WASHINGTON — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol urged ever more strengthening of the U.S.-led security alliance against nuclear-armed North Korea on Thursday, drawing cheers from Congress as he saluted the “great American heroes” who helped preserve his country’s democracy in the Korean War. Democratic and Republicans lawmakers rose to their feet again and again to applaud during Yoon’s address to a joint meeting of the House and Senate, in a speech that stressed security cooperation at a time of increased tension with both North Korea and China. Yoon also cited U.S.-Korean high-tech trade ties creating thousands of jobs in…

Todd and Lisa Sturgeon knew their son was dealing with mental health issues. But before Connor Sturgeon, 25, opened fire at a bank in downtown Louisville, they never fathomed that he could carry out an act of such horrific violence.“I’m afraid that whatever we come up with as the cause still isn’t going to make sense,” Todd Sturgeon told NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie in an exclusive “TODAY” show interview that aired Thursday.Lisa Sturgeon said she and her husband did not see any signs of violence before their son, an employee at Old National Bank on East Main Street, walked into…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream. If you thought that what we have been through the past few years was bad, just wait until you see what happens when a truly deadly virus starts spreading like wildfire all over the planet.  For example, scientists have been warning for years that the H5N1 strain of the bird flu has the potential to rapidly kill vast numbers of people. The good news is that H5N1 does not naturally spread easily among mammals, but more than a decade ago scientists in the United States…

In the wake of a shooting in Nashville, we’re going to talk a lot about gun control in Tennessee. While lawmakers there don’t seem to have much interest in passing a great deal of it, with at least one notable exception, the media there seems to feel otherwise. So, it’s not surprising that we have a report all about how teachers want gun control. In the weeks since the shooting at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, left three adults and three nine-year-olds dead, she’s had a “lot of ups and downs.” “It’s a lot of emotions,” Smith…

The Department of Veterans Affairs is ramping up a program that trains future veterans to become claims representatives and claims adjudicators — positions the department needs to fill to accommodate new filings under the PACT Act. The Warrior Training Advancement Course, or WARTAC, is an education and employment program aimed at filling the VA’s veteran service and rating veteran service representative ranks. The former helps veterans determine whether they are eligible for disability benefits, assists in filing claims and facilitating the process, while the latter reviews claims, determines whether a veteran’s condition is service-related, and decides the percentage of disability…

Palmetto State Armory is a name familiar to budget-minded shooters, but at SHOT Show 2023, the firearms manufacturer announced they were releasing a premium line of rifles. Called Sabre, the guns promised to provide a higher-end experience, with one of them even touted as being capable of shooting 1 MOA. This wasn’t hard to believe, but PSA also indicated the guns would still be below a $1,000 price tag. We can agree that you usually get what you pay for. But can you get higher-end performance out of a rifle in this price range? Palmetto sent us a couple of…

Rogers, AR (April 27, 2023) – New for 2023, HatsanUSA is proud to showcase it’s all NEW, PCP air pistol/carbine rifle, the JET is more than just a pistol. Easily convert it to a rifle with its removable and adjustable buttstock. Available in 3 calibers: .177, .22, and .25, the JET is perfect for target practice, small game hunting, and just having fun. This side-lever, multi-shot, repeating PCP comes with a removable black air cylinder with built-in pressure gauge. But guess what? You can get replacement air cylinders – in 4 different colors! Black, red, blue, or green. Want extra air capacity?…

A pair of senators is pushing to expand the program that allows veterans to see doctors outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs despite moves by VA officials to rein in the program’s costs after years of efforts to privatize some VA-funded care. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., the Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., are introducing a bill that would codify existing guidelines for when patients can seek non-VA care so the department cannot skirt its own rules, as critics allege it is doing. The current guidelines mean vets can see non-VA doctors if they face…

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state’s workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit, according to court documents filed Wednesday.Abigail Zwerner was “clearly injured while at work, at her place of employment, by a student in the classroom,” the Newport News School Board stated in response to her lawsuit, which it wants dismissed.The school board also rejected Zwerner’s claim that she could reasonably expect to work with young children who pose no danger, pointing to numerous incidents of violence against teachers across…

If you’re not hitting with your shotgun as much as you’d like, odds are it’s because you’re using a gun that doesn’t really fit you. Gun-to-shooter fit affects accuracy and results more in a shotgun than any other kind of firearm. The problem is, most shooters don’t know the factors that go into a good fit, or how to make a gun they already own fit them better. A shotgun that fits you as it should works better because it mounts naturally in your shoulder pocket, doesn’t beat you up with recoil and lets you look out over the barrel…

If there’s one thing we’ve been told by the ruling class repeatedly since the beginning of the COVID-19 scamdemic, it’s that there will be another one and we aren’t prepared for it. Former White House advisor Deborah Birx said Wednesday that she thinks “we” are less prepared than we were before COVID-19. Bill Gates infamously warned with a smirk that the next plandemic will get attention. Does that mean it’ll be real? That people will get more than a cold and they won’t have to fake the statistics because we’ll be able to see the damage being done with our…

Gun control seems to go in ebbs and flows. Some things are pressing issues right here, right now, while other things become bigger issues later on. Right now, a lot of people are focusing on so-called assault weapons, but we all know that those kinds of laws aren’t going to be permitted to survive following the Bruen decision. So what’s next? Well, based on a story at Vox, I can’t help but think mandatory storage is going to become a bigger focus. Despite the horrific toll of firearm violence, America remains deeply divided on guns, and hopes for any kind of comprehensive…