Morgan Phillips
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Covering national security for @foxnews digital Wanna chat? [email protected] Signal @morganphillips.25
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Joined March 2012
RT @liz_elkind: Scoop: The House Budget Committee has quietly begun shaping a second reconciliation bill after GOP victory passing the firs….
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The House Budget Committee has quietly began discussions on a new GOP policy bill, with sources telling Fox News Digital that Medicaid reform is on the table.
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First on Fox: Federal agencies—including State, MDA, DOJ, and DHS—have pulled the plug on Foxit, a PDF software firm founded in China. After Fox News Digital began probing its government ties, the company quietly scrubbed federal clients from its website.
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Multiple federal agencies, including State Department and Missile Defense Agency, terminated contracts with Chinese-founded PDF software company Foxit.
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RT @MikeEmanuelFox: DHS pulls funding from groups with ‘alleged terrorist ties’ after watchdog report #FoxNews @_ph….
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Homeland Security implements stricter vetting for nonprofit security grants following report linking federal funding to terror-affiliated organizations.
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RT @georgewbarros: The Kremlin is negatively reacting to the US proposal that Ukraine receive "Article V-like" security guarantees. Russia….
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Female enlisted military recruits have sharply risen this year, according to figures obtained by @FoxNews. 7,260 more women have enlisted so far this fiscal year than at this point last fiscal year: from 16,725 to 23,985.
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Pentagon officials credit Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump's leadership for sharp increase in female military recruits across all service branches in 2025.
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Luu Anh Tuan was set to bring a crucial heavy rare earths processing technology from Vietnam to the US when he was arrested on a return trip to Hanoi in 2023. Now Tuan stares down 16 years in prison -- his advocates believe at the behest of the CCP.
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Luu Anh Tuan was sentenced to 16 years in prison in Vietnam after signing a technology transfer agreement to bring rare earth separation capabilities to Nevada.
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News: Navy considering an 'educational review board' to comb through Naval Academy leadership & curriculum . A mix of public & private sector leaders would work to restore 'culture of discipline' and address 'imbalances in civilian-dominated governance'.
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Proposed Naval Academy review board would overhaul curriculum, expand military faculty from 40 to 100 professors, and remove inappropriate warfighter materials.
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First on Fox: Schumer, Coons & group of Senate Dems blasting Trump for reportedly snubbing Taiwan pres and allowing sale of Nvidia chips to China. "An administration convinced it can renegotiate the world order needs to stop negotiating against itself".
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Democratic senators criticize Trump administration for ceding leverage to Beijing in trade talks while blocking Taiwanese president and reversing chip ban.
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RT @josephzeballos: This $550 billion fund in the US-Japan trade deal is kinda wild. It sounds like Trump will oversee a sovereign wealth f….
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Some of DC's biggest Ukraine skeptics now on board with Trump plan to aid war effort through NATO purchase, if cautiously. JD Vance "completely supports". "I think they’re going to have to justify it" said Rep. Ralph Norman, but "I trust the generals" .
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Former Ukraine aid critics now back Trump's strategy requiring European funding for weapons to Kyiv after the president pivoted his frustration from Zelenskyy to Putin.
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RT @FoxNews: Pentagon presses Japan, Australia on role in possible Taiwan conflict
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Japan and Australia have been asked by Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby to detail their commitments in the case of a U.S. war with China over Taiwan.
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Senate NDAA increases Ukraine security funding to $500M, bans cutting off defense intel sharing and requires for SECDEF to certify to Congress it's in the national interest before reducing forces in Europe, per a SASC summary
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First on Fox: Hegseth's new directives for drone surge: ."Small UAS resemble munitions more than high-end airplanes"."They should be cheap, rapidly replaceable, and categorized as consumable".Adversaries have "head start" but US wants to dominate by 2028.
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Pentagon removes barriers for military drone deployment, redefining small unmanned aircraft as consumables while mandating drone combat simulations across military branches
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RT @jamesfraney: EXC: The real story about what happened at the smug Sun Valley love-in and the details of its Stasi-style security crackdo….
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My crime, it appears, had been to lob a handful of questions in the direction of the president's daughter, Ivanka Trump, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the luxury resort's lush grounds.
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RT @BrettBruen: "These Democratic leaders need to take a long look in the mirror and understand they played a big part in bringing this sit….
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Jake Sullivan's controversial role in new Democratic Project 2029 draws criticism as party insiders attempt to rebuild after losses and define policies beyond opposing Trump.
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New: State Dept has officially replaced one of its five core precepts in hiring/promoting process for foreign service officers, DEI, with a new word: 'fidelity' . Part of an effort to root out both DEI and those seen as undermining the Trump agenda.
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Foreign service officers face new hiring criteria as State Department removes DEI requirements and adds "fidelity" as a core precept, part of efforts to restructure the department.
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First on Fox: Oversight Republicans ask Trump admin officials to hand over details on how they're addressing drone incursions at US military bases.
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Republican lawmakers press federal agencies for information on drone incursions at military bases, citing coordination gaps and outdated rules requiring "hostile intent" before action.
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Trump, aboard AF1 to NATO Summit: "Vladimir called me up, he said, can I help you with Iran? I said, no, I don't need help with Iran, I need help with you.".
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Qatar says it successfully intercepted Iran’s missile attack.
The State of Qatar strongly condemns the attack that targeted Al-Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. We consider this a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the State of Qatar, its airspace, international law, and the United Nations Charter. We affirm that.
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RT @JacquiHeinrich: VP Vance earlier today: “Our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change. We do not want to protract th….
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