Military forces from Ecuador and the United States have begun joint military operations against organized crime groups in the South American country, the Pentagon said, although as of Wednesday specific details, including the location and scope of the operation, remained scarce.U.S. Southern Command said in a statement late Tuesday that Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces had launched “operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations in Ecuador,” calling the actions a “powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of narco-terrorism.”A 30-second video accompanying a post on X showed a helicopter flying over a…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justice Neil Gorsuch spent a portion of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments this week exploring what a “habitual drunkard” is as part of a case centered on whether a drug user is allowed to own a gun.Gorsuch questioned a Department of Justice lawyer on how gun restrictions for habitual drunkards in early American history compared to today’s law restricting drug users from owning guns. The DOJ was required to point to a strong historical comparison to prove the modern law was constitutional, and it chose to use the founding-era laws about habitual…
Sri Lanka’s navy and defense ministry have confirmed that an Iranian warship has been sunk off its coast. They said that the vessel had been attacked by a submarine. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told parliament that the ship, identified as IRIS Dena, had sunk. Pete Hegseth, the Department of War chief, took responsibility for the sinking of the IRIS Dena. While speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, Hegseth said the Iranian vessel had “thought it was safe in international waters.” “Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death,” Hegseth stated, Herath said that while an investigation will come…
A United States Navy submarine sunk an Iranian ship with a single torpedo as the frigate was transiting the Indian Ocean, marking the first such kill by a U.S. submarine since World War II, the Pentagon confirmed on Wednesday.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the strike during a Pentagon press briefing on Operation Epic Fury alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine.“Yesterday, in the Indian Ocean … an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,” Hegseth said. “Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death. The first sinking of…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. Here are the most critical developments unfolding in the US-Iran conflict: Iraq’s crude oil output is being significantly curtailed. An update from Iraq specifies a shutdown of 460,000 bpd at West Qurna 2 and a cut of 700,000 bpd at Rumaila, while warning that more than 3 million bpd could be forced offline in the coming days if tanker access remains limited. Export crude bottlenecks are developing across Iraq. Storage at southern export terminals is nearing critical capacity because tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has been paralyzed. Iraq…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Second Amendment expert is accusing Minnesota Democrats of attempting to sideline policy advocates as they push for passage of a pair of gun control bills, arguing the lawmakers are leaning on emotional appeals instead of debating the measures’ real-world impact.Amy Swearer, a senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom who specializes in gun policy, told Fox News Digital in an interview that Democratic members of a Minnesota House panel appeared to arbitrarily reject her written testimony ahead of a key hearing on the bills and resisted allowing her to testify in…
Most preppers stock white rice without giving it a second thought. It’s cheap, it stores for decades, and it fills bellies. But there’s a version of rice sitting on grocery store shelves right now that is strictly better in almost every survival scenario, and the majority of preppers have never seriously considered it. It’s called parboiled rice. And if you’re building a long-term food stockpile, this article could change the way you shop forever. What Is Parboiled Rice? Parboiled rice, also called converted rice, is rice that has been partially boiled while still in its husk before it’s milled and…
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed her and five other U.S. service members.“She was almost home,” her husband, Joey Amor, said from their home in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, on Tuesday. “You don’t go to Kuwait thinking something’s going to happen, and for her to be one of the first – it hurts.”Amor was one of four U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war on Sunday and identified Tuesday by the Pentagon; two soldiers haven’t yet been…
We examine just how vastly CCW laws can vary between states in the U.S and how to navigate that while traveling.Constitutional carry exists in some states, like my home state of West Virginia. If I’m traveling south, most of those states also have permitless carry, too … but Virginia and North Carolina do not. If I travel north, things change because few of those states have permitless carry and some have no reciprocity with West Virginia.If you’re traveling with a self-defense handgun, it’s important for you to know the law in every state you will pass through.Possession/OwnershipFirst, I need to…
You worked, you paid your taxes, you followed the rules, and you trusted that when the time came, your savings and retirement income would be there for you. What many people do not realize is that buried inside the tax code is a legal strategy that can dramatically lower your tax bill and shield more of your wealth from Washington’s reach. It is not advertised or discussed on the nightly news. And while it is completely legal, it is used far more often by the wealthy and well-connected than by everyday Americans. The loophole revolves around something known as the…