For the first time, the U.S. Air Force is asking Congress to fund the purchase of Collaborative Combat Aircraft, marking the beginning of the “loyal wingman” era.The service’s fiscal 2027 budget request includes $996.5 million in procurement funding to begin production of Increment 1 Collaborative Combat Aircraft, plus $150 million in advance procurement for FY28.Combined with roughly $1.37 billion in continued research and development, up from $827 million in FY26, the total program request reaches roughly $2.37 billion, according to Pentagon comptroller documents released April 3.The CCA procurement line stands out as the single largest new addition to the Air…
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The United States Senate has failed to limit Donald Trump in his bid to attack Cuba. The US president has repeatedly hinted that regime change, using military force, is needed in the island nation. A Democratic-led effort to limit Trump’s authority to use military force against Cuba without congressional authorization has failed in the Senate. The Republican-majority Senate’s vote on the measure on Tuesday narrowly dismissed it as out of order in a 51-47 tally on the grounds that there are no active hostilities with Cuba. Yet. But Trump’s rhetoric has been quite hostile toward Cuba lately, and the country…
Some in the pro-gun rights community continue to be hopeful that the Trump Administration will finally back away from enforcing the Biden Administration’s Final Rule on what constitutes a “firearm.” Others, however, remain somewhat hopeful but continue to pursue the demise of the so-called “Frame & Receiver” rule in the courtroom. As we reported a couple of weeks ago, on April 8, the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it would “maintain the current definition of ‘firearm’ and ‘receiver.’” However, after heavy pushback from gun-rights groups, the DOJ, less than a week later, informed plaintiffs’ counsel in cases challenging…
Top U.S. military leaders including Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, will brief President Donald Trump later on Thursday on potential military action against Iran, a U.S. official told Reuters.U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will also participate in the briefing, the official said.The official did not disclose the range of options that will be discussed but said the briefing was expected to be focused on actions needed to compel Iran to negotiate an end to the conflict.U.S. Central Command and the White House did not…
A Laramie County jury has found 22-year-old Mansoor Ali not guilty of second-degree murder and four counts of aggravated assault and battery. The verdict follows a high-profile trial where Ali’s defense successfully argued that he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot 19-year-old Benjamin Glenn, who had approached Ali with a firearm in a Cheyenne King Soopers parking lot. CHEYENNE, WY — In a case that tested the limits of Wyoming’s self-defense laws, a Cheyenne man has been cleared of all charges related to a fatal September 2025 shooting. On April 29, 2026, a Laramie County jury returned “not guilty”…
While United States President Donald Trump prepares to blockade Iranian ports for many more “months”, the price of oil spikes to its highest since 2022. The price of Brent crude oil rose to $126 on Thursday. As Fuel Prices Poised to TRIPLE, EU Mulls Rationing Gas Across Bloc Monday This news comes as US-Iran talks stalled and reports that Trump may extend the blockade of Iranian ports. On Wednesday, according to several media reports, including one from RT, citing White House officials, Trump ordered a plan to prolong the blockade of Iranian ports “for months” in a bid to pressure Tehran…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “Nightmare on Missinaibi,” first appeared in the August 1972 issue of Outdoor Life. DARKNESS HAD FALLEN on the rugged Missinaibi Lake area of northern Ontario by the time we had unloaded the van and set up camp at the lake’s edge. The day was Thursday, September 30, 1971. My companion, Gerald L. Julius of Massillon, Ohio, and I were vacationing from our jobs at the Ashland Oil & Refinery Co. of Canton, Ohio. Reports of pictographs — American Indian…
The U.S. Army is looking for meatless proteins for field rations. It also wants to manufacture such proteins on the front lines to ease burdens on the supply chain. The service, according to a Sources Sought notice from the Combat Feeding Division of the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, “is exploring how the emerging alternative-protein sector can help meet several objectives, including enhancing food supply chain resilience, enabling biomanufacturing of foodstuffs in combat-forward environments, and providing tailored, high-quality nutrition to the warfighter.”Titled “Alternative Protein Technologies for Military Field Feeding,” the notice, which lists a deadline of May 15,…
This article was originally published by Wanjiru Njoya at the Mises Institute. Supreme Court rulings are significant not only for their decision on who wins, but also for their reasoning. A victory for common sense may sometimes be pyrrhic if it benefits the party that wins the dispute but relies on reasoning that erodes individual liberty in the longer term. In that context, while the outcome in the recent case of Chiles v. Salazar, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (decided March 31, 2026), was welcomed, the emphasis it placed on “viewpoint discrimination” is unfortunate. It is one…
You are buckled in, the car just went off the road, and the door will not open. The seatbelt is jammed. The car might be filling with water. That is not a hypothetical situation. It happens. And in those moments, the only thing standing between you and a way out could be a A seatbelt cutter is a simple, inexpensive tool. Most of them cost less than fifteen dollars. But choosing the wrong one, or storing it in the wrong place, can make it useless precisely when you need it most. This guide walks you through everything: how they work,…