Federal and Texas officials are taking serious steps to stop a potential invasion of the screwworm parasite and protect the country’s livestock. The ruling class has officially confirmed it will create a $750 million plant that will produce sterile flies in order to combat the screwworm invasion. The facility will be located in Edinburg, which is about 20 miles north of the Texas border with Mexico, and will be able to produce 300 million sterile male flies per week, said United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins in a meeting with Governor Greg Abbott in Austin. These sterile flies will…
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A disabled Elkton, Maryland man will not face charges after fatally stabbing a 14-year-old during a brutal group assault linked to a local gang. Prosecutors ruled the incident was a clear case of self-defense under Maryland law. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE ELKTON, MD (2-minute read) — A 14-year-old boy is dead and a disabled man has been cleared of all charges after a violent gang-related confrontation in Elkton, Maryland, was ruled as a case of justified self-defense. The July 18 incident began when a group of nine individuals, allegedly connected to a local gang, ambushed a man identified only as…
The second Oval Office meeting in six months between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off smoothly Monday, in sharp contrast to their disastrous encounter in February.European leaders joined the discussions in a show of transatlantic unity, and both they and Zelenskyy repeatedly thanked Trump for his efforts to end Russia’s three-year war on Ukraine.“I don’t want to hide the fact that I wasn’t sure it would go this way,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in Washington. “But my expectations were not just met, they were exceeded.”Zelenskyy said Tuesday: “We have taken an important step towards…
President Trump’s newly formed task force has drastically reduced the time it takes for Washington, D.C. residents to obtain firearm registrations and concealed carry permits, from several months down to just a few days. The initiative is part of a broader effort to reduce crime and streamline firearm access for law-abiding citizens without changing existing gun laws. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE WASHINGTON, D.C. (3-minute read) — In a significant shift for firearm owners in the nation’s capital, President Trump’s “Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force” has successfully expedited the process for obtaining firearm registrations and concealed carry permits. What…
GunCon 2025 was an extremely productive show for me this year. I’ve discovered a number of new or new-to-me products that I’m continuing to explore over the summer. One of those is the Align Tactical Thumb Rest Trigger Pin. The Thumb Rest Trigger Pin If you don’t know what a Thumb Rest Trigger Pin is, that’s okay. I didn’t either. You may know it better by the term gas pedal though. The thumb rest, or gas pedal, is basically an angled shelf that protrudes from the side of your pistol frame. It gives you a spot to place your thumb…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia after seeming to leave open the possibility the day before.Trump also said in a morning TV interview that Ukraine’s hopes of joining NATO and regaining the Crimean Peninsula from Russia are “impossible.”The Republican president, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders held hours of talks at the White House on Monday aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. While answering questions from journalists, Trump did not rule out sending U.S. troops to participate in a…
After blaming the measles outbreak in Texas on the unvaccinated, the state has officially declared that it has ended. The outbreak is said to have sickened 762 people and killed two others. The outbreak began in January, but has ended as health officials in the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) say it has been more than 42 days since a new case was reported in counties where there was ongoing transmission, accoridng to a report by UPI. “DSHS will continue to monitor for new cases,” it said. The total number of people infected amid the outbreak was 762,…
Veterans Affairs leaders are working with Medicare officials to cut down on duplicative billing for veterans medical services, but outside experts say fully fixing the problem will require better record-keeping and patient monitoring by both agencies. But that may be just the start. About 5.9 million veterans are dually enrolled in VA health care and Medicare, creating confusion in some instances regarding which government agency is responsible for covering the costs of appointments and medical procedures. A new health care analysis released by the RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute on Tuesday found that nearly 84% of the 8.2…
Four U.S. soldiers were eating at a rest area in Poland on Thursday when they saw a civilian man collapse outside of a KFC.The soldiers — 2nd Lt. Indiana Rhodes, Sgt. 1st Class Alicia Haggins, Staff Sgt. Jacob Roberts and Sgt. Justin Fagan — rushed to the fallen man. Haggins communicated with the man’s family about his medical condition by using her phone to translate. Meanwhile, Fagan checked the man’s vital signs and began CPR.“His pulse was really faint,” Fagan said in an Army release. “He didn’t respond to a sternum rub so I started chest compressions.” Fagan, Rhodes and…
When North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a Constitutional Carry measure passed by both the state House and state Senate, gun owners were hopeful that the legislature might override the governor’s veto and make the Tar Heel State the 30th in the nation to deregulate the right to keep and bear arms. Under SB 50, lawful North Carolinians would no longer have to jump through government permitting hoops and pay a fee to carry a firearm for self-defense, which the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled is protected by the Second Amendment. In late July, the state Senate voted to override…