Two former members of the U.S. Air Force have been sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal jail after they participated in a $2.4 million cyber fraud scheme. Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, and Harafat Mogaji, 26, both Airmen at the time of their offenses, were sentenced Sept. 25 to a combined 189 months in federal prison. They were legally found to have diverted more than $2.4 million via wire transfers from two victims into bank accounts controlled by their conspirators, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Iowa. “When cyber intrusion schemes target businesses…
It seems self-evident that the Constitution would apply in all U.S. states and territories, but according to the High Court of American Samoa, the Second Amendment is utterly meaningless in the territory. Two years ago, the Court concluded in a case called Wiesner v. Fainu’ulelei that recognition of the Second Amendment would be “impracticable and anomalous” given American Samoa’s history of gun restrictions and its status as an unincorporated territory. Michael R. Davis, the founder and executive director of the Article III Project, says there’s a way to rectify the High Court’s error: remove and replace every…
Selected Reserve GI Bill Payment Rates for institutional training and on-the-job training are updated every year. The monthly payment rates for the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve change each October based on government calculations of higher education costs. Beneficiaries receive different amounts depending on what their “training time” is. For those taking undergraduate classes, their training time is determined as follows: 0-2 hours: 1/4 time 3-5 hours: less than 1/2 time 6-8 hours: 1/2 time 9-11 hours: 3/4 time 12 hours and above: full-time For graduate training, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will pay your benefits based on what…
Not every person is inherently violent. One reason I will never support laws that strip gun rights from adults under 21, even if a violent crime were never committed by anyone outside of that age group, is that it disarms those who don’t represent a threat to anyone. Some people are violent and need to be dealt with, and everyone else should be left the hell alone. Yes, the Second Amendment is the other reason I won’t support such a law.There are bad eggs who walk among us, and the justice system is a slow-moving…
A subsistence allowance is paid to veterans each month while enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ VR&E program. A subsistence allowance is paid each month while enrolled in the Veteran Readiness and Employment program (VR&E). The allowance is based on type of training, rate of attendance (full or part time) and number of dependents. The chart below reflects the rates as of Oct. 1, 2026. Fiscal 2027 Veteran Readiness and Employment Subsistence Allowance Rates Training Time No Dependents One Dep. Two Deps. Each Addl. Dep. Full Time $837.23 $1,038.49 $1,223.79 $89.18 3/4 Time $629.08 $780.00 $914.97 $68.60 1/2 Time…
For years, the only Glocks on California’s roster of handguns allowed to be sold in the state were older models that were grandfathered in. Those models, though, have all been designated by the state’s Department of Justice as “machinegun-convertible pistols,” and as such dealers generally have not been able to sell, transfer, or deliver them since the state’s ban on striker-fired pistols took effect on July 1. This week, though, CalDOJ approved the Glock 43X CA, a California-compliant semi-automatic 9mm pistol that has not been deemed a “machinegun-convertible pistol.” Shortly thereafter, Attorney General Rob Bonta…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered military service academies to stop granting tenure to civilian professors, arguing that academic job protections undermine their war-fighting mission. The Pentagon declined to explain to Military.com who the policy affects, the evidence behind it, how the academies will recruit and retain qualified professors, and what will protect faculty from political pressure once tenure is removed and a more liberal administration is inevitably elected in the future. When reached with those questions, a Pentagon official responded: “We have nothing additional to provide beyond the statement and the memo.” The Sept. 29 memo stops new tenure…
We’ll get to the point. Making white vinegar from scratch is not easy. Unlike fruit based vinegars like apple cider vinegar or wine vinegars, white vinegar starts with ethanol. In case you’re rusty on your science that’s alcohol: alcohol as in homemade vodka or moonshine. That’s as opposed to the wines and hard ciders of all of the other fruit based vinegars. And making homemade vodka or moonshine is just the first step. You then need to introduce some aceto bacteria (Acetobacter aceti) to the alcohol to convert it to acetic acid which is the foundation of white vinegar. This…
The Department of Justice issued its own ruling that adults under 21 should be able to buy handguns. I doubt any gun store will complete such a transaction, in part because it’s likely to come back and bite them on the keister down the road if they do. Still, it was the DOJ’s finding, and while some are outraged over the perceived overreach, I don’t see it as anything of the sort. But one outcome we get is an official from Brady trying to twist history to make the case that the ban is, in…
