Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton will have to take his fight over the “gun-free” state fair to the Texas Supreme Court after an appellate court upheld the ban on Thursday. Paxton, along with several individual plaintiffs, filed suit after the State Fair of Texas announced in 2024 that the lawful carrying of firearms would no longer be allowed. The move came after a shooting during the fair in 2023, one that was committed by someone who couldn’t legally carry a gun. The lawsuit contended that the State Fair of Texas and the…
The newly created Military Spouse Commission has opened an online form to allow those with vested interests in the commission to submit comments. President Donald Trump created the commission on Monday via an executive order to support the lives and experiences of spouses of those enlisted in service. The commission will provide recommendations to address themes including housing, employment, health care and childcare. There are more than 1 million military spouses in the U.S. They are affected by numerous issues including disproportionate levels of unemployment, according to Stars & Stripes. The publication reported that 20% of military spouses are unemployed,…
I really get sick of the claim that mass killings with a firearm only happen in the United States. That’s what the phrase “uniquely American” means when describing the phenomenon. To be fair, we do have more than most people, even if you account for population, but we are also a very different country than most. Thailand, however, seems to also be having a bit of a problem. Despite acting to tighten gun restrictions after previous massacres, it doesn’t look like it did a whole lot of good.Not today, at least, as six people are…
Some military photographs make their importance obvious, while others look ordinary until you learn the story behind the image. Five brothers pose aboard a Navy cruiser. Women sort packages in a crowded warehouse. A pilot stands among children near an airfield. At first glance, photographs could be routine snapshots of military life, but once you learn the story that led up to or followed the camera click, you’ll realize they’re anything but. Each image carries a story of survival, loss, courage or deception that the photograph alone cannot explain. Once you know these stories, it becomes impossible to see the…
Widows of service members who died while serving our country are often faced with a difficult choice, years after their loss. By federal law, a financial benefit known as Dependency and Indemnity Compensation or DIC, equating to about $1,700 per month, ends as soon as a surviving military spouse remarries, or stays in place as long as the spouse remains single through age 55. The organization known as the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) has been urging lawmakers to protect the DIC benefit, rather than strip it away, no matter a surviving spouse’s marital status. “The compensation is intended…
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National Purple Heart Day falls on Aug. 7 every year, honoring the men and women wounded or killed while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It’s an unofficial observance — businesses and government offices don’t close — but it’s marked widely in practice, with states and cities pausing in recognition and Major League Baseball teams routinely honoring local recipients during pregame ceremonies. The Nation’s Oldest Military Decoration On Aug. 7, 1782, Gen. George Washington personally ordered creation of the Badge of Military Merit, meant to recognize bravery in combat at a time when the Continental Army had almost no formal…
A deadline has been set for July 24 for states and high-risk urban areas to apply for the Homeland Security Grant Program, the federal government’s flagship terrorism-prevention fund. This year, the application comes with some new caveats. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Fiscal Year 2026 funding notice, released June 24, tells recipients that the agency will withhold 20% of every award until the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) verifies compliance with a slate of election-security requirements. That hold applies to all three of the program’s grant streams, according to Democracy Docket. The numbers at stake are $1.064 billion. Those…
United States ruler Donald Trump said that he is Iran’s “number one target.” He made the comments after recent escalations in the war, saying that he could be gone because the US has assassinated so many high-profile Iranians in the political sphere. US authorities have accused Iran of plotting to kill Trump as early as before the 2024 presidential election. At that time, the US claimed that a man named Farhad Shakeri – an Afghan national residing in Tehran – was tasked with “providing a plan” to kill not only the Republican but also other US and Israeli citizens, according…
The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that “potentially millions” more veterans or their survivors could be eligible to receive health care or financial compensation for toxic exposure-related medical conditions newly considered presumptive under the PACT Act, said Steve Miska, PACT Act transitional executive director. The law’s presumptive aspect “gives us the opportunity to automatically assume that, by virtue of a veteran having this condition, it must be due to their service,” Miska told Military.com. “That is a game changer in terms of how veterans historically have had to file a claim” for conditions now covered by the PACT Act: “Not…
Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation are suing the state of Pennsylvania over a bizarre statute that prohibits anyone convicted of any violation of the state’s Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act from obtaining a license to carry a firearm, even if the offense was a misdemeanor that doesn’t prohibit them from purchasing or possessing a firearm in the home. The statute applies even to those convicted of non-violent drug offenses like possessing a small amount of a controlled substance, and the prohibition is permanent, which means a conviction for possessing a…
Capt. Philip Granati is becoming the new commanding officer at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Research and Development Center (RDC). Granati will replace the current RDC commanding officer, Captain Michael Chien, at a change of command ceremony at the New London Community Recreation Center in New London, Conn., this Friday. Chein has held command since June 16, 2023. Granati currently reports from duties as chief of the Coast Guard’s Office of Resource Management, where he oversees a $100 billion budget and supports 60,000 personnel. The RDC is used by the Coast Guard to perform research and development in support of the…
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I’d really like to pretend that anti-gunners are just stupid all around. Some people are making it really easy to think that, granted, but some of them aren’t that dumb. They know what they’re doing. When the numbers don’t work like they want, they use others. Someone out there will give them something they can work with, after all. Most of the time, it’s sneaky, so most normies won’t realize what’s happening and will think the problem is worse than it is. Sometimes, it’s obvious.I’m sure the Violence Policy Center thought they were being clever…
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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. Those who boldly proclaimed that the global energy crisis was over have been proven dead wrong. Within the past 24 hours, the Iranians have attacked numerous commercial vessels that were attempting to travel through the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians have told the world over and over again that traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will never go back to the way that it was before the war, and they mean it. Any commercial vessels that want to go through the Strait must get permission from Iran…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts reunited with their capsule Wednesday three months after flying around the moon and traveling deeper into space than anyone in history. It was their first visit to Kennedy Space Center since they blasted off in April. The last time the four saw the pad, the massive Space Launch System rocket had stood upon it. “It’s a lonely place without that rocket on it,” commander Reid Wiseman said. He and his crew spent the day thanking all those who helped send them on the flight. The three NASA astronauts and one Canadian…
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