Defense Department

• Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects - The court ruled that construction can restart on a wind farm off the coast of New York State. The Trump administration had ordered work to stop in December.
• Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets - The purpose of the new rules is to “stop activity that could compromise national security,” the Defense Department said in response to a New York Times lawsuit.
• War Threats and Ambiguous Evidence: Trump Again Confronts Iran - There is little sign that Iran has made significant progress in reconstituting its nuclear program, leaving questions about the timing and motive behind potential plans for further attacks.
• Maps: Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran - President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the U.S. has built up its presence in the region in recent days.
• Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran - The plans being weighed by the president go beyond those he considered weeks ago amid widespread protests against Iran’s government.
• Safety Board Heaps Blame on F.A.A. Over Potomac Plane-Helicopter Crash - The National Transportation Safety Board is set to vote on the probable cause of last year’s crash near Washington and make recommendations.
• Pentagon Tells 1,500 Troops to Prepare for Possible Deployment to Minnesota - But President Trump has already backed away from a threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests against the killing of a woman by a federal immigration agent.
• Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome - The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting spies, diplomats and troops that are collo
• U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane - Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”
• Kelly Sues Pentagon Over Threats of Punishment From Hegseth - Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from disciplining him for a video warning about illegal military orders.