The U.S. has charged Russian hackers for cyberattacks targeting Ukraine and NATO countries. cbsn.ws/4dTvh1m

.Steve Beynon continues to be a scoop machine for military news at Military.com - this tweet may seem like praise but he’s making life harder for us journalists trying to keep up. Thanks for ruining my afternoon, STEVE. I’m kidding, he’s good people, read this story.

Updating the Jeff Schogol Task & Purpose sizzle reel to include his question at today's Pentagon briefing citing Kevin Costner ("No Way Out") ... Now as a YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=uiqgR5…

I try to #FOIA for documents as much as I can to share them with the public. I think this is a good strategy for building and maintaining trust with readers. I got this in today. New: Sen. JD Vance's NAM award write-up: documentcloud.org/documents/2509… Old: Vance's DD-214:

SCOOP: NPR has ID'd the two Trump campaign staffers involved in an altercation at Arlington National Cemetery last week that Trump insists did not happen. One of them is a deputy campaign manager. More with Quil Lawrence+Tom Bowman: npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-…

Georgia authorities have arrested Colin Gray, the 54-year-old father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect. He faces several charges stemming from "knowingly allowing" his son "to possess a weapon," authorities said. cbsn.ws/47hYeBz

An investigation found that Navy Secretary Del Toro violated the Hatch Act with statements he made about Trump and Biden trib.al/jmotGMC

Players are moving away from HELLDIVERS™ 2 because the major orders are becoming redundant and there’s no clear path to victory. I say welcome to a modern day conflict. Taking over planets just to lose them later—SEE: Helmand Province in Afghanistan or the hilltops in Vietnam.

Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft — not trusted by NASA to safely bring its crew home from the International Space Station — was rigged for undocking Friday and an unpiloted return to Earth to close out a disappointing test flight. cbsn.ws/3ZarU1B

From my colleague Erielle Delzer - Sham U.S. News Site Spreads False Claim About Kamala Harris - this graf: Contacted by CBS News “X sent an automatic reply that the PR team is busy.” cbsnews.com/news/sham-news…

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Students Seek $130 Million Over Alleged Sexual Assaults via Reuters gCaptain gcaptain.com/u-s-coast-guar…

“A non-propulsion related material casualty in the engineering department.” One would think that in communicating with the general public, the U.S. Navy would at least attempt to put things into terms that would provide an explanation to a general non-military audience.

I’ve seen a good share of military recruiting videos from across the services from different decades. Some good—a lot of bad, mostly cringe. This one I agree is different and one of the better ones I’ve seen from the Army. Like Draper said: “Nostalgia is delicate, but potent.”

On the topic of military recruiting commercials, my favorite is this 1989 Navy commercial. I love the late 1980s Foreigner + Journey-esque power ballad attached to quick cuts of Navy sailors. Wonder if Chowdah Hill remembers this one.

An encounter with an Alabama State Trooper became a life-changing moment for 20-year-old Abbie Rutledge when she was let off with just a warning. Steve Hartman is On the Road with a powerful story about leaving the past in the rearview mirror.

From me and my CBS News Confirmed team colleague Laura Doan - Trump claimed no U.S. troops died in Afghanistan for 18 months. Here's a fact check. cbsnews.com/news/trump-afg…

Grisel Marrero was relieved by the Navy as a command senior chief of the USS Manchester after an investigation found she had an unauthorized Starlink satellite dish installed on a warship and lied to her commanding officer to keep it secret. stripes.com/theaters/us/20…

Have a good weekend and if the opportunity to be kind to someone comes up, not a bad idea to take it. -30-