Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan was confirmed by the Senate as the next leader of U.S. Southern Command, assuming the four-star post as the Trump administration seeks to reassert American military dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Donovan was approved by voice vote Friday. His 37-year career spans infantry, reconnaissance and special operations, during which he has led Marines and sailors in all three Marine Expeditionary Forces, the military said. Until recently, he served as the vice commander of SOUTHCOM. The previous commander, Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, relinquished duties Dec. 12, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wrote in a post…

The anonymous Englishman who managed to lodge a 2-inch-wide World War II anti-tank shell inside his rectum back in 2021 has been unseated. The phrase “shell shocked” took on new meaning over the weekend when a 24-year-old Frenchman hobbled into Rangueil Hospital in Toulouse, France, complaining of unspecified pain. Rushed into surgery, the doctors soon discovered that the source of the “unspecified pain” turned out to be an 8-inch long 37mm brass-and copper shell used by the Imperial German Army in the late stages of the Great War. According to the French newspaper La Dépêche, the medical staff in Toulouse…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Animal-rights activists in Oregon are gathering signatures in hopes of putting a radical ballot initiative in front of voters this fall that would criminalize hunting, fishing, ranching, pest control, and much more. The sweeping measure is a rerun of a similar measure that failed to make it onto the ballot in both 2022 and 2024, though this third iteration has gathered the most signatures yet. Initiative Petition 28, also known as IP28 or the People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty…

President Donald Trump implored the House on Monday to end the partial government shutdown, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to quickly approve the federal funding package he brokered with the Senate without first debating their own demands over immigration enforcement operations.Democrats are refusing to provide the votes House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to push the package forward as they try to rein in the Trump administration’s deportation operations after the shooting deaths of two Americans in Minneapolis. That’s forcing Johnson to rely on his slim GOP majority, which has its own complaints about the package, to fall in…

Sign up for the Deer Camp Newsletter Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. This deer season Dale Baer and his buddy Cory Peters were hunting near Portage in a deer-rich region west of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It was cold, but there was no snow on the ground — perfect deer weather, says Baer. “Cory knew the area, and he and I scouted it about a week before we hunted in mid-November,” Baer tells Outdoor Life. “We finally got three days to hunt, watching hay fields bordering thick Canadian bush.” Baer hunted…

This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute.  “How many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see?”—Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind” What does it say about a political movement that demands absolute reverence for life in the womb yet shrugs when the government kills, cages, or brutalizes the living? What does it say about a government—and a political movement—that claims to value the unborn, but once you are born, that concern evaporates? When life upon birth becomes expendable, subject to force, punishment, neglect, and…

Waiting is one of the military’s oldest operating conditions. For every firefight or mission that becomes legend, there are weeks or months of stillness surrounding it. That’s why “Groundhog Day” remains a cultural shorthand inside the military for the experience of living inside routine long enough that time itself stops feeling linear. For service members, the reference to the 1993 film, in which Bill Murray portrays a weatherman trapped in a time loop in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who’s forced to relive Feb. 2, works because it captures something service members immediately recognize: days repeat, routines harden and progress feels frozen. Long…

The Department of Veterans Affairs will have a new chief of staff beginning mid-February following the departure of Chris Syrek, who has served in the position since January 2025. Army veteran and longtime Republican staffer Curt Cashour, who currently serves as the VA’s assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs, will step into the top advisory role to VA Secretary Doug Collins. In a statement, Collins said Syrek’s departure was planned, and with Cashour’s appointment, he “looks forward to many more VA improvements.” “Chris has been a key part of our leadership team and my most trusted advisor since day…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Last week on the Outdoor Life Podcast I talked to executive editor Natalie Krebs about the hottest debate in waterfowl hunting: whether the prevalence of flooded corn is shortstopping the migration in the Mississippi Flyway. Krebs interviewed a half-dozen waterfowl biologists on the matter and you can hear what they have to say about hot cropping and mallard migrations in the discussion below. Despite good science on the subject, some folks believe — and will probably always believe — that flooded…

The U.S. Air Force is once again conducting no-notice combat readiness inspections of units, and stresses to commanders that is one of their top priorities, a top service leader said Wednesday.Lt. Gen. Scott Pleus, the Air Force’s acting vice chief of staff, told attendees at a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies conference in Arlington, Virginia, that Air Force Secretary Troy Meink and Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the service’s chief of staff, have made improving readiness a top priority. That includes not just concentrating on flying airplanes, Pleus said, but fixing them so pilots and air crews can generate the sorties they…

United States ruler Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Homeland Security not to help Democrat-run cities during anti-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) riots. Trump has said that agents of the state will only protect federal property. This is just more evidence that the ruling class is not there to help anyone but themselves. We are running out of time. The “National Shutdown” was called on Friday and aimed at pressuring the government to end immigration raids. Organizers are urging Americans to abstain from work, school, and shopping in a mass strike against the ruling class for its authoritarian grip. In…

