Republican senators on Thursday confirmed senior Veterans Affairs advisor Cheryl Mason as the next top watchdog for Veterans Affairs programs, despite objections from Democratic lawmakers who questioned her ability to be an impartial investigator of the department. Mason — who previously served as the first woman ever to chair the Board of Veterans Appeals — was approved for the VA Inspector General post by a 53-45 margin, with all of the opposition coming from Democrats. He and seven other fired federal watchdogs have sued the White House over their dismissals, claiming they were done without proper reason or notification. That…
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This article was originally published by Cassie B. at Natural News. Canadian officials secretly fast-tracked hundreds of military shipments to Israel despite publicly claiming a pause, including more than 420,000 bullets and F-35 jet components. A watchdog report exposes systematic deception, revealing Canada used loopholes and pre-approved permits to maintain arms exports while misleading the public. Canadian firms supplied critical F-35 parts, enabling Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, including a July 2024 bombing that killed 90 Palestinians in a “safe zone.” Military cargo was smuggled on passenger flights, with bullets and jet parts loaded onto commercial airlines like Air Canada and…
LEMOORE, Calif. — A pilot was safe after an F-35C fighter jet crashed near a central California naval installation on Wednesday, officials said.Authorities received a report that a military jet had crashed and was engulfed in flames around 6:40 p.m., the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post. Responding deputies, firefighters, California Highway Patrol officers and EMS personnel found the wreckage in a cotton field just north of Naval Air Station Lemoore. The pilot, who had ejected, was found with a parachute in a nearby field, the sheriff’s office said. He was flown to a hospital for…
The Marine Corps is looking for volunteers in the enlisted ranks to get their discharge early.The offer is part of a new program for active duty enlisted Marines who already had an “end of active service,” or EAS, date in fiscal year 2025, according to a Marine Corps Administrative Message posted online Thursday. Marines approved to leave early will separate sooner than the end date of their current contract but will still be considered to have completed their full active duty service. The program does not apply to Marines in the Marine Corps Reserve.The early release could impact separation benefits…
Overnight, Russia attacked a Ukrainian defense industry facility. According to officials, a military depot and an airfield were also struck. “All designated targets have been hit,” the Defense Ministry in Moscow said in its statement. “The objectives of the strike have been achieved.” The ministry reported in a statement a “large-scale precision strike” involving long-range weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The targets included “Ukraine’s defense industry facilities, a military airfield infrastructure, and a depot storing ammunition, missiles, and components for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles,” according to the ministry. Russia’s increase in attacks comes on the heels of Western vows to minimize…
The Navy will continue sharing data with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from satellites that the service had planned to start phasing out on July 31.The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, or DMSP, satellites used by the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will now provide data to NOAA until fall 2026, a Navy spokesperson said Thursday.“The Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center will continue processing and disseminating Defense Meteorological Satellite Program data through July 31, 2025,” the spokesperson told Military Times.“The center had planned to phase out the data as part of a Defense Department modernization effort.…
Some of us are still wondering why, all of a sudden, bird flu has dropped from headlines and is no longer infecting human beings in the United States. Now, the University of Nebraska has asked the same question and given us all an answer. The simple answer given was: Cases have gone down, but experts warn that it hasn’t disappeared. Accoridng to the report by UNMC (University of Nebraska Medical Center), nearly as quickly as bird flu took hold in daily conversations, it disappeared from them and most people’s thoughts—making it easy for the public to think avian influenza’s threat…
The appropriations measure advanced out of the Senate Appropriations Committee by a bipartisan 26-3 vote, with both Republican and Democratic leaders praising the plan as meeting the emerging needs of the armed forces. “This bill addresses major funding gaps across the board,” said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the panel. “It invests in ship building … it expands critical munitions production, including air and missile defense interceptors, long range missiles and next generation hypersonic weapons. “It funds drone and counter drone technologies, which are increasingly changing the nature of the battlefield. Finally, the bill invests in our most precious…
Most survival films sell you adrenaline. The Road strips that away and leaves you with something harder to face: the slow, brutal grind of collapse when everything—food, hope, morality—is running on fumes. It’s not exciting. It’s not comforting. But it’s honest. This is a story about what it really means to survive long after the world has ended. No government. No rescue. No clean water. Just a father and his son pushing forward through ash and silence. What makes it powerful isn’t action—it’s the quiet decisions made when there’s nothing left to lose. If you want a movie that shows…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Jake Schmitt, a Utah hunting guide, went into the Uintah Mountains on July 20 to scout for mule deer. He was looking for a big buck in summer velvet that he knew was in the area. Schmitt left his truck on a forest road and drove into the mountains in a UTV, prepared with plenty of gear. He also brought along Buddy, his six-year-old German shorthaired pointer. The next morning, Schmitt crawled out of the mountains — barely alive — by following…