Mikaela Shiffrin just showed the whole world why she’s still considered one of the best skiers alive. The 30-year-old athlete won a gold medal in the women’s slalom on Wednesday morning, dominating the event with a 1.5-second lead over her competitors. It was Shiffrin’s last event in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, and her final chance to take home gold after a disappointing performance in the 2022 Beijing Olympics. This is Shiffrin’s third gold medal as a U.S. Winter Olympian. That puts her in the same category as snowboarder Shaun White and bobsledder Kaillie Humphries. But it’s actually her…
Tuesday was “crossover day” at the Virginia state capitol, which means any bill that didn’t pass out of its chamber of origin and cross over to the other side of the statehouse is officially dead for the session. As we previously reported, the “permit to purchase” measure that was being pushed by anti-gun Democrats is no longer a threat, though SB 643 is still a blatant attack on the 2A rights of young adults by prohibiting adults under-21 from purchasing handguns and “assault firearms”. The proposed 11% excise tax on firearms and ammunition as well…
Experience the dual soul of Western Puerto Rico: the adrenaline of Rincón, the surf capital of the Caribbean, and the colonial elegance of Mayagüez. From legendary waves to storied city streets, it’s a journey through the island’s most iconic landscapes and top adventure sites. No matter how you spend your days, there’s always a smile and a plate of freshly caught mahi-mahi or arepas de coco waiting after each new adventure. Below are just a few of the ways you can explore Puerto Rico’s enchanting west coast. Rincón is known as the hip surfing capital of Puerto Rico. Rincón Nestled…
When I grew up, Minnesota was the kind of state where you figured nothing much happened. Sure, sports were a thing, obviously, but the Vikings couldn’t even win a Super Bowl–then again, neither can my Failcons, so who am I to judge–and it was just one of those states that was kind of there. These days, it’s the epicenter of pretty much everything wrong with this country. If you need violence to break out anywhere, it’ll probably start in Minnesota.And as they start their legislative session there, it seems that the main focuses are going…
Most TTAG readers likely know U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, as a vehemently anti-gun lawmaker who is famous for her nonsensical comments and greatly inflated sense of self-importance. That extremely high level of conceit has led Crockett to run for the state Senate in the Lone Star State, where the majority of voters have little patience for idiots or gun-grabbers. Now, just months before the Senate election, the National Shooting Sports Foundation is pointing out Rep. Crockett’s hypocrisy on firearms, including the extremely exorbitant amount of money she spends on her personal armed security. According to a news report by…
Despite a United States-backed ceasefire that has been in effect since October 2025, the death toll in Gaza has topped 600. That number eclipses the thousands when accounting for those wounded in Palestine since the ceasefire officially began. According to a report by RT, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that 603 people had been killed and more than 1,600 injured since the ceasefire came into force on October 11th, 2025. An unspecified number of bodies “remain under the rubble and in the streets,” as rescue teams cannot safely reach many areas, the officials added. It sure…
It’s perfectly legal to travel, even by airplane, with a firearm. I tend to avoid it because it’s such a pain in the posterior, but I don’t fly a lot anyway. Professional athletes, however, do fly a good bit, especially during the season. Half of their games are away, and it’s not like high school football, where your opponent is just a couple of hours away by bus. The Carolina Panthers aren’t taking a bus to play the LA Rams, after all.So, they fly, and for any of them looking to be armed while doing…
On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers who had survived years of fierce combat against German forces entered a sprawling complex of barracks and barbed wire in southern Poland known as Auschwitz. What they found there would define how the world remembers the Holocaust.Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 81st anniversary of that liberation. Commemorations are taking place at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland, at the United Nations headquarters in New York and at memorial sites around the world. The 2026 theme is “Holocaust Remembrance for Dignity and Human Rights.”The Nazi regime murdered six million Jews during the Holocaust, representing one-third…
Snapping selfies can backfire in an instant when wild animals are involved. A skier in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was hospitalized on Friday following an extremely rare snow leopard attack, which occurred when the victim tried to take a picture with the big cat. According to reporting from China News, the skier remains in stable condition. The attack, which was caught on film by bystanders, occurred sometime around 7 p.m. local time on Jan. 23. It occurred in Talat village, Koktokay Township, in Altay Prefecture, northern China. Allegedly, the skier was on her way back to her hotel when…
