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A veteran writes about the soldiers he couldn’t save as a way to carry the weight of their loss and keep himself standing.

My 1988 Remington 870 Express started as my dad’s budget shotgun, and now it rides upgraded in the backcountry with me, a steel-framed reminder that when something snaps in the dark at 0200, reliability beats everything.

From Starlink terminals keeping Iranian protesters online, to a Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over a war memorial helmet, to the Navy’s push for ship-launched long-range strike drones, and a Houston gun-jugging robbery that ended in a shootout.

Trump signals possible Iran deal as Tehran fortifies nuclear sites, CIA targets Chinese military personnel, and Ukraine disrupts Russian Starlink.

Zelenskyy rules out elections under martial law as fighting intensifies, Bondi testifies on Epstein files, and the FAA defends an El Paso airspace closure.

Xi’s sweeping purge of his own generals exposes a deeper truth: behind the parades and new hardware, China’s military remains politically shackled, combat-untested, and far less ready for a real war than its leadership wants the world to believe.

Russia tightens controls on Telegram, Trump warns Iran of consequences, and new reporting links Ethiopia to training Sudan’s RSF fighters.

The Pentagon is drawing new authority lines along the border, keeping the C-17 fleet flying into the 2070s while pushing more U.S. weapons overseas, and trading nuclear accusations with China as the last guardrails of arms control continue to crack.

Newly released Epstein court records renew scrutiny of federal handling, as Starlink disruptions hit Russian forces, fighting grinds on in Ukraine, and Hormuz risks persist.

Ukraine confirms an F-16 gun kill as the air war evolves, while Sudan, Cuba, and Kyiv confront widening strains tied to protracted conflict.

The Super Bowl’s Bad Bunny halftime show is less a culture-war flashpoint than a reminder that shared moments in football and music can still pause the noise and bring Americans together, if only for a night.

America is flexing across the board this week, pulling Raptors for real missions, parking a carrier off Iran during talks, cutting Harvard out of officer development, and shoving a battalion into Nigeria as another quiet front turns hot.