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Trump-backed military right to repair plan stripped from Congress’ final defense bill

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The final legislation governing Pentagon spending dropped a bipartisan provision that would have guaranteed the military the right to repair its own equipment, prompting immediate criticism from its authors, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, and Tim Sheehy, R-MT, who accused Congress of siding with defense contractors over service members.
Both chambers had passed versions of the reform, and the White House publicly supported the measure, which would have required contractors to provide the Pentagon with the technical data needed to perform repairs in-house — rather than flying out manufacturer technicians at added cost. The final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) omits that mandate, a move Warren and Sheehy say will leave troops facing the same barriers to fixing equipment whenever contractors assert proprietary rights.
«For decades, the Pentagon has relied on a broken acquisition system that is routinely defended by career bureaucrats and corporate interests. Military right to repair reforms are supported by the Trump White House, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and our brave servicemembers,» Warren and Sheehy said after the text of the legislation was released. «The only ones against this common-sense reform are those taking advantage of a broken status quo at the expense of our warfighters and taxpayers.»
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) repeatedly has warned that the Pentagon’s lack of access to technical data is one of the biggest drivers of soaring sustainment costs, estimating that broader repair rights could save the department «billions» of dollars over the life cycles of major weapons systems.
Lawmakers voiced criticism after the National Defense Authorization Act left out provisions allowing soldiers to repair their own equipment. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
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GAO reviews of aircraft, ships and ground vehicles have found that when contractors retain exclusive control over repair information, the military is forced into long-term vendor support arrangements that are far more expensive than in-house maintenance. In several cases, GAO concluded that obtaining necessary data earlier in the acquisition process would have given the Pentagon more flexibility, reduced downtime, and lowered costs for everything from software fixes to depot-level repairs.
Sources familiar with the NDAA negotiations claimed that, behind closed doors, lobbyists had persuaded leaders on the House and Senate Armed Services Committee to drop the more aggressive right to repair language.
«This is a textbook case of the swamp prevailing at the expense of our warfighters and government efficiency,» one source said. «Does (War Secretary Pete) Hegseth realize that Boeing just knocked the legs out from our warriors?»
A spokesperson for the House Armed Services Committee said: «The Committee is committed to addressing the right to repair issue in a manner that ensures our warfighters have the data they need to effectuate repairs while preserving the intellectual property of private industry.»
«The FY26 NDAA requires the Department to audit its contracts to determine where they are missing data rights they need and determine whether any missing data rights is the result of a defective law or a defective contract. If the law is defective, the department needs to make recommendations to Congress on how to fix it.»
Watchdogs also questioned the weaker compromise.
«The provisions are nowhere near strong enough,» said Greg Williams of the Project on Government Oversight. «They help catalog the problem, but they don’t really do anything to solve it.» Williams added that the original proposals «acknowledged the cost and committed to paying fair, reasonable prices to vendors for that intellectual property,» countering industry arguments that the bill would have seized or devalued contractors’ data.
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Industry groups defended their opposition.
«This debate is not about ensuring equipment and technology can be repaired in contested environments; commanders already have broad authority to keep mission-critical systems operational,» said Marta Hernandez, spokesperson for the Aerospace Industries Association. «Our concern with the Senate proposal is its sweeping mandate for government takeover of IP — without regard to necessity or cost. ‘One size fits all’ doesn’t work for our troops or for the industry that equips them.»
But military officials and watchdogs say that while commanders can authorize emergency fixes, that authority does not give units the technical data, software access, or parts needed to actually perform repairs. They argue that crews remain dependent on contractors even when they have the skills to fix the equipment themselves.
Instead of requiring contractors to provide repair data, the final NDAA directs the Pentagon to create a database cataloging what technical information it currently has and to «request options» from contractors when data is missing. Critics say the language has no enforcement mechanism and leaves manufacturers free to refuse, preserving the contractor-controlled repair model the reform sought to change.

