President Donald Trump stood among several hundred law enforcement officers, National Guard troops and federal agents at a U.S. Park Police operations center in one of Washington, D.C.’s most dangerous neighborhoods. As the cameras rolled, he offered a stark message about crime, an issue he’s been hammering for decades, as he thanked them for their efforts.“We’re not playing games,” he said. “We’re going to make it safe. And we’re going to then go on to other places.”The Republican president is proudly promoting the work of roughly 2,000 National Guard troops in the city, loaned by allied governors from at least…
Author: Tommy Grant
Ukraine has targeted the key Druzhba pipeline system for the third time this month, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday. The attack was confirmed by Slovak authorities and caused Russian oil supplies to Hungary to be stopped. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday that the attack was confirmed by Slovak authorities. “This is yet another attack on our country’s energy security – another attempt to drag us into the war,” Szijjarto wrote in a post on Facebook, adding that the pipeline was attacked near the Russian-Belarusian border. The attacked pipeline, called Druzhba, is ranked among the world’s…
A new pilot program is allowing some soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, to choose from more food options than is typical.The Flexible Eating and Expanded Dining, or FEED, program, gives soldiers the option to use their meal entitlements outside of Army-operated facilities. It runs from Aug. 11 to Aug. 25 and involves 200 soldiers with the 61st Quartermaster Battalion, according to an Army release.The program is an effort to provide dining options that fit the modern soldier’s eating habits, the service said.“We’ve expected Soldiers in barracks to follow the same eating patterns that we have maintained for decades,” Lt. Gen.…
U.S. F-16 fighter jets intercepted Russian spy planes flying near Alaska two days in a row this week, North American Aerospace Defense Command said.In separate incidents on Wednesday and Thursday, Russian IL-20 surveillance and reconnaissance planes flew into the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, prompting NORAD’s response.On Wednesday, NORAD launched a pair of F-16 Fighting Falcons and a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling as they identified and monitored the Russian plane. The following day, NORAD again sent up two F-16s and a KC-135, along with an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft to intercept and monitor the…
When Minnesota Governor and former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz signed a far-reaching bill last year, he touted the ban on binary triggers—devices that cause a gun to fire once when the trigger is pulled and again when it is released. “Tomorrow, our law banning deadly binary gun triggers goes into effect,” Walz posted on X. “We’re not hiding behind thoughts and prayers in Minnesota.” Now, however, Walz isn’t crowing quite so loudly. On August 18, a Ramsey County, Minnesota, Judge struck down the binary trigger ban, which was part of a 1,400-page omnibus that addressed several different matters. The…
Several sailors were treated for minor injuries and returned to duty after a fire broke out Wednesday aboard amphibious transport docking ship New Orleans off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, the Navy said.It is unclear what injuries were treated. Earlier, the Navy had said two sailors had been treated for injuries.On Friday, the U.S. Seventh Fleet said the ship had returned to White Beach Naval Facility under its own propulsion. U.S. Navy crews, along with the Japan Coast Guard and military, had put out the fire in the early hours of Thursday morning, Japan Standard Time. They had been working…
It is heartening to gun owners to see that the Trump Administration, quite the opposite of the previous administration, doesn’t fill top roles in essential law enforcement agencies with rabid anti-gunners. It’s even better still when President Donald Trump appoints solid pro-Second Amendment thinkers to such positions.That’s the case with the recent appointment of Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey being appointed the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) co-deputy director. As Missouri’s AG since January 2023, Bailey has been a strong advocate for the Second Amendment, actively working to defend it against encroachments from both federal and local authorities. He has filed…
Let’s get something straight: if you’re looking up how to siphon gas from a car with anti-siphon, you’re not just curious. You’re preparing. And in a world where the grid can fail overnight, gas stations can run dry in hours, and supply chains can collapse in a heartbeat, knowing how to get fuel when you need it might be the difference between escape and entrapment. Now, modern vehicles are designed to stop you. Anti-siphon technology — little metal flaps, spring-loaded traps, mesh filters shoved inside filler necks — all engineered not for your safety, but to make sure you stay…
Sugar might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you’re refining your stockpile strategy. The media has given sugar a bad name these days as an additive for sweetening foods, which increases the risks of things like obesity, diabetes, and other health complications. Yet sugar also has a lot of value in a preparedness strategy. You might even be surprised to hear that it can have multiple life-saving applications that reach far beyond the kitchen. From critical energy boosts to fire-starting and fermentation boosting, sugar is a versatile resource that can play a vital role in your…
Despite the rumors, Defense Department officials haven’t yet made a decision on whether to expand shopping privileges at their discount grocery stores to all DOD civilians. An ongoing pilot program at 16 commissaries, launched in December 2024, is still scheduled to run through the end of the year, according to commissary officials. As of Aug. 12, sales have increased at the pilot stores by 4.98%, or $11.4 million, since then. The pilot program is designed to test the feasibility of expanding commissary access to DOD civilians at all commissaries in the continental United States. But shoppers in at least one…