Good morning! Start your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for May 23, 2025—your quick intel on defense and global affairs.

The UK is planning to expand its voluntary chemical castration program for sex offenders to 20 prisons—and officials are ...

The North Korean navy’s botched launch of a brand-new destroyer this week revealed a key vulnerability: His massive military ...

The comments come after reports that Finland expects a Russian military build-up on its borders after the war in Ukraine ends ...

The US House has passed President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill in a narrow 215-214 vote, marking a significant victory for Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson after weeks of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that a major prisoner swap was just completed between Russia and Ukraine.