When Colorado first adopted a “red flag” statute in 2019, it allowed family and household members, along with law enforcement, to file for an Extreme Risk Protection Order with the courts. Not many petitions were filed, though, so Democrats expanded who could file for petitions four years later. Starting in 2023, licensed medical care providers, licensed mental health-care providers, licensed educators, and district attorneys could also file ERPO petitions. Still, the number of petitions that have been filed across the state (164 in 2024) isn’t enough for the anti-gunners, so they’re back at it again. Introduced…
When it comes to getting things backward, few “media” outlets do it better than Bloomberg-funded thetrace.org, a supposed neutral website that is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the modern gun-ban movement. That’s why a recent hit piece concerning pro-gun actions by President Donald Trump during the first year of his second term can double as a resume for the president, showing everyone just how much his administration has done for lawful gun owners already. “The president’s return marked a shift in the federal government’s approach to gun violence,” the report’s subhead lamented. “Here are some of the major developments.”…
Federal immigration agents have shot and killed two American citizens in Minneapolis in a matter of weeks, causing an uproar among the citizens in Minnesota. Could Minneapolis be the birthplace of the next civil war? Weeks after the death of Renee Good, and just one day after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by U.S. Border Patrol agents, people began to ratchet up their protests against the ruling class’s immigration policies. A mob of protesters descended on a hotel they believed to be housing federal immigration (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers on Sunday night. The demonstration quickly intensified as activists…
If there’s a Mount Rushmore of modern knifemakers, Ramon Chaves is on it. For over a decade, his knives have captivated collectors and hardcore users willing to pay premium prices for his hard-to-find knives. The Chaves Redención is one of his most sought-after knives. And it’s not just due to the skull-shaped pocket clip. Ramon Chaves tapped into something with his original Redención and its multitude of subsequent variants. I’m personally drawn to the overall shape, which errs to tactical but doesn’t go overboard. However, I think a lot of folks find it appealing simply because they’re hard to find…
It’s hard to believe that Minnesota has preemption, what with how leftward and anti-gun they tend to be these days. Unless an anti-ICE protestor has the gun, anyway, then it’s cool. Regardless, they’ve got it, and it was a mark of a better time up that way. They didn’t used to be so anti-gun, but that ship has long since set sail, and it’s only a matter of time before they repeal it, I suppose.But it’s the law now, even if some places don’t want to admit it.St. Paul recently passed a local gun control…
Palmetto State Armory hit the ground running this year at SHOT Show, unveiling a number of new firearms that have already justified the time, effort, and fare for my annual visit to Sin City. With the company developing products at this pace, PSA either runs three 8-hour shifts around the clock, or they’ve simply outsourced production to the North Pole. How they do it, however, will take a back seat to the actual results, so without further ado… First up is the Sabre Key, an underbarrel-mounted short-barreled shotgun (SBS) that no longer requires a $200 bribe for access to the…
Portable wind turbines are easy to build — and easy to break. YouTube offers an abundance of tutorials for building your own DIY wind turbine. A quick Amazon search of “portable wind turbine” will bring up dozens of options, from a 5W miniature turbine for $12 to large-scale models made for home energy that cost thousands of dollars. For campers seeking mobile power solutions, wind turbines have long been seen as a finicky, unreliable option, especially compared to solar panels. But a Canadian brand claims it has built a turbine that’s sufficiently small, light, and durable to give wind power another…
Since 2004 the state of Florida has made it illegal for any government official or agency to “knowingly and willfully keep or cause to be kept any list, record, or registry of privately owned firearms or any list, record, or registry of the owners of those firearms.” Despite that, the city of Jacksonville kept a registry of everyone who entered City Hall while exercising their right to bear arms from July 2023 until April 2025. The city stopped entering the names of gun owners into its registry after complaints were made, and State Attorney State…
Family says the Blind Side actor remains in critical condition as doctors investigate the cause of a sudden blood infectionActor Quinton Aaron, best known for portraying former NFL offensive tackle Michael Oher in the 2009 film The Blind Side, is hospitalized and on life support in Atlanta as he battles what family members describe as a severe blood infection.According to an online fundraiser organized on Aaron’s behalf, the 40-year-old actor was hospitalized after collapsing at his apartment and losing control of his legs. He was taken to an Atlanta hospital, where doctors later identified a severe blood infection. His family says Aaron…
