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AI and technology will be at the center of modern warfare, experts say. Anton Petrus hide caption

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Why the US isn't ready for the wars of the future, according to experts

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Thursday

Graves with flags for Memorial Day are seen in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., on May 27. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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TRUMP CAMP ARLINGTON POLITICS

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US gymnasts including Simone Biles, left, arrive to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about a prior Inspector General report on the FBI handling of the Larry Nassar investigation of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts in 2021 in Washington, D.C. Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

AI and technology will be at the center of modern warfare. Anton Petrus/Getty hide caption

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Monday

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris watch as US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva embraces her husband Pavel Butorin and their daughters Miriam Butorin and Bibi Butorinasas at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on August 1, 2024. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Eggs and Bananas: Life after a Russian prison

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Thursday

TikTok and the Department of Justice will face off next month in Washington in front of a panel of federal appeals judges over the fate of the popular app. But lawyers for TikTok say the government is trying to ban the service based on secret evidence. The Justice Department counters that material is classified. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption

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Secret TikTok Evidence

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Sunday

Former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, shake hands at a campaign rally at Georgia State University in Atlanta, on Aug. 3, 2024.  Ben Gray/AP hide caption

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Friday

A screen displays a photo of a man arrested in connection with an Islamist attack plot that caused the cancellation of the Vienna leg of a tour by American mega-star Taylor Swift. ROLAND SCHLAGER/APA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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How is the plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert related to ISIS-K?

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Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center found groups linked to Russia, Iran and China have been steadily launching efforts online to sow division or spread disinformation among U.S voters. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

A photo taken on Oct. 27, 2019, shows the inside of the van that Syrian Barakat Ahmad Barakat says he was in when it was targeted by U.S. forces the night of the raid on an ISIS compound, in northwestern Syria. Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Pentagon Reinvestigates Baghdadi Raid

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Saturday

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a U.S. fighter jet prepares to take off from USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier during the Freedom Edge exercise by the U.S., Japan and South Korea in Sea of Japan on June 28. Rashan Jefferson/U.S. Navy via AP hide caption

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Friday

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin nullified the plea deal with the defendants accused of plotting the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Defense secretary revokes plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters

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FILE - In this photo provided by Japan Coast Guard, debris believed to be from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft is seen off the coast of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan, Nov. 29, 2023. (Japan Coast Guard via AP, File) Japan Coast Guard/via AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in March 2003 in this photo obtained by The Associated Press. The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has agreed to plead guilty, The Defense Department said Wednesday. File photo/AP hide caption

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