Seth Bodnar graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point two months before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It led him to a decade of service as an Army Green Beret, now giving his all to be the next United States senator from Montana. Bodnar is an independent…

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The young airmen had successfully armed and moved a training weapon toward an F-16 when their team leader realized something was wrong. It hadn’t been loaded correctly. With military training instructors watching, the Texas heat bearing down and the clock running, the trainees faced a decision: Keep going, try to…

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President Donald Trump stood near Marine One on Monday to mark the opening of a new White House helipad. Much of what he said was difficult to hear on the available White House video feed. Hours later, the White House launched “TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station,” a new 24/7 stream…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump returned to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday at a tumultuous moment for the world — and for his presidency — and made the case that he’s shown fortitude while other leaders have equivocated. The president started his address ticking off progress —…

Fox News has shifted 17 races towards Democrats in its latest Power Rankings, including some ruby red congressional districts that have been in Republican hands for years.  Republican John McGuire, for example, won Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District in 2024 by 15 points and should be…

People sometimes forget that the smallest and most convenient storage space is in their own heads. If you find yourself in the midst of a disaster and you need to either build or fix something, having the necessary knowledge and experience in your mind instead of in a book will…

The United States plans to open two military bases in Greenland as part of a broader deal the two countries will sign on Tuesday, according to a report. The U.S. will open the bases in Narsarsuaq, an area with a very small population, and Mestersvig, a military outpost currently used…

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Beneficiary Travel program reimburses eligible veterans and caregivers for the cost of getting to and from approved VA health care appointments. It’s a genuinely simple benefit once you understand the pieces, but the eligibility rules, the deductible structure and the filing deadline all trip people…

An Uber Eats driver is now looking for a new gig thanks to the company’s driver disarmament policy, but police in Port St. Lucie, Florida say the driver was acting in lawful self-defense when he drew his gun and shot a man who had threatened him with a knife…

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The Army made a significant change to how it handles failed Tuition Assistance and Credentialing Assistance courses. Soldiers who incur two recoupment actions within the same fiscal year — meaning they owe money back because a TA- or CA-funded course wasn’t completed or passed — are now automatically suspended from…

An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed lower court decisions that found a pair of regulations imposed on gun buyers in Hawaii to be facially incompatible with the Second Amendment.  One of the laws in question gives handgun buyers…

President Donald Trump said his administration is seeking “a fundamental change in the situation in Cuba,” which he described as “an absolutely failed state” that “will fall” during a speech Tuesday at a United Nations gathering of world leaders in New York. Trump said Cuba is “under great pressure, the…

I like doctors just fine, but I’m not overly fond of the various organizations that speak for doctors. The American Medical Association has been on my crap list for years, for example, because they routinely step into anti-gun arguments and don’t know what they’re talking about. They see the…

The Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed the non-hostile death of a U.S. Army officer who was supporting ongoing operations in Iran. A defense official reportedly told Task & Purpose that the female soldier died after suffering a medical incident on a military flight en route to Saudi Arabia on…

I’m glad to see felons have a chance to get their gun rights restored. On November 4, the DOJ will accept the first 5,000 applications from the general public, and I expect those slots will fill pretty quickly, assuming there will be slots or something. We still don’t know.…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing five people, officials said Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike. The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on the battlefield’s front line barely…

The recent opinion from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel finding the federal ban on handgun sales to adults younger than 21 unconstitutional appears to be having a positive effect on a lawsuit challenging the statute in question.  Earlier this year a federal judge in…