Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard to DC
Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation’s capital. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement Monday that he has...
Marine billboard in Memphis defaced with offensive ‘alligator’ banner
A U.S. Marine Corps recruitment advertisement in Memphis, Tennessee, was recently vandalized with an offensive message, drawing shock from local residents and a response from the Corps. A large billboard located eastbound on W. E.H. Crump Boulevard near Interstate 55 in downtown Memphis showed an...
Timely payments for Guard deployed to DC a concern, lawmaker says
National Guard troops have been stationed in Washington, D.C. for a week, but when they’ll get paid for the unusual assignment is still unclear. This weekend, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., raised concerns about potential delays in the deployed troops’ pay due to paperwork and assignment...
Navy amphib readiness dips as sailors, Marines deploy for Caribbean
The readiness rate of amphibious ships critical to Marine missions has dropped to 41%, a defense official tells Military Times, as thousands of Marines and sailors are being sent to Latin America and the Caribbean amid the Trump administration’s ramped-up effort to combat drug cartels....
Kennedy and Hegseth face off in DoD fitness challenge workout
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the Department of Defense to challenge Secretary Pete Hegseth to a pullup and pushup competition, dubbed the “Pete and Bobby challenge,” as the...
What to know about Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday to discuss how to end Russia’s three-year war in Ukraine. Months of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting haven’t made headway, but the...
Navy logbook that recounted Pearl Harbor recovered after 84 years
One man’s trash is the National Archives’ treasure. After more than 80 years, an old logbook containing the initial descriptions of U.S. vessels after the Japanese attack on Navy Yard Pearl Harbor in 1941 was recovered, the National Archives recently announced. The logbook covers the...
3 GOP-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to DC
Three Republican-led states said Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard members to the nation’s capital to bolster the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to...
Ukrainian sniper breaks world record with 13,000-foot kill shot: report
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Ukrainian sniper unit on Thursday reportedly broke the world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill, eliminating Russian troops from a distance of more than 13,000 feet (4,000 meters). The shot, fired by a Ukrainian-produced rifle...