GAO reviews of aircraft, ships and ground vehicles have found that when contractors retain exclusive control over repair information, the military is forced into long-term vendor support arrangements that are far more expensive than in-house maintenance. (Armin Weigel/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The Trump administration had backed the reform, with Statements of Administration Policy supporting both the House and Senate versions earlier in the fall. Service secretaries also endorsed the effort, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth issued new acquisition guidance in November instructing the military to plan for «organic depot-level maintenance and repair» in major systems.
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In May 2025, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll publicly pledged that the Army would ensure right-to-repair provisions were included in future Army contracts — aligning the service with the broader congressional push for greater access to technical data. But advocates said a service-by-service approach wasn’t enough and pushed to codify and expand right to repair across all branches to prevent contractors from controlling critical maintenance information.
The F-35 program offers one of the clearest examples of how restricted repair rights drive up costs.
GAO has found that the Pentagon still lacks key technical data needed to perform many F-35 repairs organically, forcing the services to rely on Lockheed Martin and its subcontractors for everything from software maintenance to component overhauls. That dependence has helped push sustainment costs so high that the Pentagon warns it cannot afford to operate the planned fleet without major changes.
GAO reported that greater access to repair data could save the department billions over the jet’s projected life cycle, reduce turnaround times for broken parts, and allow military depots to take on work that is currently outsourced back to the contractor.

The F-35 program offers one of the clearest examples of how restricted repair rights drive up costs. (Samuel King Jr./U.S. Air Force)
The consequences of contractor restrictions are already visible across the force. A mechanic deployed for an exercise in Korea «was prohibited from conducting maintenance on a generator because the warranty would be voided,» leaving the unit with the choice of voiding the warranty or losing equipment needed for training, according to a comment filed on Regulations.gov.
Marines stationed in Japan were forced to «pack() up and ship() back (engines) to contractors in the (U.S.) for repairs,» leaving the engines offline for months, former Marine Corps logistics officer Elle Ekman wrote in The New York Times.
Even basic shipboard systems have been affected. Navy Secretary John Phelan told lawmakers that during a visit to the USS Gerald R. Ford, six of the ship’s eight ovens — responsible for preparing more than 15,000 meals a day — were broken. Sailors said they knew how to fix the ovens but were not allowed to and had to wait for contractors instead, according to a War Department readout. When shipboard elevators stopped working, the crew similarly had to call in the manufacturer.
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Advocates say these examples illustrate why Congress sought to codify military right to repair in the first place — and why they argue the issue is far from resolved. Warren and Sheehy have already vowed to push another legislative fix in 2026, while watchdog groups say they will press the Pentagon to use its existing authority to demand greater data access in new contracts.
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Alerta terrorista en Brasil: crece la preocupación tras el arresto de un joven que planeaba un ataque suicida en nombre de ISIS

El caso de Leonardo Claro Teles Rosa, el joven de dieciocho años de Bauru, en el estado de San Pablo, arrestado el jueves por terrorismo, ha reavivado la alerta en Brasil sobre la posibilidad de atentados perpetrados por jóvenes lobos solitarios radicalizados en línea por miembros del Estado Islámico. En la vivienda de Teles Rosa fue encontrado un chaleco y en su oficina material explosivo que había adquirido en línea. El joven, según la acusación, estaba listo para llevar a cabo un atentado suicida en nombre del ISIS durante un gran evento en territorio nacional, del cual no se han dado detalles. Teles Rosa había entrado en el radar de la Policía Federal y del FBI tras el despliegue de la operación brasileña Machete, que a finales de 2024 condujo al arresto de Thiago José Silva Barboza de Paula, de 46 años, considerado por la Policía Federal un reclutador del Estado Islámico en Brasil, así como del propio Leonardo Claro Teles Rosa. El hombre fue condenado el pasado mes de julio a 11 años de prisión por actos preparatorios de terrorismo. Infobae había relatado en exclusiva las dinámicas del grupo en línea del que De Paula era administrador, Comando860.
En los chats del grupo analizados por el Atlántico Intelligence Group y a los que Infobae tuvo acceso, se compartían archivos y enlaces de propaganda de ISIS y manuales de guerrilla y fabricación de explosivos. El 11 de septiembre de 2024 se publicaba el llamado Bay’a, el juramento de lealtad al Estado Islámico. Salafi860, que según los investigadores era de Paula, también difundía enlaces a antiguas revistas del ISIS como Dabiq y Rumiyah, además de compartir un archivo titulado “Documentos militares brasileños”, y dos titulados “Guía del muyahidín para sobrevivir y esconderse” y “Ciclo de gimnasios de la industria del terrorismo”, respectivamente. En esta máquina de propaganda yihadista no faltaban los archivos compartidos titulados “Matar a los insolentes es un derecho de cualquier musulmán” y “Buenas noticias para los que llevan a cabo operaciones de martirio”. Otros miembros, probablemente brasileños, intervenían en el chat, escribiendo en portugués y llevando la palabra “al-Brazili” en sus apodos. También había extranjeros pidiendo material en inglés o urdu, la lengua oficial de Pakistán, o remitiendo a otros grupos de la plataforma de mensajería instantánea Discord. También se compartía y comentaba en el chat el mensaje de un miembro que probablemente reside en Francia y que estaba dispuesto a llevar a cabo un ataque virtual en un supuesto chat de Al Qaeda, al que se refieren como “nuestros enemigos”. En el último mensaje de Salafi860, publicado el 11 de diciembre de 2024, se mostraba una pistola Heckler & Koch Mark 23 con silenciador.

