The U.S. and Iran have made little progress in talks over an interim peace deal this week, with the sides seeing their worst clashes since an April ceasefire began and fighting continuing in Lebanon. Skirmishes continued overnight between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon after the Iran-backed group rejected a…
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, both countries announced Friday, in what will be his first visit in nearly seven years. His trip will be the latest in a series of steps by China to reinforce its close ties with its nuclear-armed…
I was nine years into my public land hunting career when I first dipped my toe in the target-buck pool. The North Carolina hitlister showed up on my trail cameras just before Halloween, with pre-rut in full swing, and a gnarly heat wave set to roll in a week later.With…
A House bill would require the Department of Defense to develop and implement a plan for using advanced manufacturing technologies to increase production of hard-to-source military parts, an effort aimed at addressing supply-chain shortages that can affect readiness. The Defense Industrial Base Advanced Manufacturing Enhancement Act introduced June 2 by…
I sat in the truck at the public boat ramp, sipping bad gas station coffee and watching a parade of glitter-covered bass boats launch and race away. They were in a hurry to get to wherever they thought the bass were holed up.I wasn’t in much of a hurry. When…
The Navy has removed the top three leaders of its largest overseas ship maintenance facility, marking the second leadership shake-up at the command in less than two years. Rear Adm. Dan Lannamann, commander of Navy Regional Maintenance Center, relieved Capt. Wendel Penetrante, commanding officer of U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility…
00:00:05 Speaker 1: Welcome to This Country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trotlining and just in general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented by Case Knives from the store…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday called for face-to-face negotiations in a public letter addressed directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The letter, the first public message Zelenskyy has written directly to Putin since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, was a sweeping critique of…
Retired Army Col. Bruce P. Crandall, who flew an unarmed helicopter through heavy fire into the Ia Drang Valley repeatedly to bring out the wounded, died at his Tempe, Ariz., home on May 31. He was 93. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced his death. Crandall received the nation’s…
Former service members often build second careers using skills they acquired in uniform. Many become airline pilots, defense contractors, consultants, or instructors. Some work overseas. Yet under certain circumstances, providing military-related training or expertise to a foreign military can expose a veteran to federal criminal liability. The legal framework behind…
Allies of Russian leader Vladimir Putin are openly advocating nuclear war and wishcasting for a diminished United States even while boasting about better trade relations.The venue was the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, a Putin-backed conference that took place on Wednesday against a backdrop of billowing smoke from a Ukrainian…
House Republicans axed a provision to the annual defense policy bill that would have ended the Trump administration’s practice of using the military’s uniformed lawyers from serving as immigration judges and special U.S. attorneys in Democrat-run cities.Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo, proposed the amendment during the House Armed Service Committee’s markup…
BEIRUT (AP) — President Donald Trump in an interview released Wednesday confirmed an earlier report that he criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a Monday phone call, saying he was “a little bit perturbed” that Israel’s fighting of Hezbollah in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with…
Posted on June 3, 2026 (June 3, 2026) by Daniel Mitchell Few hunting pursuits rival the scale and intensity of going after moose. These giants of the northern forests and tundra can weigh upward of 1,500 pounds, with frames that tower over most hunters. Bringing one down requires not only…
If finding a deer in the big woods is like finding a needle in a haystack, finding a mature buck is like looking for that needle in an entire hay field. Unlike ag country, the big woods might only boast two bucks per square mile in some areas. Finding big…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin said Tuesday that last week’s rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the launch pad. Critical to NASA’s Artemis moon program, the company’s massive New Glenn rocket blew up during an engine-firing test at Cape Canaveral Space…
00:00:07 Speaker 1: This podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show when conservation always wins. I’m your host Spencer new Arth, and today we’re joined by Brody Randall, Corey, Seth, Sarah and Logan. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from Meat…
Published Jun 3, 2026, 7:44 AM EDT Iranian military releases video of missile and drone launches in new exchange of fire amid US talks. Read the full article here
If there’s one thing everyone needs in their closet, it’s shoes. And whether you’re looking for athletic shoes, summer flip-flops or school shoes for the kids, you can find military discounts both online and in stores. Be prepared to show a valid military ID for in-store discounts. When using military…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: I don’t think that the people living in eighteen sixty had any framework for understanding what this country was about ready to be plunged into. If you take the number of people who were killed in the Civil War as a proportion of the entire population and…
Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta could finally receive the nation’s highest honor for sacrificing his own life to save a group of fellow marines in Iraq. In a renewed push 18 years after the fact, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced legislation to authorize President Donald Trump to posthumously award the…
For the first time in more than two decades, the House of Representatives has approved a major increase in benefits for some of the nation’s most catastrophically disabled veterans. The House recently passed the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, legislation that would increase benefits by roughly…
The idea for Clearspeed did not begin in Silicon Valley. It emerged from Lt. Col. Alex Martin’s deployments during the Global War on Terror, where insider attacks and the challenge of vetting partner forces exposed dangerous gaps in battlefield security. Alex Martin, the CEO and co-founder of voice analytics company…
President Donald Trump is still optimistic the U.S. can reach an interim peace deal with Iran soon, after the Islamic Republic threatened to suspend talks because of Israel’s escalating attacks in Lebanon. “I think you’re talking about over the next week,” Trump said to ABC News late on Monday, referring…
