WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has rolled out formal guidance for mandatory testosterone testing for male service members 30 and older, a policy that leaves out women for now and faces questions from medical experts about the need and efficacy of such a program. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in…

Over the past few years federal courts have struggled and split over the question of whether adults younger than 21 are fully vested with their right to keep and bear arms. Some courts have argued that laws limiting the retail purchase of handguns or carrying a concealed firearm are…

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued new guidance to prevent and respond to sexual assaults. The service on Thursday released its Sexual Assault Prevention, Response, and Recovery (SAPRR) Action Plan, building on a plan initially introduced last March to combat sexual assault through specific actions and strategic objectives, including assigning leads…

Earlier this month Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a lawsuit against the ATF on behalf of the state of Missouri, arguing that the National Firearms Act is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, at least as it applies to suppressors and short-barreled rifles. There was one individual plaintiff joining…

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Russia plans to launch “hybrid-style” drone and missile strikes against nations supporting Ukraine, including NATO-member Poland, as the war enters its most crucial phase. The Kremlin’s main goal now, as supported by evidence gathered by intelligence services, is to destroy Ukraine’s economy and logistics…

A pilot safely ejected from a crashing F-16 Fighting Falcon on Thursday in Grand Traverse County, Mich. The jet, part of the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard, was “on a routine training mission from the Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center, in Alpena” during the…

While the Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting, the sport itself is a key part of our American heritage and should be protected. Where the two overlap is in using guns to hunt, something Americans of all ethnicities have done on these shores since they could first…

Two former Navy sailors face years in jail and millions in fines after they pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit oxycodone pills that contained fentanyl to active-duty sailors stationed on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Bailey Szramowski, 29, and Johannese Poomaihealani, 25, who are married and live in Hawaii, pleaded guilty on…

When applying for a security clearance, just about every aspect of your life gets scrutinized. You might worry that investigators will find something that disqualifies you, and that can lead to temptation: Why not just lie about one or two small things that might get you in trouble? The fact…

We know that the Department of Justice declined to ask for a stay of a federal judge’s injunction that ruled the registration requirements for NFA items including suppressors and short-barreled firearms, but there have been questions about whether the DOJ would actually appeal Judge J. Wesley Hendrix’s decision in…

John Gately served in his state’s military while also working for a statewide military agency. He’s now suing his now former employer, claiming that an off-duty political post led to his termination. Texas resident John Gately filed a federal lawsuit June 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Western…

A bipartisan group of 17 lawmakers is pushing Congress to give the nation’s military service academies a dedicated source of infrastructure funding and make it easier for them to use private donations to build new facilities. Nine House members and eight senators have signed a letter asking congressional defense leaders…

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New guns aren’t cheap. Firearms, however, are durable goods that can last generations if well cared for. I mean, I’ve got a semi-auto .22 that was my great-grandfather’s. I don’t know if it shoots anymore because they stopped making the ammo for it ages ago, but if I could…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has avoided an impeachment vote after Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called an early recess, canceling votes scheduled for Thursday. Hegseth’s political future was put in harm’s way after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY.), a frequent critic of President Donald Trump critic who lost his primary earlier…

There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that the correct number of people killed by an intimate partner is zero. However, until humanity improves, I’m afraid all we can hope for is “better than last year.” And for a group with a name like “Violence Policy…

A petition to force a vote on the Major Richard Start Act reached 218 signatures on Wednesday, paving the way for a U.S. House vote on the bill. The Major Richard Star Act, introduced in the Senate and House by bipartisan lawmakers in March 2025, would allow certain veterans who…

Mexico’s ill-fated lawsuit against the gun industry was a case of knowing what was inevitable. There was no world where the Supreme Court, especially this one, would allow a lawsuit to proceed against the industry despite the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. I didn’t expect the 9-0…

The Air Force spent 45 years without warrant officers, the last one retiring in 1980 and the ranks disappearing from an Air Force that decided senior NCOs and commissioned officers could cover the same ground. That changed in February 2024, when then-Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall announced that…

California has long been hell on private citizens owning just about any kind of firearm, but the so-called assault weapon is one of the focuses of the state’s anti-gunners’ ire. They hate it, calling it a weapon of war and saying that it serves no purpose but to kill…