El Comando860 utilizaba TechHaven para las comunicaciones entre sus miembros y la difusión de material propagandístico del ISIS. “TechHaven es un servidor cuyo directorio de canales ha demostrado que se utiliza casi exclusivamente para alojar contenido pro-ISIS, lo que indica que los seguidores del ISIS tienen casi con toda seguridad el control del servidor”, había escrito ya en 2019 el experto en redes digitales yihadistas Peter King en su informe titulado “Experimentos del grupo Estado Islámico con la web descentralizada” (“Islamic State Group’s Experiments with the Decentralised Web” en inglés). “La red de simpatizantes latinoamericanos del Estado Islámico se ha vuelto cada vez más descentralizada e individualista, y depende del espacio digital para establecer vínculos directos e indirectos con otros seguidores”, explica a Infobae el experto estadounidense en extremismo yihadista en línea Harold Chambers, autor de “Jihad America: el retorno de la campaña latinoamericana del Estado Islámico”, publicado por Tech Against Terrorism, una organización internacional sin fines de lucro dedicada a combatir la difusión de contenidos terroristas en internet. Según un informe de 2024 de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE), los grupos terroristas y extremistas violentos aprovechan cada vez más la web descentralizada (DWeb), utilizando sus aplicaciones de mensajería, redes sociales y sistemas de alojamiento como Skynet para distribuir contenidos y eludir la moderación. “La relativa estabilidad, seguridad y apertura de TechHaven en comparación con otras plataformas la convierten en un espacio ideal como hub de radicalización. Es una herramienta clave para intentar movilizar a los simpatizantes a la acción, proporcionándoles conocimientos técnicos y asesoramiento”, añade Chambers.
Lo que más llama la atención de los investigadores es la facilidad con la que jóvenes sin ningún contacto previo con la religión islámica, encerrados en su habitación y a través de un simple ordenador, logran acceder rápidamente al extremismo más radical predicado por el ISIS y quedar influenciados por él. El paso de la teoría a la acción también se ve facilitado por grupos terroristas en línea como la Fundación Al-Saqri para la Ciencia Militar, cercana al Estado Islámico y activa al menos desde 2018. “La amplia biblioteca de la Fundación Al-Saqri la convierte en una de las fuentes de información más populares para planificar cada etapa de un ataque. El grupo no se limita a publicar guías técnicas, sino que también difunde artículos sobre la guerra simbólica para ofrecer motivaciones más generales para los atentados y la selección de objetivos”, explica Chambers a Infobae. El experto advierte que entre los puntos fuertes del grupo se encuentra su accesibilidad en diversas plataformas de redes sociales cifradas, además de la oferta de un acompañamiento individual para la preparación de ataques. “El hecho de que durante el reciente arresto de Teles Rosa se haya encontrado un artefacto explosivo es muy preocupante, ya que otros simpatizantes brasileños del Estado Islámico habían señalado anteriormente en la red dificultades para fabricar explosivos debido a la escasa disponibilidad de precursores”.

