<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Courtney McBride - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Courtney McBride - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AV0yAhFNzns/courtney-mcbride</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Courtney McBride - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AV0yAhFNzns/courtney-mcbride</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:31:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AV0yAhFNzns/courtney-mcbride.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[US Backs Ukraine’s Request for Missiles Paid for by NATO Allies]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/us-backs-ukraine-s-request-for-missiles-paid-for-by-nato-allies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/us-backs-ukraine-s-request-for-missiles-paid-for-by-nato-allies</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:02:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iP0QT4wLVwjc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iP0QT4wLVwjc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ukrainian soldiers at the site of a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Russia fired 70 missiles of various types as well as 145 drones against Ukraine in the overnight barrage, with the main bulk of them aimed at the capital, the country’s Air Force said.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lutnick Sparks Rally in Defense Stocks After Ownership Comment]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/defense-shares-rise-conflicts-loom-on-prospect-of-us-stake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/defense-shares-rise-conflicts-loom-on-prospect-of-us-stake</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 23:13:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMeFkoHxQb20/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMeFkoHxQb20/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II military jet at the Paris Air Show in June. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Deploys 4,000 Troops to Latin America in Anti-Cartel Push]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-18/us-routes-4-000-troops-to-latin-america-in-anti-cartel-push</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-18/us-routes-4-000-troops-to-latin-america-in-anti-cartel-push</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:19:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipRKhjFtukEk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipRKhjFtukEk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The USS Fort Lauderdale departs Naval Station Norfolk on Aug. 14.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Golden Dome Still Shrouded in Mystery, Even for Its Builders]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/golden-dome-still-shrouded-in-mystery-even-for-its-builders</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/golden-dome-still-shrouded-in-mystery-even-for-its-builders</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:31:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMwHAsYgn.SE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMwHAsYgn.SE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Trump vowed that a “Golden Dome” missile-defense shield should be “fully operational” by the end of his term, saying it would be able to protect the US from threats including ballistic missiles, hypersonics and advanced cruise missiles.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Jersey Base to House Migrant Detainees, Pentagon Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/new-jersey-base-set-to-house-migrant-detainees-pentagon-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-18/new-jersey-base-set-to-house-migrant-detainees-pentagon-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Myles Miller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:51:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDWicjY.Lpzk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDWicjY.Lpzk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Demonstrators protest the construction of a detention center, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” in the Everglades near Ochopee, Florida, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Panel Seeks to Boost Defense Funding, Add F-35 Buys]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/senate-panel-seeks-to-boost-defense-funding-add-f-35-purchases</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/senate-panel-seeks-to-boost-defense-funding-add-f-35-purchases</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:00:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ia4fywDFF8hQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ia4fywDFF8hQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II military jet air display at the Paris Air Show in Paris, France, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. The 55th Paris Air Show runs 16-20 June at Le Bourget airport.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Department Starts Laying Off 1,300 Staff in Major Purge]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/state-department-begins-layoffs-following-supreme-court-ruling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/state-department-begins-layoffs-following-supreme-court-ruling</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 22:00:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/it5SnpZ8C1Ko/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/it5SnpZ8C1Ko/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An exterior view of the US Department of State headquarters in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2025. The US State Department is expected to propose an unprecedented scaling back of Washington&apos;s diplomatic reach, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday, shuttering programs and embassies worldwide to slash the budget by almost 50 percent. The proposals, contained in an internal departmental memo said to be under serious discussion by senior officials, would eliminate almost all funding for international organizations such as the United Nations and NATO. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli Official Plays Down Chance of Imminent End to Gaza War]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/trump-touts-push-toward-gaza-deal-as-netanyahu-visits-pentagon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/trump-touts-push-toward-gaza-deal-as-netanyahu-visits-pentagon</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 18:58:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iaa99ULnhCxw/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iaa99ULnhCxw/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Army Pushes for Massive Boost in Patriot Missile Inventory]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/us-army-pushes-for-massive-boost-in-patriot-missile-inventory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/us-army-pushes-for-massive-boost-in-patriot-missile-inventory</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikYRkt5jUJTs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikYRkt5jUJTs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US Patriot Missile batteries.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentagon Faces Questions Over Move to Halt Weapons for Ukraine]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/pentagon-under-scrutiny-over-decision-to-halt-weapons-to-ukraine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/pentagon-under-scrutiny-over-decision-to-halt-weapons-to-ukraine</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:52:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2sL0.3VZ.QI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2sL0.3VZ.QI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Rescue services search the site of a Russian air strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday, June 23, 2025. Russia unleashed its latest missile and drone strike on Kyiv, killing at least seven people, as Moscow steps up its aerial attacks on civilian infrastructure. Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Halts Key Ukraine Weapons Deliveries Amid Russian Barrage]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/us-halts-key-ukraine-weapons-deliveries-amid-russian-barrage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/us-halts-key-ukraine-weapons-deliveries-amid-russian-barrage</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 23:22:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihfXEQ7Z2jHQ/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihfXEQ7Z2jHQ/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netanyahu Is Set to Meet Trump at White House on July 7]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/netanyahu-is-set-to-meet-trump-at-white-house-on-july-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/netanyahu-is-set-to-meet-trump-at-white-house-on-july-7</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:03:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIfzgSIoirfM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIfzgSIoirfM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US President Donald Trump, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel&apos;s prime minister, during an arrival ceremony outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 7, 2025. Netanyahu is meeting with Trump to seek a better tariff deal for Israel and to discuss the war in Gaza, the situation in Syria and the Iranian nuclear program.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Urge Rubio to Not Fire Diplomats, End Hiring Freeze]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/democrats-urge-rubio-to-not-fire-diplomats-end-hiring-freeze</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/democrats-urge-rubio-to-not-fire-diplomats-end-hiring-freeze</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:22:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imCOcC0oeGhw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imCOcC0oeGhw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An exterior view of the US Department of State headquarters in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2025. The US State Department is expected to propose an unprecedented scaling back of Washington&apos;s diplomatic reach, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday, shuttering programs and embassies worldwide to slash the budget by almost 50 percent. The proposals, contained in an internal departmental memo said to be under serious discussion by senior officials, would eliminate almost all funding for international organizations such as the United Nations and NATO. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hegseth Berates Media as Questions Linger on Iran Strike Impact]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/hegseth-berates-media-as-questions-linger-on-iran-strike-impact</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/hegseth-berates-media-as-questions-linger-on-iran-strike-impact</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney McBride]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:52:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/id9JmwXtf_9o/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/id9JmwXtf_9o/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the US Dropped Bunker-Busting Bombs on Iran’s Nuclear Sites]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-22/how-the-us-dropped-bunker-busting-bombs-on-iran-s-nuclear-sites</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-22/how-the-us-dropped-bunker-busting-bombs-on-iran-s-nuclear-sites</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Capaccio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:44:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikeXT6s5bKwo/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikeXT6s5bKwo/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bombs the US Could Deploy If Trump Strikes Iran]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-17/bunker-buster-bomb-draws-focus-as-trump-weighs-iran-options</link><guid 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Residents of the tiny community near SpaceX&apos;s rocket launch site voted on May 3 to officially incorporate the area as its own city, Starbase, Texas.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Stymied in ‘Art of the Deal’ Approach to World’s Strongmen]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/trump-stymied-in-art-of-the-deal-approach-to-world-s-strongmen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-05/trump-stymied-in-art-of-the-deal-approach-to-world-s-strongmen</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalia Drozdiak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 02:51:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iy6lj3oKjhgw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iy6lj3oKjhgw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Donald Trump Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>