In retrospect, 2025 may have been the year of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its cost-cutting efforts, which touched nearly every federal agency, including those managing public lands. While mass firings at the National Park Service (NPS) made headline news last year, many other agencies also faced cuts. The full extent of public land job cuts has been unclear — until now. New data shows the total reductions to federal public land agencies in the West and their potential impacts. The Study Prospect Partners and Hawkeye Strategies, two policy watchdog groups focused on public lands advocacy, compiled federal…

An Indiana man has been sentenced to 88 years in prison for a mass shooting at an Indianapolis bar last March after a judge rejected arguments by the man’s attorney that tried to pin the blame for the shooting on Indiana’s gun laws.  27-year-old Nicholas Fulk was convicted back in March for the shooting at a bar called Landsharks that killed Timothy Brown, who was helping out behind the bar that night, and left five others injured. At his sentencing on Monday, Fulk’s attorney argued that Brown’s death was really the fault of lawmakers, not…

Military Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves always end up costing more than you think they will. While the U.S. government reimburses many moving expenses or gives benefits and allotments, most military members also experience unexpected out-of-pocket costs. Veteran spouse and military life expert Joanna Guldin joined the PCS With Military.com podcast to discuss military discounts that can help troops and their families save some cash over a move. Here are a few of her tips for finding military discounts during a military move. Know what you’re looking for, then visit Military.com’s discount center. Over her own moves, as well…

While it’s a common trope among anti-gunners to blame the United States for so-called gun crime in other countries, especially Mexico and Canada, there’s at least some truth to the fact that the guns come from the United States much of the time. It’s not our fault that bad people want to do bad things, but yeah, a lot of the guns are trafficked from American sources. But it’s not necessarily the fault of the United States.In fact, one recent arrest for attempted trafficking didn’t involve an American. It involved a Pakistani national, a lot…

Games can be the perfect tools for feeling all-powerful, emphasizing power progression, large-scale enemy encounters, and pure destruction with few restrictions. After all, switching your brain off for a while and going full “Hulk smash” mode can be incredibly fun, and open-world developers are well aware of that. There are numerous open-world titles where freedom outshines realism, and players are entrusted with various supernatural abilities, can wield powerful magic, or at times can even play as godlike beings or chosen ones, killing hundreds, if not thousands, on their journey. But what about more grounded takes that are less about destruction…

Images by the author If you’ve ever priced out suppressors, you know the math gets painful fast. A quality can isn’t cheap, and between the cost, the wait, and the paperwork, most of us aren’t building a collection — we’re picking one, maybe two, and hoping we chose well. That’s the problem I think about every time someone asks me which suppressor they should buy: how do you get the most out of a single can? The folks at Silencer Shop have been answering that question for many shooters over the years. They’re one of the largest suppressor dealers in…