En realidad, materiales como el nitrato de amonio y el nitrato de urea se utilizan ampliamente en Brasil en la producción de fertilizantes y se comercializan libremente en el país, a diferencia, por ejemplo, de Estados Unidos, donde la venta del nitrato de amonio está controlada. El elevado poder destructivo especialmente de esta substancia ya ha causado tragedias como la ocurrida en el puerto de Beirut, en Líbano, en agosto de 2020, cuando más de 240 personas murieron en la explosión de un almacén que contenía casi tres toneladas de la sustancia. En Brasil, su uso ilícito se ha registrado sobre todo en los asaltos conocidos como “Nuevo Cangaço”, es decir, ataques fuertemente armados a sucursales bancarias en el interior del país, en los que se utilizan vehículos como barricadas improvisadas para impedir el acceso al lugar del robo y se hacen explotar los cajeros automáticos con nitrato de amonio.
En cuanto al número de jóvenes radicalizados en línea, en los últimos dos años ha aumentado no solo en Brasil, sino en toda América Latina. En marzo del año pasado, en la periferia de San Pablo, fue arrestado Matheus De Aguiar Avelino. Según la investigación, quería cometer un atentado suicida contra una sede de la Policía Federal: “Espero tener una muerte muy violenta, como la de un mártir”, había escrito en un diario que luego fue hallado por los investigadores. En julio de 2024, Fabio Samuel da Costa Oliveira, hoy de 21 años, fue condenado a siete años de prisión por terrorismo. Además de reclutar a menores en línea dispuestos a comprar armas, planeaba atentados contra el consulado de Israel en San Pablo. En Uruguay también fue detenido un adolescente de 14 años después de haber publicado en TechHaven un vídeo en el que amenazaba con un atentado contra la sinagoga de Montevideo.

“El aumento de jóvenes latinoamericanos que apoyan al Estado Islámico puede atribuirse en parte a los mismos factores observados a nivel global, como la rabia por el estado del mundo, el sentimiento de impotencia y el aislamiento en la vida real y digital, por mencionar solo algunos”. Según el experto, “los contenidos del Estado Islámico y las redes de simpatizantes no son difíciles de encontrar en las principales plataformas de redes sociales, pero la confidencialidad de los procesos judiciales contra estos jóvenes detenidos hace que los factores específicos de su radicalización no se conozcan actualmente”. Los jóvenes arrestados hasta ahora en Brasil, incluidos los de la operación Hashtag, que en 2016 desarticuló una red que planeaba atentados durante los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro, proceden todos de clases sociales bajas y con escaso acceso a la educación. “El seguimiento continuo de las plataformas más seguras, junto con una mayor presión para moderar los contenidos terroristas en los sitios más accesibles y populares, son pasos fundamentales para contener la ola de radicalización en línea. Esto es aún más relevante en lo que respecta a la difusión de guías para la fabricación de explosivos”, explica Chambers. “El problema principal es que la solución de fondo para contener esta ola no está en internet, sino en el mundo real, donde existen los factores estructurales que han empujado a estos individuos hacia la radicalización”, concluye el experto.
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Potential Walz successor unleashes on state’s sanctuary policies: ‘The rule of law matters’

