A U.S. Army veteran who self-deported to South Korea last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led him to leave the country. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, on Friday pardoned Sae Joon Park, a 57-year-old who was born in South Korea and had lived in the…

In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need prisons. We wouldn’t even need laws. People would understand what they should and should not do, and everything would be grand. We don’t live in that world, though. We live in this one, and so some people deserve to go to prison…

Prepping has never been more expensive, especially when it comes to stockpiling food. Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are pushing up the price of energy, droughts and heat waves are killing crops, and data centers are making water more and more scarce. All of this means that food is…

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a warning to the public about the risks of illegal charter operations ahead of Labor Day weekend. The Coast Guard Southeast District is informing people in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands about the risks and consequences of chartering…

The Firearms Policy Coalition is an interesting organization. On one hand, they do amazing work challenging gun laws, even allegedly having a special printer just for printing them out. It’s fantastic, even if it’s not entirely true. I honestly don’t care, because the work is what matters, not the…

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An extended power outage at a military installation can quickly become a readiness problem. That risk has led the Pentagon to examine whether small nuclear reactors can provide dependable electricity directly on bases. NANO Nuclear Energy is exploring that possibility through an Air Force feasibility study of its proposed KRONOS…

A shooting between comrades stationed at U.S. Army Fort Carson, Colorado, ended in the death of one soldier and the arrest of another. According to a press release from the Pueblo Police Department, the suspect, 23-year-old Army Private Kalob Deyo, has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his…

Last week, the ATF confirmed the agency was the target of a cyber attack. That’s not good, even if the system penetrated was about the targets of investigations, rather than gun purchase records or anything of the sort. Still, it happened. The ATF admitted it, but would not confirm…

A wave of public backlash is pulling Flock’s license plate reader cameras off streets nationwide. But in many communities, surveillance isn’t ending and cameras are actually just changing brands. As cities cancel their contracts with Flock Safety, more are hiring Axon instead. They are another law enforcement technology company that…

As someone who was raised as the son of a police officer, I feel a pain upon any officer’s death in the line of duty. I remember when someone I looked up to, Officer Randy Brown, was killed in the line of duty when I was a child. That…

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Lockheed Martin Corp. agreed to tentatively negotiate the purchase of up to 15 tonnes of scandium oxide a year — roughly 33,000 pounds — for up to 10 years from the southeastern Nebraska mining company NioCorp Developments, according to an Aug. 4, 2026, announcement by NioCorp. A tonne is a…

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Take the guesswork out of progressing toward your fitness goal, and start measuring and reporting. According to Pearson’s Law: “When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement increases.” If you want to see results, you cannot rely on hard work and…

The gun debate is one of those things where both sides are trying to take advantage. I’d call it a game if the stakes weren’t so high. Both sides make arguments, and the other side tries to punch holes in them. This is reasonable and…

More than half a century after the F-15 Eagle first took off, the Pentagon is preparing to spend as much as $131.23 billion keeping the legendary fighter in production, upgrading the aircraft in service and supporting flights around the world. The Boeing Co. received the massive contract Monday for the…

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Graphite is a powerful commercial spyware product capable of entering a smartphone without its owner clicking a link, opening an attachment or knowingly downloading anything. Developed by Paragon Solutions, the technology has been connected to surveillance targeting journalists and immigration activists in Europe. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also holds…

When refinancing your home using a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) loan, one of the primary upfront costs you will encounter is the VA funding fee. This mandatory one-time fee is required by law to help defray the cost of the loan program to taxpayers and ensure future generations of…

Defense Distributed won a major court case recently. I’ve also talked with Cody Wilson in the past about a product that was designed to get around at least some of the concerns about so-called ghost guns. The truth of the matter is that Cody is very libertarian, very pro-gun,…

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Marines who already wear a wedding ring can now add a college or commissioning-source class ring. Training and Education Command made the change effective immediately in Marine Administrative Message (MARADMIN) 402/26 released Aug. 28. It rewrites the rings paragraph in Marine Corps Order (MCO) 1020.34H, the same order behind the…