Trump strips intel clearances, Israel preps Gaza push, and more. It’s Wednesday, August 20, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Brian H. Williams is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, Harvard-trained trauma surgeon and former congressional health policy ...

Gay people are everywhere in military history, and during the second World War, they made a huge difference. Even if queerness was still villainized during this time period, the homosocial world of ...

An executive order by President Trump to ban gender-affirming care for those under 19 has prompted many providers to end ...

Death toll from flash floods in northwest Pakistan rises to 220 as rescuers retrieve 63 more bodies. BUNER, Pakistan — Death toll from flash floods in northwest Pakistan rises to 220 as rescuers ...

The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration directive will no longer ...

New Air Force policy denies transgender airmen the chance to contest their discharge before independent military boards.

Air Force boards must recommend separation once criteria are met in transgender cases; supporters cite unit cohesion and ...

The new Air Force guidance also prohibits recording the proceedings. Rashid said the lack of an independent transcript would ...

New Air Force policy denies transgender airmen the chance to contest their discharge before independent military boards.

At the meeting, Trump aims to showcase his skills as a dealmaker. For Putin, it's a chance to negotiate terms that favor ...