WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has ordered the National Guard to create “quick reaction” forces in every state and territory by January that are trained and equipped to respond to riots and civil unrest within the U.

The Pentagon is once again focused on important issues. like a Netflix film about a nuclear disaster, RadarOnline.

Dozens of reporters stationed at the Pentagon walked out this week and surrendered their access badges rather than sign on to new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth they said would restrict how they do their jobs.

When you imagine media in a dictatorship, you probably think of something dull and gray. Maybe a Soviet state-television program, extolling the annual harvest. Perhaps a smudgy newspaper photograph of Chairman Mao or General Pinochet, surrounded by blocks of turgid prose.

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The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to resume tests at a site in Nevada.

And big players in the defense world — such as Lockheed Martin and Palantir — are helping to bankroll a $300 million ballroom to be built on the wreckage of the East Wing (Notably, Lutnick himself is also listed as one of the donors in a list obtained from the White House by our own Diana Nerozzi. But that list was not comprehensive.)

Following the Pentagon's criticism of Boots, the government is taking aim at another streaming hit with A House of Dynamite. Read on for more.