026. Majority Leader John Thune told reporters he’s also hoping…
bubmag
October 16, 2025
MAGA Melts Down Over Trump Giving Qatar a Military Base in U.S. Project Maven

MAGA Melts Down Over Trump Giving Qatar a Military Base in U.S.

The Trump administration’s approval of a Qatari air force base in Idaho isn’t popular with either of America’s political parties. Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the forthcoming Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in America’s heartland Friday morning, thanking the Middle Eastern nation for playing a “core part” in…
bubmag
October 10, 2025
Shutdown cancels sports games and dances for students at military-base schools Project Maven

Shutdown cancels sports games and dances for students at military-base schools

Students who attend Pentagon-operated schools on or near military bases are among those feeling the effects of the government shutdown, which started just after midnight Wednesday and will leave some federal employees without paychecks and national parks partially closed. The Department of Defense Education Activity, or DoDEA, which operates 161…
bubmag
October 4, 2025
U.S. Military Continues mRNA Vaccine Research after RFK, Jr., Cuts Funding Project Maven

U.S. Military Continues mRNA Vaccine Research after RFK, Jr., Cuts Funding

The abrupt termination last month of nearly half a billion dollars in US government contracts for mRNA vaccine research rattled scientists working inside and outside industry. The cuts raised alarm about the country’s commitment to the Nobel-prizewinning technology, which is credited with saving millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic…
bubmag
October 1, 2025
Trump Says Pentagon Should Not Restrict What Journalists Publish: ‘Nothing Stops Reporters’ | Video Project Maven

Trump Says Pentagon Should Not Restrict What Journalists Publish: ‘Nothing Stops Reporters’ | Video

Donald Trump believes the Pentagon should not dictate what is and isn’t reported by journalists — or so it appears. While speaking to reporters Sunday as he prepared to head to the Arizona memorial for Charlie Kirk, Trump seemed to side with the press. A reporter asked, “Should the Pentagon…
bubmag
September 21, 2025