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By Ward Clark On Friday morning, an F-35 from the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crashed and ignited a brush fire near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in the San Diego area. The pilot ejected. It's not yet known if he suffered any injuries in what the Marine Corps is describing as an "aircraft mishap." An F-35 assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing crashed Friday morning at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego , prompting an emergency response and igniting a brush fire, a base spokesperson told Fox News. Emergency personnel responded to what the Marine Corps described as an "aircraft mishap" on the flight line at about 10 a.m. local time involving an F-35 assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11, said 1st Lt. Blake Starbuck. The aircraft was based at MCAS Miramar. It's not known what caused the aircraft to crash. Photos show a large burned-out area around what appears to be the wreckage of the F-35, although it appears that the blaze is under contro...

By JOSEPH MACKINNON Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and LGBT activists in the Michigan legislature were dealt a massive defeat on Thursday after a lengthy battle over a law that threatened to ruin counselors who help gender-confused children by compassionately grounding them in reality, not affirming delusions. Luke Goodrich, senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and attorney for the counselors, said in a statement, "This is a major victory for children, counselors, and common sense." 'Michigan is now admitting its law is unconstitutional.' "Kids who are hurting deserve compassion, not a one-way ticket to harmful drugs, hormones, and surgery," added the attorney. Democrats in Michigan and Colorado put smiles on fellow LGBT activists' faces in recent years by passing laws prohibiting so-called "conversion therapy" for minors. Under Democrats' House Bills 4616 and 4617 in Michigan and House Bill 19-1172 ...

By Samuel Kimzey Justice Gorsuch keeps insisting America was founded as a religiously neutral nation, but the founding-era record tells a very different story. Old habits die hard. At least that is the case for our Supreme Court’s Justice Neil Gorsuch, who persists in repeating the erroneous narrative that America was founded as religiously neutral. In a July 24th interview with PBS’ Margaret Hoover , Gorsuch gave his interpretation of the American founding, denying America was founded as a Christian nation: “We were never supposed to be a nation that was about one race or one religion … It was about those ideas [in the Declaration of Independence] … We have a First Amendment, for crying out loud. No established religion.” Gorsuch has previously made this point about his belief in America as ultimately a “ creedal nation ” founded in shared ideas contained in the Declaration, not more fundamental ties of ethnic kinship or common religion. Gorsuch wants to maintain this position o...

By Teri Christoph Everyone knew there was more to learn about Troy Jackson, the man chosen by Maine Democrats to replace the contemptible Graham Platner in challenging incumbent Republican Susan Collins for her Senate seat, but what surfaced Thursday is next level weird. Because Jackson served in the Maine statehouse for years, we already knew certain things about him. He likes to play fast and loose with mortgage finance laws. He throws water bottles at people to intimidate them. There were lots of whispers that opposition research had uncovered some pretty spicy stuff about Jackson, but no one knew exactly what would be revealed in a slow drip leading up to November. Affairs? Drugs? Money laundering? Nazi tattoos? The mafia?  We weren't entirely sure. In what is likely to be the first of many reveals to come, the folks at Maine Wire have discovered that Jackson has romantically partnered up with his second cousin and the two have produced offspring. Now, shacking up and pro...

Prosecutors argued Colin Gray ignored his son's deteriorating mental health and continued providing gun access By Brittany Miller Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison after a Georgia judge said he "failed as a parent" by ignoring escalating warning signs before the 2024 school massacre. Barrow County Superior Court Judge Nicholas Primm sentenced Gray, 55, to concurrent prison terms after telling him "the warning lights were flashing brighter and brighter" before the shooting and that he failed to remove his son's access to guns or get him needed mental health treatment. "It is clear you failed as a parent," Primm said before handing down the sentence. "The weight of your crimes is tethered and tied to the acts of someone else, your son." A jury convicted Colin Gray in March on 27 counts, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, afte...

The National Museum of American History features Fauci's signed baseball cap and a placard praising his pandemic guidance By Peter D'Abrosca The embattled former face of the United States' COVID-19 response is prominently displayed and heroically framed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History — as the network of Smithsonian institutions faces scrutiny over woke messaging from government officials. Dr. Anthony Fauci, formerly the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has a prominent place at the museum's "Entertainment Nation" exhibit. "As a deadly pandemic ravaged the nation, major sports leagues found themselves at the center of a debate over 'reopening' the country," a placard dedicated to Fauci says. A placard in the "Entertainment Nation" exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., honors Dr. Anthony Fauci. (Peter D...

By Victor Nava President Trump announced Thursday that his Board of Peace has reached a “historic agreement” with Hamas that will result in the “complete disarmament” of the terror group in Gaza . “This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The president indicated that “all other armed groups” in the Gaza Strip have also agreed to lay down their arms. Trump speaks during an event to announce the Freedom Haulers initiative at the White House. AP Photo/Alex Brandon “This agreement is a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government that will work closely with the Board of Peace to help the Palestinian people,” Trump continued. “At the same time, Israel will have the security it deserves, with Gaza no longer used as a base for terror attacks.” Disarmament of Hamas marks “major milestone in the implementation” of the 20-point plan for peace in the region unveiled last September, the presid...

By Sarah Rainsford,in Rome and Alicia Curry Spain is sending troops to bolster security in its North African enclave of Ceuta after thousands of migrants swam from Morocco into the territory on Thursday. At least 15 people drowned while trying to reach Ceuta. Local officials had appealed to Madrid for help after a recent rise in attempted crossings, but there were chaotic scenes on Thursday as border controls apparently broke down. I just spoke to a friend of mine. Told him that tens of thousands of military-aged Muslim migrant men from Morocco were CURRENTLY invading Spain and have been all day long. He didn't believe me, had ZERO CLUE it was happening and said that he hadn’t read about it anywhere. I… pic.twitter.com/bY0hMq9dKk — Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) July 31, 2026 Spain's Supreme Court ruled this month that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla, another Spanish enclave, cannot be ...