There is clear deterioration in key corners of the U.S. defense-industrial base, a new report warns, with major holes in cybersecurity and a lack of skilled workers across the sector threatening to undermine America’s advantage over global competitors such as China. In its second annual “Vital Signs” industry report card, the National Defense Industrial Association …

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Up to 227 medical providers dismissed from the Department of Veterans Affairs over poor-quality care may be treating veterans through the VA’s networks of private physicians, a Government Accountability Office review has found. As a requirement of the VA Mission Act, the department began tracking providers in May 2019 to make sure they were eligible …

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DULUTH, Minn. — The U.S. Navy says the commissioning of the USS Minneapolis-St. Paul in Duluth is on hold after a design defect was discovered. The high-speed combat ship was christened at the Marinette, Wisconsin shipyard in 2019. The commissioning ceremony was expected to take place this spring before a problem with the propulsion system …

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The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to cancel the upcoming oral argument on two critical immigration cases involving former President Trump’s border wall and the “Remain in Mexico” policy that helped solve the 2019 border surge. President Biden has ordered a pause on wall construction and has called for an unwinding of …

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Sports Heroes Who Served is a series that highlights the accomplishments of athletes who served in the U.S. military. Octavius Valentine Catto was born Feb. 22, 1839, in Charleston, South Carolina. His parents were African-Americans and were free. The family later moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Catto played cricket in school and then later took …

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