👤 Mike Brest

26 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
26
2026-08-26 – 2026-10-15
Claims per article
24
637 extracted in total
Hedged claims
7%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,180
characters
Writes for Washington Examiner.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
77%
Technology
12%
World
8%
Crime & Law
4%
Most-tagged topics
U.S.IranianIranPentagonArmyNavythe Washington ExaminerChinese

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5 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages +0.05 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-09 · Washington Examiner · Politics
What to know about the Army’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter
32 outlets covered this event
2026-10-05 · Washington Examiner · Politics
Trump: Military moved bombers out of UK due to ‘some threats’
24 outlets covered this event
2026-09-17 · Washington Examiner · Politics
UN investigators conclude ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe certain US strikes in Iran were war crimes
16 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-02 · Washington Examiner · Politics
Breaking down Hegseth’s major announcements from his ‘State of the Force’ address
15 outlets covered this event
2026-09-30 · Washington Examiner · Politics
Inside the room for Hegseth’s ‘State of the Force’ address
15 outlets covered this event
2026-09-24 · Washington Examiner · Politics
Navy creates robotic and drone warfighting development center at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story
10 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-08-26 · Washington Examiner
‘It doesn’t get any easier. It just gets different’: Abbey Gate gold star families think about legacy on five-year anniversary
🔮 Given how expensive and time-consuming construction was, they now intend to open the facility to the public once the three additional houses are complete, which Schmitz said is expected to happen before the end of the year. assertive
2026-09-16 · Washington Examiner
Military prepares for war in space: ‘The demands right now… are not theoretical’
🔮 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov shared that sentiment and warned that it could lead to a space-based arms race. assertive
2026-09-16 · Washington Examiner
Air Force’s refueler modernization will take decades
🔮 The Air Force’s effort to modernize its fleet of refueler aircraft will take decades and require the long-term sustainment of both the legacy and newer platforms. assertive
2026-09-17 · Washington Examiner
China asks Iran to rein in Houthis after appeal from Saudi Arabia
🔮 Amid fears that they would resume attacks on vessels transiting the waterways and further imperil the global energy crisis, the Iranian-aligned rebels said they would only attack Saudi vessels. assertive
2026-09-17 · Washington Examiner
UN investigators conclude ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe certain US strikes in Iran were war crimes
🔮 Several Democrats have expressed concerns about reductions made in the civilian harm mitigation effort and whether it could have contributed to the Minab school strike. assertive
2026-09-18 · Washington Examiner
Pentagon investigating missing F-35 spare parts lost overseas
🔮 The Pentagon is investigating how sensitive technology in the F-35 fighter jet was diverted to Hong Kong and is currently unaccounted for, raising concerns that it could have made its way into the possession of the Chinese military. mixed
2026-09-19 · Washington Examiner
Understanding the Army’s drone strategy: Necessary ‘across every warfighting function’
🔮 The program has arranged various competitions, called Gauntlets, allowing hopeful drone companies to demonstrate their capabilities for the military in the hopes that the department will order their products in particular. assertive
2026-09-24 · Washington Examiner
Navy creates robotic and drone warfighting development center at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story
🔮 The Navy announced on Thursday the formation of a new center dedicated to robotic and autonomous systems that will be headquartered at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia. assertive
2026-09-25 · Washington Examiner
Federal appeals court upholds Pentagon’s supply-chain-risk designation of Anthropic
🔮 Warfighters will sleep better knowing that no private company will insert their opinions in the chain of command. assertive
2026-09-29 · Washington Examiner
Pentagon not forthcoming on how troops are injured in Iran war
🔮 The last time they took the podium in the Pentagon Briefing Room was on May 5. assertive
2026-09-30 · Washington Examiner
Inside the room for Hegseth’s ‘State of the Force’ address
🔮 “Now, the hyperventilating media thought it might be an impromptu PT test. assertive
2026-10-02 · Washington Examiner
Another aircraft carrier heading to Middle East as Trump contemplates post-midterm restart
🔮 Another U.S. Navy aircraft carrier has left its home port in San Diego recently and is heading for the Middle East as President Donald Trump has said it’s “possible” the military could resume offensive attacks against Iran after the midterm elections. assertive
2026-10-02 · Washington Examiner
Breaking down Hegseth’s major announcements from his ‘State of the Force’ address
🔮 Project Agincourt, Autonomous warfare command, and long-term planning Hegseth announced Project Agincourt — a reference to a battle in which English forces defeated French adversaries in 1415 despite being outnumbered — which will essentially transition the department’s efforts to innovate and mass-produce autonomous systems into a new four-star functional combatant command called Autonomous Warfare Command. assertive
2026-10-02 · Washington Examiner
Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to begin $5 billion mid-life renovation
🔮 The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is set to begin its multiyear midlife overhaul, which will set the vessel up for the second half of its 50-year service life. mixed
2026-10-02 · Washington Examiner
New Hegseth counter-drone homeland security memo says ‘accept prudent risks’ but don’t ‘cut corners’
🔮 We will not answer a fast-moving threat with a slow-moving bureaucracy,” he wrote in the memo, later calling drones “the defining threat of our time.” assertive
2026-10-05 · Washington Examiner
Space Command tries to bridge Colorado and Alabama as joint future of space defense
🔮 Alabama and Colorado both play a significant role in the military’s space strategy, but they were pitted against each other when it came to where Space Command would be located indefinitely, and now the service is trying to bridge the divide in the best interest of the country. With the military moving forward with its plans to permanently house SPACECOM in Huntsville, Alabama, it is still trying to keep Colorado Springs, Colorado, where it had been, involved and engaged in necessary space-related operations. assertive
2026-10-09 · Washington Examiner
What to know about the Army’s plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter
🔮 This week, President Donald Trump approved Hasan’s execution, which would make him the first person executed through the military justice system since a soldier was hanged in 1961, and the first to be killed by firing squad since 1945. assertive
2026-10-12 · Washington Examiner
Thwarted RAF Fairford attack underscores threats to US military aircraft and bases
🔮 President Donald Trump said the dozen bombers brought back stateside from Royal Air Force Fairford were due to “some threats,” and he warned that Iran would “suffer greatly” if they had smuggled attack drones into the U.K. for an attack targeting the base. assertive
2026-10-13 · Washington Examiner
Coast Guard exploring basing fast response cutters in Panama for counter-cartel mission
🔮 I’m not sure we would need to station or establish additional squadrons elsewhere in the region to support the region in the way that they need,” she explained. assertive
2026-10-13 · Washington Examiner
Army innovates small parts for cheap in Pacific to avoid extended delays
🔮 It looks like a standard hex-sided bolt that can be purchased at any hardware store, but Army soldiers in the Pacific would have to wait several months to get them — that is, until they created their own solution to the backlog. assertive
2026-10-13 · Washington Examiner
Lockheed Martin announces new air defense interceptor missile designed for hypersonics
🔮 That threat moves again because they will. assertive
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