The D Brief: US strikes in Somalia; UAE seeks DOGE’d DOD workers; Trump-Putin talks fall flat; Genius Machines on Thursday; And a bit more.

The Navy’s top officer said U.S. forces carried out “the largest air strike in the history of the world” during recent operations near Somalia. Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby shared the extraordinary remarks Monday evening at the Council on Foreign Relations’ Robert B. McKeon Endowed Series on Military Strategy and Leadership, which is typically a polite, news-free event every spring. Kilby was speaking about U.S. military operations in the Red Sea