Angry bees closed two popular hiking trails in Arizona on Tuesday after attacking eight hikers, sending one to the hospital. The incident occurred on Camelback Mountain northeast of downtown Phoenix. At 9:15 a.m. on May 19, the Phoenix Fire Department (PFD) received a call from a hiker who had been attacked and stung by bees. As more calls started coming in from other hikers, the firefighters upgraded their response to a “greater alarm mountain rescue” and dispatched a team to the scene. “Units were immediately sent to both the Cholla and Echo Canyon trails, with our drone and the Phoenix…

Sen. John Cornyn is the reason the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) passed under President Joe Biden. While the bill wasn’t as bad as it could have been–and I’ll give Cornyn some credit for getting it toned down–the truth of the matter is that it never would have passed without him and his fellow turncoats. Yeah, he helped tone it down, but he should have held the line. He didn’t, and I said then that I wanted to see him lose his next primary.Enter Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. He challenged Cornyn, and as things…

“They don’t make’em like that anymore.” “I won’t buy anything built in Detroit after the bailout.” “You can’t count on these new pickups.” We bet you’ve heard people repeating these phrases so many times, they’re like a mantra. It’s easy to write these concerns off as “back in my day” bellyaching, but a Ram 1500 costs around $691 a year in maintenance, according to RepairPal, while a Nissan Frontier costs only $470. That suggests it’s not just nostalgia talking. To give new domestic trucks like the 2026 Ford F-150 a fair shake, we’ll want to look at the recent recalls…

ATF Director Robert Cekada stands by the agency’s investigation and arrest of Navy veteran Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, but in an interview with Bearing Arms, the head of the ATF questioned why Adamiak was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for allegedly offering to sell restricted weapons.  “I don’t know the case, every nook and cranny, [because] I didn’t investigate the case, but look, there are claims that Tate makes where the government doesn’t agree. Bottom line, Tate’s case went to court and Tate was convicted in court. I think that the biggest challenge is…

The Department of Veterans Affairs has processed more than 3 million enrollments in its Digital GI Bill system, a milestone the department reached in April. It points to the tool’s use as evidence that a years-long overhaul of education benefits technology is paying off for veterans and their families. The Digital GI Bill system allows the department to process claims faster, in an automated fashion, processing over 1 million claims so far this fiscal year. Read More: Post-9/11 GI Bill Overview According to the VA, in addition to Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients, other education beneficiaries who make use of the…

The United States and Nigeria conducted a joint operation in which 175 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) were killed. These fighters were said to be both simple militants and senior commanders. The Trump administration sent troops to Nigeria back in February in what was described as an “advisory and training role”, though the recent operations indicate a more active role for the US military in the African nation. The latest strikes come days after Abuja and Washington announced that a joint military operation in the Lake Chad Basin killed senior Islamic State commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, who…