Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of chief of naval operations,…
Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks
In President Trump’s telling, Dan Caine, the retired Air Force lieutenant general whom he wants to be his next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made an impression on…
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer as part of an extraordinary Friday night purge at the Pentagon that injected politics into the selection of the nation’s top military…
Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers
The Pentagon said on Friday that it would fire 5,400 civilian probationary workers starting next week, in the first of what officials say will likely be a wave of much…
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/21/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Bird Song of the Day Allisa Linfield, University Ridge – The University of Wisconsin Golf Course, Dane, Wisconsin, United States. In Case You Might Miss… Who were…
New Suit Seeks Clawback of >$4 Billion of Fines and Insider Trading Profits from TD Bank Executives Earned While Running Decade+ Massive Money Laundering Schemes | naked capitalism
A continuing sore subject is that no bank senior executive or board member who was responsible for the activities that nearly drove the world financial system off the cliff faced…
Guantánamo, Donald Trump’s “Immigrant Problem,” and the Rest of Us | naked capitalism
Yves here. Apologies for the lack of original posts today. The site has been misbehaving, as some readers have even found. But this gives us the chance to turn to…
Trump ends deportation protection for 500,000 Haitians
The US government will end the temporary protected status (TPS) for 500,000 Haitians living in the country in August, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday. This comes despite…
Video Shows a Rare ‘Doomsday’ Fish Off the Coast of Mexico
The elusive oarfish, a creature nicknamed the “doomsday fish” because of its place in folklore as a precursor to disaster, was captured on video this month after it was seen…
Inside Lucas Samaras’s New York Apartment
IN 1988, THE artist Lucas Samaras moved into the 62nd floor of what was then a new white-glove condo building on West 56th Street, an 814-foot-tall concrete high-rise that real…