The lawsuit — filed by Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic — asks for a return to the department’s health care policies in place at the start of this year, when hormone therapy was provided as part of a broad spectrum of VA medical services. Attorneys argue the abrupt change discriminates against transgender veterans and endangers their mental health. The identity of the veteran at the center of the legal fight has not been released, but clinic officials said she served for two years on active duty and nine years in the Army National Guard. In 2024, before separating…
Author: Tommy Grant
One of the most infamous tweets that helped kick off the feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has been deleted. Musk appears to be responsible for removing the X post claiming that United States President Trump’s name was in the sealed Jeffrey Epstein files, suggesting that this is the real reason they remain classified. On Thursday, the tweet heard around the world was posted. Musk wrote: “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.” He added: “Have a nice day, DJT! Mark this…
Congressional Democrats and administration critics condemned President Donald Trump’s decision this weekend to federalize National Guard troops in California as a serious breach of standards for the involvement of the military in domestic affairs. “Such unilateral action, taken without consultation with local leaders, risks escalating tensions rather than calming them,” Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement Sunday night. “This move sets a troubling precedent for military intervention in local law enforcement. “It is crucial that decisions of this magnitude are made with transparency, restraint, and respect for constitutional balance.”Over…
At dozens of bases across the Air Force, troops are undertaking tried-and-true relaxation techniques — biofeedback, meditation — in shiny mirrored cubes that can project light patterns and even galaxies. The experience, as one researcher put it, is more like a “Disney ride” than a studio or clinical office.This is Lumena Mindgym, a flashy new curriculum-based therapeutic tool that’s taking the Air Force by storm. More than two dozens Mindgyms have been installed at base fitness centers and support facilities for about $100,000 apiece; Mindgym just marked its first installations outside the continental United States, in Kuwait and Turkey, earlier…
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has proposed creating a new political party called the “America Party,” marking a sharp shift in strategy amid his breakup with current ruler, Donald Trump. The tech entrepreneur’s political shift comes as the rift between the two deepens. Musk has had an incredibly public falling out with Donald Trump recently, whom he strongly supported during last year’s election. Musk established and funded a pro-Trump political group, donating over $260 million to the presidential campaign. He was appointed by Trump in January to co-lead the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),…
A 24-year-old Army sergeant died as a result of a training accident near Camp Croft, Hungary, on June 5.Sgt. Aaron Cox, of Mabank, Texas, was an infantryman with the “Strike” 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).The sergeant died from wounds sustained during a vehicle accident during preparations for the upcoming Exercise Saber Guardian 25.The accident is under investigation.“The loss of Sgt. Cox is a tragedy for all of us on the Strike team,” said, Col. Duke Reim, commander, 2MBCT, 101st Airborne Division. “He was a strong soldier and leader, who quickly rose through the ranks while…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream. The Russians and the Chinese have both been developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles that can cause such immense destruction that they make the nuclear bomb that destroyed Hiroshima look like a child’s toy. The U.S. has been working on a new intercontinental ballistic missile, too, but it won’t be ready for quite a few years. Unfortunately, we are closer to nuclear war right now than we have been at any other point in human history. In fact, we are extremely fortunate that the Russians didn’t…
If there’s one thing history teaches us, it’s this: the people who lived through the Great Depression were survivors. When everything fell apart, they didn’t complain. They adapted – and they did it with next to nothing. That’s why I decided to go back in time in the most practical way I could think of: by eating only Great Depression food for a full week. I wanted to see what lessons we might rediscover from one of the toughest times in American history. And let me tell you – it was an eye-opener. This wasn’t just about food; it was…
But questions from lawmakers are unlikely to stay only on that topic. The defense secretary will be accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine in his first post-confirmation testimony, as well. Caine replaced Gen. CQ Brown after the latter was fired by President Donald Trump in February for unspecified reasons. Last week, Senate leaders said they didn’t expect specifics on the president’s defense budget plan for several more weeks. But lawmakers said they need to press forward on the issue now to have any hope of reaching a funding deal by October, the start of the new fiscal year.…
Most of us have experienced the occasional power outage. They’re usually short-lived, often during a storm, and typically just an inconvenience. But a summer power outage is a different beast entirely. It’s not just an inconvenience; it can be deadly if you aren’t prepared.Without air conditioning, fans, or refrigeration, the risk of heat-related illness skyrockets. Hyperthermia, the abnormal rise in body temperature, is a serious and potentially fatal condition that can strike quickly in extreme heat. Thousands of people die from heat stroke and related complications every year, most of them due to power outages.While most people imagine heat stroke…