The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.The confusing arc of events began as the FAA announced it was shutting down all flight traffic over the city on the U.S.-Mexico border for 10 days, stranding some travelers, but the closure ended up only lasting a few hours. The Trump administration said it stemmed from the FAA and…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog under the title: Optimism About The Future Plunges To An All-Time Record Low, And Credit Card Debt Soars To An All-Time Record High As long as you have hope, you can face whatever challenges are ahead.  Sadly, Americans have been losing hope at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented.  As you will see below, optimism about the future has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded.  One of the biggest reasons why people are losing hope is because we have been in a historic cost-of-living crisis for almost this…

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOn a bitterly cold morning—when the pipes freeze up, and the faucets stop running—the reality of frozen plumbing hits fast. That was my experience last Saturday morning, with wind chills in the negative double digits. First thing in the morning, I noticed the toilet sounded odd. There was no water filling the tank after it was flushed. That’s when it hit me—”Great, my pipes must be frozen.” Up until that moment, I’d never dealt with frozen pipes, so the question popped into my head: “Okay, so my pipes are frozen, now what do I…

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Pvt. Spencer Howe aspires to be an Army chaplain someday — but for now, his day job involves wearing sequins and rhinestones and doing synchronized spin jumps on ice.The 29-year-old soldier and Olympic pairs skater currently preparing to compete in the Milan Cortina Games is the first figure skater in the Army’s program that nurtures elite athletic talent, according to the program director.Willie Wilson, director of the World Class Athlete Program, told Military Times in a phone interview from Italy that Howe, who enlisted in October 2024 and graduated boot camp in February 2025 as a Motor Transport Operator, had…

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.Over the last quarter-century, especially since the war on terrorism began, the United States has produced a quiet army of combat veterans. Many carry injuries you can see: shrapnel wounds, limps, missing appendages. Others carry scars you cannot: the flinch at fireworks, a 3 a.m. stare at the ceiling, the sudden urge to check the locks three times before bed.“Combat” is a slippery word. One man stands 200 meters from the blast and tells the story…

Sign up for the On The Gun Newsletter The latest for gun hunters and competitive shooters. The first centerfire rifle I ever laid hands on was a lever action, a .30/30 Model 94 that was produced in Winchester’s factory less than 20 minutes from my childhood home outside New Haven, Connecticut. It was in a display rack with a dozen identical 94s in a hardware store in town. I was already the proud owner of a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun so I knew how it worked, and the first time I cycled the lever and heard the unmistakable chik-chik…

This article was originally published by Mike Adams at Natural News.  Introduction: The High-Stakes Deception In February 2026, a familiar geopolitical drama unfolded once more. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hastily flew to Washington, D.C., moving up a scheduled meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump by a week [1]. His urgent mission, as widely reported, was to sabotage ongoing diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran [2] and instead push the American leader toward a catastrophic military confrontation. This maneuver was not a sudden development but the culmination of a years-long, covert campaign of manipulation by the Israeli leader—a campaign rooted in…

The U.S. Navy wants long-range strike drones that can be launched from destroyers and other warships that lack large flight decks, according to a Defense Innovation Unit solicitation.The concern is that the Navy lacks enough aircraft carriers, aircraft and missiles to sustain an extended conflict against an adversary armed with long-range antiship missiles. Thus, the service is looking for armed drones that can be launched from austere locations or from surface warships other than aircraft carriers.“Naval surface combatants are constrained in their ability to support long-range strikes over extended combat operations due to reliance on single-use missile systems, with limited…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. As a campaign to reintroduce mountain lions in Vermont moves forward, wildlife managers there and in neighboring states are asking lion advocates to slow down and “pump the brakes.” This was the predominant message in an op-ed written by a group of wildlife officials and shared by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department on Monday. “We love Vermont’s wildlife and wild places, and we can appreciate why some are excited to bring back a native large carnivore,” the authors write. “We…

Warfare has always evolved faster than the institutions tasked with managing its consequences, and Russia’s war in Ukraine has made this reality unmistakably clear. Small, inexpensive drones dominate the battlefield and are deployed relentlessly to conduct reconnaissance, deliver precision strikes, direct artillery and turn the front lines into a porous landmass. What we are all seeing is a new type of war dominated by violence that is fundamentally different from the global war on terror. What is less frequently recognized is how this transformation has radically altered the injuries soldiers sustain on the battlefield. Drone warfare has exposed how the…

A planned restructuring of the Veterans Health Administration will cost an estimated $312 million over five years and require an initial investment of $521 million, according to a top congressional appropriator. The reforms, known as the Restructure for Impact and Sustainability Effort, or RISE initiative, are expected to begin this year with an aim to reduce the VHA’s administrative overhead and improve hospital services and clinical care. Initial VA briefings to congressional lawmakers did not include the potential costs of the restructuring, but Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said Wednesday she initially was told it would be “cost neutral.” During…