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EXCLUSIVE: Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate Patrick Knight slammed Gov. Tim Walz and other leading Democrats, saying that the state is «cratering» under their leadership as they treat the law like a «buffet.»
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Knight criticized the sanctuary policies in his state, saying, «The law is not a buffet table where you just pick and choose which laws you’re going to enforce today and which laws you’re going to ignore.»
«The rule of law matters,» he said.
A Marine veteran of 20 years and a former manufacturing CEO, Knight is one of nearly a dozen candidates running for the Republican nomination to succeed Walz in the Minnesota governor’s mansion.
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Left: Marine veteran and former manufacturing CEO Patrick Knight, who is running as a Republican for Minnesota governor. Right: Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz. (Courtesy of Patrick Knight for Governor Campaign: Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)
His decision to run comes as the state is reeling from a recently exposed massive fraud scandal, involving state programs, that is believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars. The fraud crisis, which saw heavy involvement from Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, prompted a federal immigration crackdown that has in turn sparked widespread unrest. Two anti-ICE activists, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both 37, have been killed by ICE officers during confrontations with law enforcement.
Addressing these deaths, Knight said, «The loss of any life is tragic, and there should be a full and transparent investigation with both the state and the federal government participating and let the facts drive the accountability.»
Knight went on to say that for too long the people of Minnesota have been «the ones picking up the pieces» left by irresponsible state and local leadership.
«Things could have been easier as they are in other states,» he said. «When the federal government, in a reasonable manner, enforces immigration law and the city and state cooperate, that’s when it works. It’s when egos get involved and political theatrics get involved where it spins out of control.»
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Knight served in the Marines for over 20 years, including time as a judge advocate and later as an infantry officer deployed to the Middle East. He retired in 2006 as a lieutenant colonel. (Patrick Knight for Governor Campaign)
«When Governor Walz testified before Congress, he stated openly that he would, the state would cooperate with ICE. And then, two weeks later, he is at the University of Minnesota Law School graduation where he is calling ICE the ‘modern day Gestapo.’»
Connecting this to a broader pattern of Walz and other Minnesota politicians prioritizing politics over the people, saying, «Minnesota is cratering on the fundamentals.»
«We’re just going on the wrong way on every, not just some, every fundamental. Crime, education, economy, affordability, not to mention good governance,» he said. «For the past six years, we’ve just been the center of political theater. We just can’t escape it, and I think Minnesotans are tired of it, I certainly am, and we need to just focus on fixing the basics, the fundamentals.»
Knight frames his platform around a 5-point plan he jokingly titled the «big, beautiful, basic, boring» plan that focuses on the economy, affordability, education, rule of law and building a smaller, more efficient state government.
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A man walks in front of the Minnesota State Capitol building at sunset in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
His argument is that the North Star State has lost its way and now needs to move away from the excitement of the current political climate to focus on the basics and ending the fraud.
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«It’s a cultural issue that needs to be changed and it starts at the top.»
«I say it’s a simple fix,» Knight concluded. «Get a strong, competent governor.»
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Zelenskyy announces next round of talks with US, Russia as Ukraine aims for ‘real and dignified end to the war

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Sunday that a new round of talks involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia will take place this week, as Kyiv presses for progress toward ending the war while Moscow continues strikes across the country.
Writing on X, Zelenskyy said the meetings are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Abu Dhabi.
«Ukraine is ready for a substantive discussion, and we are interested in ensuring that the outcome brings us closer to a real and dignified end to the war,» Zelenskyy wrote.
The announcement comes as Russia has intensified attacks on Ukraine’s energy and logistics infrastructure, worsening conditions for civilians as winter temperatures plunge.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a joint press conference with Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda and Polish President Karol Nawrocki, at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Ukrainian officials say Moscow has repeatedly targeted power grids, heating and water systems throughout the nearly four-year war, a campaign Kyiv has described as an effort to use winter conditions as a weapon against the civilian population.

An elderly man looks out from his damaged balcony after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
Authorities warned that Ukraine is facing one of its coldest stretches of the season, with temperatures in some areas expected to fall as low as minus-22 degrees Fahrenheit, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
President Donald Trump said late last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to temporarily halt strikes on Kyiv and other cities amid the extreme cold.
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«I personally asked President Putin not to fire on Kyiv and the cities and towns for a week during this … extraordinary cold,» Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, adding that Putin had «agreed to that.»
The White House has not provided details on the timing or scope of the pause, and Ukrainian officials have expressed skepticism about Russia’s intentions.
Zelenskyy said Thursday that key obstacles to a peace agreement remain unresolved, including the future of occupied Ukrainian territory and Moscow’s demands for land it has not captured.

Firefighters work at the site of a private enterprise hit by an overnight Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, January 30, 2026. (Reuters)
Russia struck Ukrainian energy facilities in several regions on Thursday, Zelenskyy said, though he noted that no such strikes occurred overnight. He added that Russian drones and missiles have continued to hit residential areas and logistics hubs across Ukraine.
Trump has described Putin’s acceptance of a pause as a concession, but Zelenskyy questioned whether Moscow is genuinely interested in ending the war as the invasion approaches its fourth anniversary on Feb. 24.
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«I do not believe that Russia wants to end the war. There is a great deal of evidence to the contrary,» Zelenskyy said Thursday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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