In conjunction with his time in Congress and before he was a presidential candidate, Lindsey Graham spent 33 years in the U.S. Air Force across three components — as an active-duty staff judge advocate, a South Carolina Air National Guard officer and a senior lawyer in the Air Force Reserve.Graham, 71, died unexpectedly Saturday from an aortic dissection, according to a preliminary report from the Washington, D.C., Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The South Carolina senator had returned hours earlier from a trip to Ukraine, where he sought to negotiate new sanctions against buyers of Russian oil.In a Truth…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. Prairie dog shooting is the sort of high-volume rifle practice that’s been popular among hunters for ages. Sizzling-hot bull barrels, dusty vistas, and sunburns are the name of the game. I don’t know that there’s ever been a prairie dog shoot without some element of friendly competition over bragging rights on the longest shot. Stretching the distance was one of the goals of a recent shoot I attended on the outskirts of Casper, Wyoming. The goal, in addition to getting reps in with Leupold’s…

Recovery teams from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency traveled over the weekend to China to renew searches for the remains of missing service members ahead of projected budget cuts that would severely curtail future missions.The mission to China was expected to last through early September, with an investigative team working in Hunan province while field operations are conducted in Guangshi province bordering Vietnam, according to DPAA officials.The presence of a new recovery team in China marked another milestone in the slow evolution of China’s cooperation on the MIA issue since agreeing in 2008 to give limited access to records of…

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A United States citizen has tested positive for Ebola during the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The infected person has been working in the DR Congo for a humanitarian group. This risk to the US at large is still very low, accoridng to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). No Ebola cases have been confirmed in the United States, and “the overall risk to the American public and travelers remains low,” according to the latest data published Saturday on the CDC website. The outbreak remains confined to remote areas of the DRC and neighboring Uganda,…

As recent conflicts consume weapons at a ferocious rate, America’s defense industrial base is becoming more prepared to sustain a major war, according to a new report. “The trends are moving in the right direction,” Jerry McGinn, who co-authored the study for the Center for Strategic and International Analysis think tank, told Defense News. However, the study — described as a progress report on reforms to the defense manufacturing and acquisition system — still found numerous problems with ramping up and sustaining wartime production. For example, “according to several measures — manufacturing lead times, critical munitions and materials stockpiles, and…

The U.S. Air Force awarded its highest honor for aerial achievement to an F-16 pilot for his actions during a Saudi Arabia deployment last year.Capt. Nathanial “Icarus” Welch received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor earlier this month for bravery and devotion to duty during his 2025 deployment, according to a releaseWelch, a pilot and chief of plans and programs in the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, was deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, as an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot with the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in April 2025.During an April 29, 2025, mission, Welch repeatedly flew into heavily…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics With a brutal heatwave lingering in northern Minnesota and several wildfires ripping through the region, the U.S. Forest Service has closed the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The Star Tribune reported Monday morning that all potential visitors with overnight hiking, motor and paddle use reservations will be denied entry into the BWCA starting Monday and running through Friday. Located along the Minnesota-Canada border, the BWCA consists of more than 1 million acres of glacial lakes and mixed North Woods forests. Motorized use is restricted here, making…

Iran has said that the United States is paying the price for its refusal to keep its word in war negotiations. Tehran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Ghalibaf, has said that Tehran will not allow the US to violate the terms of the memorandum of understanding (MoU). In a post on X on Sunday, Ghalibaf, who is also the speaker of the Iranian parliament, warned the US that “the era of one-sided deals is OVER.” “We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking,” he wrote. The post also included a screenshot of one of the points of the…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Unless you’re an engineer or calculus teacher, you probably aren’t going to be able to help your high school senior with math homework. Nor will you likely teach a 5-year-old to speak a foreign language fluently. Let’s face it, few of us are teachers and even fewer are trained to teach whatever grade level and subject matter your suddenly-homeschooled student is trying to learn. But you are qualified to teach outdoor skills. How to sharpen knives, use a compass and build an emergency shelter are…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. Best Down Therm-a-Rest Parsec Best Ultralight Feathered Friends Egret/Swallow Best Synthetic Nemo Forte Endless Promise Your backpacking sleeping bag is a crucial part of your sleep system, and usually the largest item in your pack. Selecting the right one depends on the temperatures you’ll be sleeping in, your backpacking style ranging from traditional to ultralight, your sleeping habits, and your budget. Outdoor Life staff and testers took the best backpacking sleeping bags into the field to judge each for comfort and convenience. Best Down: Therm-a-Rest…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: “What Makes It Even Stranger…”: Trump Describes Saturday Night Phone Call With Lindsey Graham Hours Before Senator’s Death Update (1815 ET): Officially, Lindsey Graham died of an aortic dissection due to Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, according to preliminary findings by the DC Medical Examiner – so who knows. An aortic dissection is characterized by a tear in the aortic wall. Update (1135ET): President Trump has weighed in on Graham’s death, telling Meet the Press that Graham called him in the ‘early evening,’ to tell Trump he was ‘all set for the Save America…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. “I SEE ONE NOW!” John Kingsley-Heath, our white hunter, said. “It’s all alone, and I am quite sure it’s a bull. He’s way over there moving along the dune under the horizon and to the left of that palm grove.” Quickly I picked him up in the glass—my first gemsbok. He was about a mile away, but in my 8X binoculars he was sharp and clear as he moved in silhouette along the ocher sand. I could see his very long, straight horns, his short…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics In many respects, trout are the “everyman” fish of the United States. Wild trout are revered in cold-flowing streams and rivers from upstate New York to New Mexico. Stocked, hatchery raised trout provide boundless fun and tasty dining for anglers young and old. Whether you’re a refined fly fisherman matching the hatch or a low-tech spinning reel angler dunking worms, trout rise to the occasion.  Sure, bass seem to get the glory, but trout, distinctly native, sleek and colorful, are worthy of all the attention they…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics I’M SEVEN MILES offshore from Lorain, Ohio, being verbally abused. To get here required an alarm set for well before dawn, an hour-long drive from my motel, and a backbreaking run across a Lake Erie that woke up on the wrong side of the bed. It’s the kind of rough that’s not so shitty you need to call it off, but shitty enough that your calves and ankles are going to feel it later from helping you keep your balance all day. I’m trying to get…

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