Summary Not giving up nuclear program: Iran will “guard” its “advanced technologies” like it does its own borders, Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written speech read aloud by state TV. It will “secure the Persian Gulf region and dismantle the hostile enemy’s exploitation of this waterway.” US military teases cutting-edge, not yet tested in battle, hypersonic missiles for the Mideast region as CENTCOM head set to brief Trump on further military options at White House. Brent crude for June delivery reached as much as $126 a barrel in trading on Thursday, before easing to $114, as oil prices have surged to their highest levels since…
In theory, preemption laws should stop local governments from trying to push through local gun control. After all, they know it won’t stand as it violates state law, so why bother? Why not do something more productive, like licking door knobs and calling them “Lucille.” Yeah, I’m not running on much sleep right now, so things could get weird. Anywho…preemption.The truth of the matter is that despite the laws on the books in numerous states, you still get little twerp in local government who thinks he or she matters more than they do, trying to…
Free Comic Book Day returns! Service members, veterans and military families have a chance to pick up new titles at no cost from thousands of participating shops across the country. The annual event, held on the first Saturday in May, has grown into a staple for comic fans. More than 2,000 stores hand out millions of books each year. This year, however, comes with a subtle shift behind the scenes that could shape how the event looks going forward. What Is Free Comic Book Day and When Is It? Free Comic Book Day is an annual promotion that brings readers…
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before Congress at a pair of hourslong hearings this week for the first time since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, with the Pentagon chief facing tough questions from skeptical Democrats. Hegseth seemed to emerge with solid Republican support over his leadership and handling of the war. But a few GOP lawmakers questioned his dismissal of a top Army general, while some sought assurances that the Pentagon is doing everything possible to prevent civilian deaths. The hearings Wednesday and Thursday before the House and Senate Armed Services committees delved into the…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking details of a short-term ceasefire Russia proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump, he said in a post on Telegram on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a May 9 ceasefire to coincide with Victory Day in Russia in a phone call with Trump the previous day, according to the Kremlin. “We have instructed our representatives to contact the United States president’s team and clarify the details of the Russian proposal for a short-term ceasefire,” Zelenskyy said. Meanwhile, Russian attacks overnight killed one person in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro and…
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A Connecticut Army veteran and his daughter filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Department of Veterans Affairs, arguing that a law denying her disability benefits because her father and not her mother served in Vietnam amounts to unconstitutional sex discrimination. Ron Christoforo enlisted in the Army at 22 in 1969 and spent a year in Vietnam as a telecommunications technician attached to the 5th Special Forces Group. His daughter Michele, 33, was born with achondroplasia, a genetic disorder that causes dwarfism. Neither parent has a family history of the condition. The VA recognizes achondroplasia as a covered birth defect…
Earlier today, I wrote about a North Korean arms dealer who was caught trying to make a sale to a Ukrainian warlord. I talked about how people like this could arm the cartels, and likely already have, and that American gun control would never stop the flow of guns into Mexico. And it’s true. The cartels have money, and arms dealers tend to like money.In fact, they like it so much that even sitting in a prison cell, some will try to broker hundreds of thousands of dollars in illicit weapons deals.A man will serve…
The shooting at Brown University was a rare moment of calamity in the relative calm of high-profile shootings in 2025, but it was enough to make a lot of people very scared and very nervous. Unsurprisingly, we heard the renewed calls for gun control, because some people just can’t help it, but the truth is that nothing much came of the incident, in part because there were still a lot of questions about the guns. That was muddied after the same gunman killed an MIT professor a couple of days later.Well, we know one thing…
The House is taking up a Senate-passed budget resolution that sets nearly $1 trillion in defense spending—roughly $500 billion below the levels President Donald Trump has publicly pushed—setting up a potential battle within the Republican Party over how far to go on military funding. The framework outlines roughly $5.5 trillion in federal spending for Fiscal Year 2026, including about $934 billion in national defense budget authority and a projected $1.26 trillion deficit. It also directs committees to draft legislation that could increase defense and immigration-related spending over the next decade. The GOP-controlled Senate approved the measure in a 50-48 vote…
