Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters at a White House Cabinet meeting Tuesday he was unaware a September U.S. military strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean left survivors, who were killed in a subsequent strike.The statement came several days after a Washington Post story said Hegseth had reportedly ordered Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley and the SEAL Team 6 he oversaw to kill everybody aboard the vessel and leave no survivors. The report said that an initial strike against the vessel on Sept. 2 left two survivors clinging to their vessel’s wreckage, but that a second strike…

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline, “VA Warned These Companies They May Be Breaking the Law. Most Are Still in Business.” Subscribe to their newsletter.Helping veterans get through the red tape of applying for VA disability benefits has become a multibillion-dollar industry over the past decade. Which might be surprising, because charging vets for such help may be against federal law.An investigation by The War Horse and NPR reveals that over the past 10 years, the Department of Veterans Affairs has sent…

This article was originally published by Rhoda Wilson at The Exposé. Dr. Vernon Coleman first became aware of the censoring of citizens by the British state in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1980s, he wrote a good deal about the AIDS hoax, which the establishment didn’t like, and culminated in his book ‘The Health Scare’ being banned. “AIDS was the first attempt to control the world with a pandemic. And it was the similarity between the way AIDS was promoted and the way the coronavirus hoax was being promoted, which helped me understand the truth about COVID right at…

NEW ORLEANS — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans and bring another federal surge to the city that is already awaiting a separate immigration crackdown dubbed “Swamp Sweep” that is expected to begin this week.Trump did not say how many troops would be sent to New Orleans or exactly when they would arrive. Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who asked the Trump administration in September for up to 1,000 troops to fight crime, told reporters Monday that he expected the Guard to arrive in New Orleans before Christmas.“Gov. Landry — a…

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The U.S. Marine Corps activated three new companies last month as part of the service’s Force Design 2030 recalibration toward agile logistics across the contested island chains of the Indo-Pacific. Combat Logistics Battalion 4 officially stood up its Headquarters, Alpha and General Service companies during a Nov. 14 ceremony aboard Camp Schwab, Japan, the Marine Corps announced. A fourth combat logistics company, Bravo, is expected to be added in the near future. The activation of the new formations is geared toward the Marine Corps commandant’s emphasis on building out mobile logistics capable of quickly equipping units across the Indo-Pacific, CLB-4…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. They tried suing. Then they tried flooding the lottery system. Now, in a last-ditch effort to thwart the upcoming Florida black bear hunt, a group of bear advocates is offering to pay hunters $2,000 in exchange for not using their tags. Bear Warriors United first announced the “Black Friday Bear Deal” on Nov. 28 to coincide with the shopping holiday. By Sunday, however, the original award amount had doubled. BWU explained in a Nov. 30 Facebook post that a bear advocate…

When America mobilized for World War II, it turned factories into foundries and assembly lines into arsenals. Our adaptive spirit and national commitment ensured success for the “Arsenal of Democracy.” The security of the country depended on it. Our national security today is just as dependent on a strong economy and capable workforce as it was in 1941. An economy that can build and innovate deters would-be adversaries from believing they can test us, and it enables us to sustain ourselves if they dare try. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have revealed fragility in our industrial base…

When we think about prepping, we often focus on food, water, and shelter. These are critical, but there’s one element we can’t survive without for more than a few minutes: clean air. You can go three weeks without food, three days without water, and three hours without shelter in harsh conditions. But you only have about three minutes without oxygen before your brain starts to suffer. Air quality isn’t just a concern for extreme survival scenarios. Events like chemical spills, gas leaks, and wildfire smoke can turn the air you breathe into a serious hazard. These situations might seem rare,…

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has said that France intends to use private companies in order to “assist” foreign rulers involved in armed conflict. The SVR alleged that this is evidence that Paris wants to be directly involved in the conflict with Ukraine. France has historically shown that it wants to be heavily involved in the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. Russia has also long accused the French government of wanting to put boots on the ground in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly raised the possibility of deploying Western troops to Ukraine. In August, he told reporters in…

A man accused of shooting two National Guard troops near the White House pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and assault charges during his first appearance before a judge via video from a hospital bed.Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who was also shot, faces charges stemming from the Nov. 26 shooting that killed Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24. His attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf during a brief court hearing in Washington, D.C.Beckstrom and Wolfe were deployed with the West Virginia National Guard for President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge…

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Natural gas futures have hit a three-year high, as analysts predict a long, cold winter.  Several forecasters are also warning of a potential polar-vortex-driven Arctic blast event later this month, which could drive temperatures even lower. Currently, there are winter storm alerts across the Northeast. According to a report by ZeroHedge, natural gas futures are on track for their largest quarterly gain since the first quarter of 2022. Prices on Tuesday morning were trading near $5 per mmbtu, the highest level since December 2022. The rally is being fueled by a rapid shift toward colder early-December temperatures across the Midwest and East, which has boosted…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Nate Miller knew exactly where he’d be hunting on Nov. 22, the opening day of Pennsylvania’s black bear firearms season. Miller, who lives in Rochester Township, had learned about the spot in Butler County from his pal Dan Druschel. His friend had seen good bear sign on rolling oak ridges on some nearby public land.. “Dan gave me some coordinates of the area, and that’s where I headed that morning,” Miller tells Outdoor Life. “I walked a power line, then up…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics In many parts of the country, surf anglers are always looking for the biggest and baddest players. Striped bass are a great example on both U.S. coasts. But in the West, surf perch offer year-round fun for anglers of any skill level, and they make one heck of a great meal. The coolest part — literally and figuratively — is that the winter months offer some of the best shots at numbers and big fish. Ben Hervey-Murray is a surf guide based in Southern California, as…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has declared that there is an end to the Ebola outbreak after 42 days of no new infections. The virus has been contained three months after the start of the epidemic in DRC. This Ebola outbreak, which resulted in 45 deaths, according to health officials. The outbreak was detected in September in the town of Bulape, making it the 16th recorded in the country since Ebola was first identified in 1976. Kasai had previously experienced outbreaks in 2007 and 2008. 28 Dead In Ebola Outbreak In DRC “Today is an important day for the Ministry…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. For a long time, we were warned that when the financial system finally started melting down, the price of silver would explode.  It appears that those who predicted this were quite prescient.  The yen carry trade is unwinding, more than a trillion dollars in cryptocurrency wealth has been wiped out, stocks and bonds have been extremely volatile, and the U.S. dollar has plummeted in value since the beginning of the year.  Meanwhile, the price of silver has nearly doubled since January 1st… In just 11 months, the price of…

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