Jack Detsch

Emotional scenes outside the State Department today as employees affected by a sweeping reduction in force leave the building. Current employees and supporters have lined up to “clap out” departing State Department staff at the department’s HQ in Foggy Bottom.

NEW: Four months after Trump announced a new White House shipbuilding office, its team has dispersed. Several staffers have left or been reassigned amid a broader upheaval at the NSC, and the office has been moved to OMB, @JackDetsch and @reporterjoe report in today's Morning D

SCOOP: The Navy is considering eliminating up to five high-level admiral positions key to the construction of ships and fighter planes, even as President Trump has vowed to pull the Navy out of its shipbuilding crisis. From @paulmcleary and me: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

Just checking out DOD's Office of Small Business Programs website, which totally doesn't use an AI-generated photo business.defense.gov/Work-with-us/M…

SCOOP: DOD's top investigators are digging into 2 close Hegseth aides and their role in the use of the Signal app and DOD leaks. “Ricky [Buria] & Tim [Parlatore] are some of the folks that they’re zeroing in on,” said a person familiar. (w/ @dlippman) politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

SCOOP: Two of the Pentagon’s top investigative bodies are digging into Defense Sec’y Pete Hegseth’s close aides Ricky Buria and Tim Parlatore and their role in the Signal controversy, three people familiar with the probes told me and @JackDetsch. politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

EXCLUSIVE: Two of the Pentagon's top investigative bodies are investigating Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's close aides and their role in the Signal app controversy, according to three people familiar with the probes. @dlippman and @JackDetsch report👇politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

President Donald Trump is weighing a new military aid package for Ukraine worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to two people familiar with the plan. @JackDetsch @EliStokols @paulmcleary for @politico. share.google/dd1RUZWoR2oSwN…

Trump allies caught off guard by Pentagon’s Ukraine weapons freeze politi.co/3TjofKP w/ @JackDetsch @paulmcleary @EliStokols

"Two US officials said @DeptofDefense leadership didn't seek input from @StateDept, @USEmbassyKyiv or @generalkellogg’s team before pulling back a critical arms shipment [for Ukraine] already in Poland." @JackDetsch, @paulmcleary, @felschwartz, @EliStokols politi.co/3TjofKP

As the Trump admin. blocks weapon shipments to Ukraine, the Zelenskyy team and European allies are taking a new approach. w/ @JackDetsch @ak_mack @felschwartz @EliStokols politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

NEW TONIGHT: The Pentagon’s decision to halt some weapons shipments to Ukraine blindsided people who are usually closely briefed on such matters, including members of Congress, State Department officials and key European allies

NEWS: Ukraine plans to ask Washington to let Europe purchase U.S. weapons for Ukraine, according to six people with knowledge of the request. Several European goats are exploring plans to buy US-made weapons from their defense budgets for Ukraine. politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

With Trump unlikely to approve any new defense aid, Kyiv has a new request: let Europe purchase U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine. ⁦via⁩ ⁦@JackDetsch ⁦@paulmcleary⁩ ⁦@ak_mack⁩ ⁦@felschwartz⁩ ⁦@connorobrienNH⁩ politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

NEW: When DOD's Elbridge Colby launched a review of the AUKUS pact, it blindsided the rest of the natsec leadership team. It's just the latest sign of dysfunction within the National Security Council, people told @nahaltoosi @JackDetsch and @paulmcleary politico.com/news/magazine/…

CONFIRMED According to well placed US military sources, the Pentagon has halted weapons systems needed by Ukraine at a crucial moment in its fight with Russia. The weapons, which were already on their way to Ukraine and in Poland, include missile interceptors and 155 mm…

SCOOP: DOD has stopped shipments of some air defense missiles & precision munitions to Ukraine over worries that US weapons stockpiles are low - but decision not shared throughout US gov, catching some by surprise. w/ @JackDetsch @reporterjoe politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

A week after Trump said he would try to get Ukraine another Patriot missile defense system, the Pentagon halts some air defense shipments to Ukraine

NEW -full story coming ASAP

SCOOP: DOD has halted shipments of some air defense missiles & other precision munitions to Ukraine over worries that US weapons stockpiles are too low. It comes as Ukraine fends off largest Russian barrages of the war. @paulmcleary @reporterjoe & me: politico.com/news/2025/07/0…