The Navy’s top civilian leader was listed on a passenger manifest list for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane, documents reportedly show.According to a flight manifest, Navy Secretary John Phelan traveled from London to New York City on March 3, 2006, on the disgraced financier’s private jet, CNN reported Friday.Epstein was awaiting trial for child sex-trafficking charges when he was found dead in his jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City. His death was ruled a suicide by medical examiners.A close friend of Phelan’s confirmed to CNN he was on the…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. As advocates for conservation, clean water, and wildlife, the most important tool outdoorsmen have is our voice. We’ve wielded this tool effectively time and time again. But a clause in a new bill being pushed in the Florida legislature aims to muzzle Americans, and particularly critics of large-scale agriculture, through legal intimidation. Under a provision included in the Florida Farm Bill, the state’s food libel laws would be greatly expanded to protect agricultural producers from “disparagement.” It would essentially make it…

This article was originally published by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. at The Mises Institute.  Do illegal immigrants have the right to stay in America, or can they be deported? Of course, they do not have such a right. Furthermore, as Brion McClanahan of the Abbeville Institute has pointed out, the Supreme Court has in numerous cases ruled that control of immigration is a federal matter, not one under state jurisdiction. You can argue that these precedents are wrong,  but that is the law as it exists today. That being so, if “progressive” Governors like Tim Walz of Minnesota oppose the…

Look closely at the commemorative flight suit patch for Super Bowl LX and you’ll notice what appears to be an anomaly: while the military aircraft flyover on Sunday is set to include Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers and F-16C Eagle fighters alongside Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning fighters, the patch includes silhouettes of another advanced fighter jet: the Air Force F-22 Raptor. According to a planner for the flyover, that’s not a mistake, but evidence of operational needs taking priority.Katie Spencer, the Sports Outreach Program manager for the Department of the Air Force, said the initial flyover plan…

Gambling addiction is now a topic that researchers can study under a Department of Defense program that provides federal funding for issues affecting U.S. military personnel and veterans. For the first time, the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations bill included problem gambling as a research topic sanctioned by the Defense Department under its Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program. Gambling addiction joins more than 240 subjects authorized by Congress to receive funding under the program. Last July, the National Council on Problem Gambling joined forces with gaming companies BetMGM, MGM Resorts and FanDuel to ask Senate appropriators to include funding for gambling…

The U.S. Marine Corps has pioneered a 3D-printed first-person view drone that is easy to assemble, ready for field use and conforms to national security standards.Sgt. Henry David Volpe, an automotive technician with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group, used his interest in engineering and robotics to help develop HANX, the Marine Corps’ first unmanned aircraft system built from 3D-printed parts to be approved by the National Defense Authorization Act, service officials announced last month. Fortunately, for both the Marines and for Volpe, he found an outlet for his passion for robotics when he was assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary…

Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net.Fewer veterans took their own lives in 2023 than 2022, a pace of roughly 17.5 deaths per day, a statistic Veterans Affairs officials say they are working to change given that the rate of veteran suicides continues to be twice that of the U.S. non-veteran population.The Department of Veterans Affairs’ annual suicide prevention report, released Thursday, found that 6,398 veterans died by suicide in 2023, down from…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story was originally published in the February 2015 issue of Outdoor Life. At only 22 years old, Bill Porter is a trapper through and through. He has the scars, the fur, and the stories to prove it. One such story involves spending the night with a buddy in the back of a pickup with nothing more than a tarp separating them from the frigid Iowa night — all in the name of running a line. Porter has other stories to…

Both the United States and Russia are seeking to resolve the New START nuclear treaty issue diplomatically. The now-expired nuclear reduction deal is getting a new boost, and it’s happening alongside peace talks. Moscow and Washington are working on a deal to continue the New START nuclear reduction treaty, Axios reported on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the issue. The Strategic Arms Control Agreement officially expired on February 5. Not only are the two nuclear superpowers working to generate another treaty, but both have also agreed to continue to follow the current treaty even after its expiration. According to…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Sometimes the best duck hunting conditions tempt hunters into unsafe situations. This appears to have happened recently on the Nanticoke River in Maryland where six duck hunters were rescued by Natural Resources Police and Wildlife and Heritage Service staff after their boat became inoperable in the frozen waters.  Video footage from a responding helicopter shows the highlights of the rescue, which took place on the evening of January 31 — the last day of Maryland’s duck season. The hunters appear to…

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Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Robert Gregory and his two college roommates, Josh Clark and Tanner Smith, were on a New Year’s Eve mission to catch a state-record Yellowstone cutthroat trout. The morning of Dec. 31, they went out to Henry’s Lake in eastern Idaho near Yellowstone National Park. It was bright and sunny with temps around 12 degrees. “We got there early and drilled some holes near the southwest part of the lake in about 7 feet of water,” Gregory tells Outdoor Life. “The lake is pretty shallow and about…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  Has anyone ever been more connected than Jeffrey Epstein? That is a serious question. Personally, I have never heard of anyone who has spent more time socializing with the rich and famous than Epstein. We are told that he was some sort of financier, but in reality, he seemed to spend almost all of his time hanging out with his elitist friends. Prior to being convicted, Jeffrey Epstein was a pillar of the New York social scene. Everyone wanted to know him, and that included…

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