Military

The dead were spared the truth; the living have to carry it.

Washington’s political trench warfare over immigration funding has triggered a DHS shutdown that puts TSA, FEMA, the Secret Service, and the Coast Guard in a bind, exposing a failure of leadership on both sides and leaving national security hanging in the balance while Americans pay the price.

Factfulness is a powerful, data‑driven argument that the world is far better and more stable than fear‑ridden media and instinctive thinking make it seem, and that adopting a fact‑based worldview is the key to clearer, less panicked decision‑making in an age of hype and hysteria.

Federal investigators are probing two ICE agents after video evidence led to the dismissal of assault charges in a Minneapolis shooting, while separate reports highlight a Norwegian microwave experiment linked to Havana-like symptoms and new European accusations that Russia used a rare neurotoxin to kill Alexei Navalny.

A U.S. destroyer command relief during certification, Japan’s live testing of a 100 kW shipboard laser, Indonesia’s contingency planning for a Gaza stabilization mission, and a Coast Guard icebreaker visit to New York Harbor highlight shifting maritime security dynamics across multiple theaters.

Nearly four years after the Buffalo supermarket massacre, a $1.75 million settlement brings legal accountability, but for a veteran from the shooter’s hometown, the deeper question of how that hate took root still lingers.

Valentine’s day is a day associated with love and sweet things. However, it was a long-winding journey before a gruesome death turned into a day of sweets and roses.

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.

In my SEAL training I learned to develop positive habits that affect real change by identifying the negative self-talk I wanted to fix.