Quil Lawrence

NPR news covering veterans. Also climate and national security. Former Bureau Chief in Baghdad and Kabul. Signal: QuilNPR.10

[Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes]

The chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee is condemning social media posts and T-shirts promoted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars as "dangerous political rhetoric" in the latest salvo over congressional plans for veteran benefits. https://t.co/lQepTA6e0W

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

Today in 1863, a 34-year-old college professor from Maine named Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain helps fend off repeated Confederate attacks against the left flank of the Union line at Gettysburg. The fight for Little Round Top will become one of the battle's most celebrated moments.

[Happy Bayonets!!! Day to all who celebrate.]

[U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet @US5thFleet]

On July 1 at 3:30 a.m. ET, the aircrew of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) conducted an emergency water landing in the Arabian Sea. There is no indication the emergency was caused by hostile action. Three of the helicopter’s four crew members have been recovered and are in stable condition aboard George H. W. Bush. U.S. Navy assets in the region are currently searching for other aircrewman still missing. The cause of incident is under investigation.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Me and the boys pulling up to FIFA HQ to file the Balogun appeal

[Quil Lawrence @QuilLawrence]

Telemundo is the only way to go. I mean goooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

THE TELEMUNDO CALL OF THE MALIK TILLMAN FREE KICK IS THE BEST THING YOU'LL EVER HEAR 🇺🇸🦅❤️

[Adrian Bonenberger @AdrianBonenber1]

As Ukraine targets oil and gas infrastructure and military factories, Russia, on autopilot since 2014, continues to pummel Ukraine's political capital (no longer its economic capital, no longer the site of much industrial production) https://t.co/xIBFDDbUvm

[Leo Shane III @LeoShane]

Major departure for the department. Trump has not been able to keep anyone confirmed in this post — it was vacant his entire first term and is about to be open again.

[Shashank Joshi @shashj]

"A screenshot from Rubio’s phone shows that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine was the administrator of a Signal group with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Rubio that was set to automatically delete messages after eight hours" https://t.co/jLdAtnyd81

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Signal is not secure and not good for sensitive communications. I was notified by law enforcement and House cyber experts that Russia hacked my Signal months ago.

[Mike Nelson @mikenelson586]

Again, regardless of one's faith in the security of the app itself (it isn't as secure as people believe), THE UNCLASSIFIED DEVICES UPON WHICH IT'S LOADED ARE NOT SECURE

[Quil Lawrence @QuilLawrence]

VA Under Secretary for Health John Bartrum has decided to resign from his position, effective July 6, 2026. After 17 months, or about 7 months on the job, depending on how you count it.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

President Trump made billions of dollars through an array of cryptocurrency holdings, royalty payments and property investments last year, according to his latest annual financial disclosure released on Tuesday.
https://t.co/435mVVHelu

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

https://t.co/i3M073WoTH

[John Hudson @John_Hudson]

White House officials secretly awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $500m for the construction of the East Wing ballroom in an unusual arrangement that sidestepped typical contracting procedures designed to control costs, according to a copy of the agreement
https://t.co/Or2FnFwTFS

[Dave Brown @dave_brown24]

On Friday, Machado took off in a private plane from Virginia to Curaçao on a flight authorized by U.S. authorities, people familiar with the trip said. She and aides had made it as far as North Carolina when U.S. officials asked her to turn around, and she did https://t.co/YCA133AaNG @VeraMBergen @WSJForero

[Quil Lawrence @QuilLawrence]

@NoahKahan this is the mark of a true professional.

[Análise Política @analise2025]

🇫🇷 Mbappe já ameaçou não jogar pela seleção francesa se fosse obrigado a fazer publicidade para Bets!

"Nós somos a seleção francesa, inspiramos muitas pessoas por aí. Muitos de nós vem da periferia, onde isso destrói um número incalculável de pessoas."

[Derrick Van Orden @derrickvanorden]

@PeteButtigieg This has happened to our family and I agree, this is horrible.

I hope they find the folks that did this and send them to prison.

[Phil Klay @PhilKlay]

“However, these recent firings raise a real risk that senior officers will be overly cautious about providing their best advice and, therefore, that the chance for military miscalculation will grow dramatically.”

[John Watches Horror @Y2John84]

Stripes released 45 years ago today.

26 June 1981 🪖