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By Ward Clark Every grunt's favorite Cold War leftover piece of close air support, it seems, is getting a few more years of active service. On Monday, the Secretary of the Air Force announced, with a nod to the Secretary of War, that the great A-10 Thunderbolt II, better known as the Warthog, will have its  service life extended until at least 2030. Well the Fighter Jocks are not going to be happy. 😉 However none of their fancy new generation toys can match the A-10, for lethality, hang time and survivability! On behalf of every Marine, every US Army Infantry soldier, Special Ops, Ranger and Navy Seal that have had a… pic.twitter.com/nWNnUXnxyA — Glenn 🇺🇲⚓️ (@gcanderson57) April 20, 2026 The post states: In consultation with  @SecWar , we will EXTEND the A-10 “Warthog” platform to 2030. This preserves combat power as the Defense Industrial Base works to increase combat aircraft production. Thank you to  @POTUS   for your unwavering support of our warfighters...

By Liz Landers President Donald Trump told PBS News on Monday morning that if  the ceasefire with Iran expires Tuesday , "then lots of bombs start going off." The statement came during a phone call with White House correspondent Liz Landers focused on the Iran war, as a U.S. delegation is preparing for more peace talks. Here are highlights from the call. PBS News: What happens if the ceasefire expires tomorrow evening? Trump:  Then lots of bombs start going off. Is Iran still participating in the talks that will be happening in Islamabad? Will they still be there? I don't know. I mean, they're supposed to be there. We agreed to be there, although they say we didn't. But no, it was set up. And we'll see whether or not it's there. If they're not there, that's fine too. What do you want from the negotiating team in Islamabad? No nuclear weapons. Very simple. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Very simple. [Jared] Kushner has a lot...

By Ward Clark Tired of winning yet?  Last week, United States Steel announced the re-opening of the Gary (Indiana) Tin Works, which will increase domestic production of tin and bring 225 jobs to this former industrial  area of northwest Indiana . U. S. Steel  today announced plans to restart the Gary Tin Mill at the company’s Gary Works facility, positioning the company to increase domestic tin mill production and provide customers with American made supply. The planned restart requires sustained customer interest in securing long term domestic tin mill supply and  U. S. Steel’s  belief that demand can be met by increased U.S. production when market conditions allow for fair competition. The restart is intended to provide customers greater access to reliable, American made tin mill products—mined, melted, and made in America—as part of a more balanced domestic supply mix. Tin is used in a variety of applications, most notably to prevent corrosion in steel by...

JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN (left) screamed at Justice Stephen Breyer as liberals dragged their feet on writing dissent in the Dobbs abortion ruling. (Getty) By Ashley Oliver Justice Elena Kagan’s frustrations boiled over in the aftermath of the Dobbs opinion leak in 2022, leading her to allegedly scream "so loudly" at Justice Stephen Breyer that the "wall was shaking," observers said, according to a new book. Conservative author and Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway’s forthcoming book "Alito," reviewed by Fox News Digital and set for release Tuesday, details the incident and other heated moments surrounding the leak, which spurred waves of protests and death threats against the five conservative justices expected to overturn Roe that year. The Supreme Court's deep division on abortion was clear at the time, but the book reveals that a typically unified liberal bloc was also fractured. Hemingway wrote that Kagan, an Obama appointee, angrily conf...

By Christopher Jacobs British insistence that American colonists pay for an outside power to govern them made independence inevitable and revolution likely. Sometimes, contrarian theories are labeled as such for a reason. And while the nation’s 250th birthday presents opportunities to make counterfactual arguments about America’s creation, in this case, the conventional wisdom has become such for a reason. For instance, a new series co-produced by the BBC and PBS looks at the turning points of the American Revolution. Lucy Worsley, a historian, author, and the former curator at Historic Royal Palaces in London, reprises her prior methods for British documentaries, attempting to reexamine old events in light of new evidence. To the theory that America and Great Britain were bound for an explosive breakup, Worsley posits, “I’m not so sure.” But as a practical matter, a nation as small as Great Britain would have had difficulties governing a nation as vast as America, even the 13 ori...