The Thermos brand is asking customers to stop using certain food jars and multi-use vessels that lack a pressure relief valve, after receiving several reports of lids “forcefully ejecting” if stored with contents for extended periods. Thermos is offering replacement lids with pressure relief stoppers and/or entirely new vessels, depending on the model. The recall involves three specific models and more than 8 million total vessels: about 5.8 million food jars and 2.3 million multi-purpose bottles. To date, Thermos has received 27 incident reports, some including laceration injuries, and three reports of customers suffering permanent vision loss after being struck…
The USS Gerald R. Ford is reportedly preparing to leave the Middle East after a record 309-day deployment during the ongoing conflict with Iran. The carrier is expected to return to the United States after more than 10 months at sea, according to The Washington Post on Wednesday. If true, it would far exceed the typical six- to seven-month deployment, marking one of the longest carrier deployments since the Vietnam War. Military.com reached out for comment to the Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Central Command regarding the reported redeployment, its operational impact and whether additional forces will…
I work on the water most days. The night before I head out, I get gear prepped and grab sunglasses with a lens that fits the particular brand of fishing I’ll be doing. But lately, I’ve been grabbing one set, every single day, no matter the conditions or fishing I’ll be doing: The Bajío Cocho with a Violet Mirror Lens. Whether I’m chasing bass on a lake, inshore fishing in Florida, or throwing flies at trout out of a driftboat, I can’t help but pick them up. All my other fishing sunglasses are starting to gather dust. So, what is…
From the time President Barack Obama tried to make the case to the American people that the guns in the hands of the cartels came from American gun stores, there’s been a push to enact federal gun control so we can help curb Mexico’s cartel problem. Never mind that much of that stems from a level of corruption that’s been well documented for decades before the cartels came into the country. No, that doesn’t matter. The issue is America and our respect for freedom. The argument today is much like it was then. If we…
U.S. Space Command Gen. Stephen Whiting said the combatant command’s first operational facility on Redstone Arsenal represents “a critical step forward” in the move of its permanent headquarters to Alabama. Whiting and other Space Command personnel cut the ribbon on the facility on Wednesday in front community leaders and officials from other agencies stationed at the Arsenal. “This is where we plant our flag for the first operational element of our headquarters, the Joint Intelligence Support Element here at Redstone Arsenal,” Whiting said. “Today is about the people and the mission behind it. By the end of this year, these…
Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of War in the United States, is set to testify before the Senate as the cost of the Iran War reaches $25 billion. Hegseth is the infamous Christian nationalist being accused of trying to force his religious views in the military. Christian Nationalist Pete Hegseth Pushes Religion In The Military The hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday morning is meant to discuss the Pentagon’s staggering $1.5 trillion budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. Instead, it is expected to become a public back-and-forth on the war and the administration’s objectives, according to a report…
Matthew Maddison, 37, a climbing coach for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was arrested Tuesday for viewing and sharing child sex abuse material (CSAM). Authorities believe that Maddison had been engaging with this content since July 2024. The Investigation The case dates back to March 16, 2025, when an unnamed social media company filed a CyberTipline report with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. It informed the organization that an account had “uploaded and distributed suspected child sexual abuse material,” according to the affidavit of probable cause. Next, the IP and email address of the account…
Earlier this month, attorneys Alan Beck and Kevin O’Grady notched another win against the state of Hawaii and its restrictive gun control laws when a federal judge issued a final judgement in a case challenging the inability for non-residents to lawfully carry firearms in the state. Beck and O’Grady represented the plaintiffs in the case; a Virginia resident named Johnathan Solinsky and the Hawaii Rifle Association, who challenged that prohibition on Second Amendment grounds, and U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake ruled in their favor on April 15. Otake’s injunction means that non-residents will now be…
KENT, WA — A quiet neighborhood turned chaotic just before 3 a.m. when multiple armed intruders forced their way into a home and ran into a homeowner who was ready. According to reporting from FOX 13 Seattle and KING 5 News, the family inside the home on Hampton Way woke up to what police described as a loud bang as suspects broke in overnight. From there, things moved fast. One of the homeowners woke her husband, who went straight to a safe near the bed, grabbed a firearm, and went downstairs to investigate what was happening inside his own home.…
First-person shooters are everywhere, but only a few manage to earn high scores from both critics and everyday players at the same time. Scores in the high 80s or 90s are not rare in the genre, but reaching that level on multiple platforms at once, and holding it over time, is not mere luck. These FPS titles understand what they want to be. Some are built around fast, precise shooting where every movement matters. And there are those that focus on teamwork, giving players clear roles that make co-op feel natural and rewarding. Near-perfect ratings across platforms like OpenCritic and…
