Defense

AFPI Celebrates Supreme Court Victory Affecting American Energy Producers & National Security

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the Supreme Court’s decision today in Chevron v. Plaquemines Parish, a case that addresses whether state and local governments can weaponize lawsuits against private companies to hold them liable for past activities which were indispensable to the execution of federal contracts.

Sweden Warns: Europe Must Step Up Or Lose Everything with Robert Wilkie and Pal Jonson

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie talks with Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson about how Sweden moved from being a non-aligned country to becoming one of NATO’s most active and important members.

Amid The Strikes: A Blueprint To Protect American Interests

Putin Near America’s Shores: A Look at Russia’s Shadow Fleet

On January 7th, 2026, the U.S. Coast Guard, with British support, seized a Russian-flagged vessel in the North Atlantic, bringing attention to Russia’s growing “Shadow Fleet”—a global naval operation to evade U.S. sanctions and maintain the flow of Russian oil and revenue. Unlike other vessels, no crude oil was found on board. Moreover, the circumstances surrounding the seizure—Russian military assets en route to protect the vessel and the raising of the Russian flag—call into question the methods used by a sanctioned fleet and the complicity of the Russian government.

Project Vault: Locking in America’s Strategic Supply

On February 2, 2026, President Trump, along with Chairman of the Export-Import Bank (EXIM) John Jovanovic, announced a new initiative to move U.S. critical mineral supply chains away from reliance on China. Project Vault establishes the U.S. Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve intended to store critical minerals essential to America’s defense and industrial supply chains in facilities across the United States.