By AWR HAWKINS Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) is pushing legislation that would grant federal concealed carry authority to past and current members of military special forces. The legislation is titled the “Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act.” Newsweek   reported  Friday that, via the Act, “Eligible veterans and active-duty personnel would be granted nationwide concealed-carry privileges, effectively overriding state-level restrictions that can differ significantly from one jurisdiction to another.” Upon introducing the legislation, Harrigan  said , “Federal law already trusts retired police officers to carry concealed nationwide. That makes sense. But it makes no sense that an active or retired SEAL or Green Beret, someone who spent a career mastering firearms under the most demanding conditions in the world, has no equivalent recognition under federal law. This bill fixes that.” He added, “It does not create new rights or weaken any safeguard. It sim...

By LOWELL CAUFFIEL Nearly one in ten births in 2023 in the United States under the Biden administration came from illegal immigrant parents, according to fresh birthrate data. The Pew Research Center  revealed  some 320,000 of the 3.6 million babies born in the U.S. that year were so called “anchor babies” who would not qualify for birthright citizenship if President Donald Trump’s executive order is upheld by the Supreme Court. Further crunching the numbers, that means about 260,000 babies would not have qualified for citizenship under Trump’s executive order. So far, the Supreme Court arguments about anchor babies is focusing mostly on the Trump administration's request to end universal injunctions by low-level courts. Justice Thomas injects a helpful reality check: "We survived until the 1960s without universal injunctions." pic.twitter.com/wZGLserEPU — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 15, 2025 Digging deeper, Pew found that about 245,000 of those ...

By Jonathan Turley The defeat of  Viktor Orban  in Hungary last weekend was celebrated by many who saw the former president as establishing single-party rule in his central European nation. The irony is that this claimed victory for democracy may fuel the establishment of a global governance system that is neither democratic nor accountable to citizens. The European Union was criticized by many for taking sides in the Hungarian election and for undermining Orban, who asserted national priorities in disputes with the EU.  No sooner had Orban conceded defeat than a jubilant European Commission President  Ursula von der Leyen  called for the final coup de grace for national identity and sovereignty: the elimination of the ability of nations to stand against EU policies. Orban was controversial for his ties to Russian President  Vladimir Putin  and his lack of support for Ukraine. He was also accused of authoritarianism and corruption. I shar...

By Ben Smith Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is keeping May 1 as a full school day, but the district had to give something up to get there. Following backlash from the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), CPS struck a deal that allows students to leave campus during school hours to  participate  in May Day protests and activism. Staff still have to show up to teach, and the academic calendar stays intact. But principals can now let students leave for outside events. Dr. Macqueline King, the district’s CEO and superintendent, described the deal as a compromise that “preserves the classroom time students deserve” while recognizing “the proud history of civic action in Chicago and beyond.” This all traces back to a resolution CTU passed in March. The union didn't want a compromise. It wanted schools fully  shut down  on May 1. “Public education is facing an unprecedented national assault driven by MAGA politicians, billionaire donors, and corporate interests who seek to priva...

By Max Bacall House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., warned Sunday that "something sinister could be happening" after 11 scientists mainly tied to the U.S. nuclear and space research programs reportedly died or went missing under mysterious circumstances, raising urgent  national security concerns . Comer said on " Fox & Friends Weekend " that when he first heard about the disappearances, they sounded like "some kind of crazy conspiracy theory." But the details of the case changed his mind and prompted him to alert multiple government agencies. "We've put a notice out to the Department of War,  to the FBI , to NASA, to the Department of Energy, that we want to know everything that they know about what happened with these scientists, because those four agencies were predominantly the agencies that those 11 individuals were affiliated with. And we want to try to piece this together." Comer plans to bring the leader...

By JOSHUA KLEIN President Donald Trump said Sunday the U.S. “stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom” of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship before seizing the vessel — marking the first known use of force under Washington’s naval blockade as Tehran threatens retaliation and critical ceasefire talks hang in the balance. In a Truth Social post Sunday afternoon, Trump said the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS  Spruance  intercepted the vessel, identified as the  Touska , in the Gulf of Oman after it attempted to breach the blockade, adding that “U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel” and are “seeing what’s on board.” pic.twitter.com/Bm2S7RGJWf — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 19, 2026 Video released Sunday evening by U.S. Central Command confirmed the encounter, showing repeated warnings issued over several hours, including an audio command ordering, “Vacate your engine room… we are prepared to subject you to disa...