Haley Britzky

For absolutely no reason at all, reminder that I am always on Signal at halbritz.30 and am happy to connect off record 🙂

National Guard troops from as many as 20 states are expected to be tasked with some hands-on roles including conducting finger printing and mouth swabbing of detainees—part of a broader mobilization to assist ICE. Story w/ @halbritz: cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…

New: Roughly 2,000 National Guardsmen expected to soon be put on Title 32 status across as many as 20 states to help ICE at detention facilities, putting them under governors' control & in a status not subject to Posse Comitatus Act From me + @priscialva cnn.com/2025/07/22/pol…

"This attempt by the White House to punish a media outlet whose coverage it does not like is deeply troubling, and it defies the First Amendment," the @WHCA says after the Trump admin nixes the WSJ from an upcoming trip cnn.com/2025/07/21/med…

Roughly 700 active-duty US Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to protests in Los Angeles are being sent home from the mission, the Pentagon confirmed to @halbritz

Roughly 700 active-duty US Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to protests in Los Angeles are being sent home from the mission, the Pentagon said Monday. More via @halbritz 👇cnn.com/2025/07/21/pol…

Brovdi spoke on a panel at AUSA alongside Maj. Gen. Volodymyr Horbatiuk, deputy chief of the general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who deeply thanked NATO for its support of Ukraine, and added: “I would like to ask you to be more decisive.” cnn.com/2025/07/16/pol…

New this morning: @Kennedy_School out today with a new fellowship for vets and former federal workers for public service studies. Move comes as the university is sparring publicly with the White House on a host of issues. militarytimes.com/education-tran…

asking soldiers at LANDEURO about their drones (they have all been so nice)

The rescission bill has passed the Senate. Once it passes the House, as expected, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's budget will be zeroed out for the first time since 1967, back when TV stations still broadcast in black and white.

The US and NATO are working with Germany to get additional Patriot missile systems to Ukraine “as quickly as possible,” the senior US military commander in Europe and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe said Thursday. “Preparations are underway, we're working very closely with…

New NATO SACEUR, Gen. Alex Grynkewich, said this morning in Germany on getting Patriots to Ukraine: "Preparations are underway, we're working very closely with the Germans on the Patriot transfer. And the guidance that I've been given has been to move out as quickly as possible."

Trump: "I go home, I tell the first lady, 'You know, I spoke to Vladimir today, we had a wonderful conversation.' She said, 'Oh really? Another city was just hit.'"

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has arrived at the White House ahead of his 10a meeting with POTUS Spotted by the eagle-eyed @abdallahcnn

Big: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled SecDef Austin had the authority to revoke the plea deals of alleged 9/11 mastermind KSM & two other detainees, which would have taken the death penalty off the table in their trials. cnn.com/2025/07/11/pol…

Awesome awesome hires by the Post

📢 @TaraCopp and @noahjrobertson join The Post’s National Security desk. Read more about their hires: washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/07/10/…