Louisiana Gov. Landry requests federal aid for National Guard deployment
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry says he has formally requested federal assistance (RFA) to activate up to 1,000 Louisiana National Guard personnel under Title 32. Landry announced his intentions during an appearance on “Hannity” Monday evening, stating his...
VA staffer accused of blindly approving over 85,000 disability claims
Veterans’ disability benefits claims were blindly rubber-stamped by a senior veterans service representative (VSR) at the Philadelphia VA Regional Benefit Office for years, resulting in an estimated $2.2 million in improper payments, a government watchdog report has found. A hotline tip made about the employee...
White House warns veterans’ health programs at risk as shutdown deadline looms
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The White House is warning that a slew of veterans’ health care programs could expire if Congress doesn’t pass Republicans’ short-term government funding extension. In a memo first obtained by Fox News Digital, the...
Pentagon calling up 200 Guard troops to deploy to Oregon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, under federal authority, an order the state is challenging in court. President Donald Trump announced plans to send troops into Portland on Saturday to protect federal immigration facilities against “domestic terrorists.”...
Small defense firms warn shutdown will hurt industrial base
A collection of small defense technology firms and entrepreneurs is urging lawmakers of both parties to avert a looming government shutdown, warning such a closure would hurt the defense industrial base and startup firms. In a Monday letter to leaders of both parties in the...
Southport waterfront bar shooting was premeditated attack, police say
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A weekend shooting that left three people dead and five others injured was “highly premeditated” and targeted a waterfront North Carolina bar, officials said. The shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at American Fish...
Senator ‘alarmed’ about barracks privatization, seeks answers from DOD
A U.S. senator who has been an outspoken critic of the military’s privatized family housing wants answers from the Defense Department about its plans to privatize more barracks. “Given the significant challenges that privatization has imposed on military family housing for decades, directly resulting from...
A bullet struck his heart at Pearl Harbor. His widow just returned it.
It was a homecoming of sorts. After 84 years, the Japanese bullet that was once lodged in the heart of U.S. sailor Dean Darrow was returned this month to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Museum. His wife, 106-year-old Alice Beck Darrow, was on hand to...
Broken defense system threatens US military readiness in future wars
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! During World War II, the United States unleashed free market mavericks to solve our hardest industrial challenges and build a war machine that proved to be the engine for the Allies’ victory. This machine served us well...