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We still haven’t seen any recent polling out of TX-23, but the prediction markets still favor Brandon Herrera to win the district over his Democrat opponent this November. Democrats, though, have added TX-23 to their “Districts in Play,” and are publicly optimistic (if not particularly confident) about flipping the seat on Election Day. That’s not because Katy Padilla Stout, the Democrat nominee, is performing well on the campaign trail or proving to be a fundraising powerhouse. In fact, when the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee sent out a press release proclaiming that TX-23 is in play,…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is allegedly analyzing Americans’ financial data to conduct traffic stops of drivers, some of whom were never flagged of committing any crimes. DHS is allegedly conducting operations through a U.S. Border Patrol program that feeds intelligence to local police who then pull drivers over, according to an investigation by 404 Media, a news technology outlet. The units are reportedly called Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams, or PITT, revealing the program’s name for the first time. They are allegedly run by Border Patrol, part of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) within the DHS framework, according to…
Most Navy ships carry the name of a state or city as a matter of tradition. The USS New York carries something more literal in its hull. The amphibious transport dock ship’s bow stem, the structural spine that cuts through the water at the leading edge of the vessel, contains 7.5 tons of steel recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, melted down and recast to build the ship, according to its shipbuilder, Northrop Grumman. A Governor’s Request The ship’s origin traces to a letter New York Gov. George Pataki sent to then-Secretary of the Navy Gordon England…
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared sites. Western officials suspect that the traces could provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program until 2003. Iran says that it’s not pursuing nuclear weapons, and that its program is entirely peaceful. Reporting Iran to the Security Council opens the country to possible sanctions and asset freezes, though such punitive measures are unlikely because Iran’s…
A woman has been indicted in connection with the deadly shooting of a veteran. Bonita Yvette Brown, 64, of Birminghan, Ala., was accused last year of murdering 64-year-old Thomas Williams. She was indicted Aug. 28 by a grand jury, according to court records cited by AL.com. The two were reportedly dating and Brown allegedly told police at the time of her arrest that she had been meeting him in a park to engage in sex. She alleged that Williams, who previously served in the U.S. Army, ended their relationship after they copulated. She then shot him three times. Jefferson County…
A St. Louis, Missouri man says he was evicted from his government-run apartment complex after using a legally owned firearm in self-defense in the apartment’s lobby. Torrey Holliday says CCTV footage from the lobby of the Euclid Plaza Apartments shows that he was not the aggressor in the incident, and according to Fox 2 in St. Louis, MO, Holliday wasn’t charged with any kind of criminal offense in connection with the incident. So why was he booted from his home?The lease termination letter says Holliday was captured on front lobby video shooting someone. “They charged…
The Navy has failed to protect pilots from brain injuries aviators may have suffered from on fighter jets, a new congressional report has found. The report released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee claims that the Navy has not studied pilots to determine if the military branch has issues with brain injuries, which aviators can get from G-force turns and jumps from aircraft carriers. Naval aviators experience severe physical stress from rapid catapult launches and aggressive landing decelerations that can cause cumulative neurological damage over time. Failing to track these repeated deceleration forces creates a critical oversight gap that leaves…
It’s been four years since the Supreme Court struck down “may issue” concealed carry licensing regimes, but some states are still using subjective standards of “suitability” to block some applicants from legally keeping or bearing arms. One of those states is New Jersey, where a lawsuit challenging a permit denial could soon be taken up by the state Supreme Court. The applicant, known in the lawsuit as A.A.R., possesses carry permits issued by ten other states, but was denied his New Jersey Firearms Purchaser ID Card because licensing authorities maintain that granting him one “would not…
Berlin — US defence contractor Covenant plans to set up a production facility for long-range cruise missiles in the German state of Saxony, the company said on Wednesday. “We will be producing roughly 1,000 in our first year and then scaling to 5,000,” Covenant chief Abigail Denburg said, outlining the company’s “target for annual production.” Covenant also operates a production facility in Texas to supply the US armed forces, as well as a location in Israel. “Covenant’s facility in northern Israel supports engineering and manufacturing, and the company draws heavily on Israeli defence tech talent,” the Jerusalem Post reported. According…
The cases of Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins are, in essence, one and the same. They challenge assault weapon bans in Illinois and Connecticut, respectively, and they’re perhaps set to be one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of our lifetimes. Yes, bigger than Bruen, Heller, or McDonald. I don’t say that lightly.But they matter. They matter so much that pro-gun groups are dropping their amicus briefs. We’ve noted a few already, but I’ve got two more for you today. First, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.From…
When American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon’s western face Sept. 11, 2001, killing 184 people, it also produced dozens of severe burn survivors whose treatment began not in a hospital but inside the burning building, where military doctors and medics who happened to be nearby. One of the most seriously injured among them, Lt. Col. Brian Birdwell, has spent the last 25 years turning that treatment into a public story of survival and, more recently, into a return to the Pentagon in an official capacity. 15 Yards From the Impact Birdwell was working in the Pentagon’s outer E-Ring between…