The U.S. Space Force activated its northern component in a Friday ceremony in an effort to further homeland defense.Serving under U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Space Forces Northern is tasked with progressing space capabilities that empower “lethality and effectiveness” for homeland defense, according to a Space Force release.“There is no higher calling than protecting your neighbors, your families, and your homeland from harm,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said at the ceremony, according to the release. The activation comes less than two weeks after the force’s southern component activation was formalized with the focus on space capabilities across the…

A U.S. Navy unit that tests out weapons and aircraft was recently spotted flying one of the U.S. Air Force’s fifth-gen fighter jets as part of an exchange between the two services, the Navy confirmed to Military Times.Unit insignia of U.S. Navy Air and Test Evaluation Squadron 9, or VX-9, based out of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, was spotted on an F-35A Lightning II variant on Jan. 23 by aviation enthusiasts on social media. A spokesperson for the F-35 Joint Program Office subsequently confirmed the Navy’s flying of the aircraft in an emailed statement to Military Times.…

In order to avoid a humanitarian crisis, Cuba needs to strike a deal with the United States ruling class, said President Donald Trump issuing an ultimatum. Things are looking “very bad” for the Caribbean nation now that it has lost access to Venezuelan oil, Trump said. The Financial Times [behind a paywall] claimed earlier that Cuba only has enough oil to last 15 to 20 days at the current level of demand and domestic production. After Attacking Venezuela, Trump Threatens 3 More Latin Countries This most recent ultimatum comes just one month after the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics “Tuna!” The rip of his drag sounds like a kicked hornets’ nest as I pedal my kayak toward him. The sun breaks over the cloud-ringed mountains and casts a sapphire light across the bay — an Instagram sunrise, for sure. And in the center of it all is Clinton, an American expat and recovering drug addict, on his dirty 12-foot kayak, rod bent in half, a boss yellowfin taking line. Lance Clinton is the happiest man alive. At 50 years old and 17 years sober, with…

Officials in the United States have backtracked on a threat to Iran, saying that the U.S. is not actually ready to strike, after several mainstream media outlets claimed that an attack was imminent. The information on an imminent attack came from “anonymous sources.” Anonymous Sources Say That A U.S. Attack on Iran Is Imminent The U.S. has built up a military presence in the Middle East, as its rhetoric regarding Iran has intensified. Washington has dispatched what US President Donald Trump described as a “massive and beautiful armada” to the region over the past few weeks. The armada was led…

The Department of Veterans Affairs has ended nearly all abortions at VA facilities, returning to a pre-2022 policy that requires patients seeking the procedure to go outside the department for care. The VA issued a final rule Dec. 31 that prohibits the procedure at VA medical facilities unless the life of the mother is endangered. The decision ends a policy implemented in September 2022 that allowed VA medical personnel to conduct abortions in cases of rape or incest or circumstances that endangered the life or health of the patient. The policy was instituted shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned…

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New Army recruits are entering the service later in life than previous years, with the average enlistment age at 22.7, according to Army data.That figure, which reflects the average age of active-duty and reserve recruits so far in fiscal year 2026, may reflect a shift from recent decades, when the average age was 21.7 in the 2000s and 21.1 in the 2010s, according to data provided by Madison Bonzo, the Army Recruiting Division’s chief of media relations. Army recruiting leadership says the increase reflects changes in how the service approaches recruiting. Now, recruiters are looking beyond traditional high school to…

This article was originally published by Belle Carter at Natural News.  Acting CISA Director Madhu Gottumukkala triggered a security review after uploading “For Official Use Only” government documents into a public version of ChatGPT in August 2025, risking exposure to OpenAI’s user base. The incident fuels existing concerns that CISA—originally tasked with infrastructure security—has become a tool for censorship, targeting conservative voices and election-integrity advocates under the guise of combating “misinformation.” Gottumukkala reportedly failed a counterintelligence polygraph test in July 2025 and attempted to remove CISA’s Chief Information Officer, raising internal tensions. His unauthorized ChatGPT use further damaged trust in…

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HONG KONG — The United States and Taiwan are expected to roll out their latest hardware and use elite Taiwanese troops under a joint project to prepare for asymmetric warfare in case the island government’s long-time political rival China attacks, according to military experts.That effort, the Joint Firepower Cooperation Center, as first reported by Taiwan’s United Daily News late last month, would help coordinate a Taiwanese defense against the People’s Liberation Army forces ahead of 2027, when some American think tanks believe China will have sufficient attack capability.The United States would likely offer military equipment made by some of its…

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