President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was nominating Hung Cao for the full-time position of secretary of the Navy. Cao has been in the acting role since former Navy Secretary John Phelan’s abrupt departure in April.Yet, Cao will need more than the Senate’s majority rule approval — his nomination from Trump will also require a special waiver to assume the post.Under 10 U.S.C. §8013, federal law requires a seven-year waiting period before former military officers can take several top civilian Pentagon jobs, including deputy secretary of defense, under secretary of defense for policy and comptroller and the service secretaries.…

This story may contain details that are disturbing.If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.Pro Football Hall of Famer Edgerrin James turned to social media in a public plea for his son, former Charlotte basketball player Jizzle James. The former Indianapolis Colts standout running back said his son is facing a substance abuse issue.James did not share further details about the issue. He did, however, ask anyone who sees his 21-year-old son to offer him a hug while urging them not to give him anything of value.”Jizzle is…

A Georgia naval base agreed to revise its social media policy as part of a settlement with a military spouse who sued after officials blocked him from the base’s Facebook page over comments questioning its handling of a power outage.In the agreement filed last month, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay agreed to no longer block or remove comments based on their expressed viewpoints, which aligns its policy with the Navy’s social media handbook.While there was no monetary award, the base agreed to admit that it violated the Navy’s policy and the plaintiff’s constitutional rights. Officials also had to update the…

A bug out location is not a campsite. It’s somewhere you may need to live, defend, and feed your family for weeks, months, or longer. That means the land itself has to work in your favor. Some regions have short growing seasons, brutal winters, or almost no surface water. Others are packed with people, hostile to gun owners, or so expensive to own that most preppers could never afford to hold the land in the first place. A spot that looks perfect on a map can turn into a liability once the grid goes down. This is exactly why you…

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College football may be fully underway, but a dark cloud hovers over the landscape amid the controversy involving players who got professional experience trying to get back into the ranks with some of the best programs in the country, namely Lane Kiffin’s LSU Tigers program.The latest from the SEC was an amended complaint filed on Tuesday morning in an Alabama federal court, which indicated the conference wishes to take some serious action against LSU after commissioner Greg Sankey stood in a Baton Rouge courtroom last week to argue the school, Lane Kiffin and the athletic department staffers were preventing the…

Advocacy groups joined together to continue a push to halt President Donald Trump’s plans to construct an arch that would obstruct the ability to view Arlington National Cemetery.VoteVets, a Democratic veterans group, was joined by Home of the Brave, a political advocacy group, and the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a nonprofit focused on landscape heritage, in an effort to halt the build of the planned arch as the anticipated date of construction nears. Last week, it was announced on social media that construction would soon begin for the arch, which would be 250 feet tall and sit at Memorial Circle on…

Craig Carton and Michael Rapaport have more in common than being die-hard New York Knicks fans: They also share a strong dislike for LeBron James.Rapaport joined Carton for the premiere of OutKick’s “The Craig Carton Show” releasing on Tuesday, where he called the Philadelphia 76ers star a player he loves to hate. Carton admitted that while he respects James’ game, his No. 1 reason for his dislike stems from an off-the-court incident in 2017.”I’ll tell you the number one reason I’m not a LeBron guy. Number one. There’s—it’s and it’s a clear-cut number one for me, and I think I’m…

Ukraine is contracting a supply of around 1,000 missiles for U.S.-designed Patriot air-defence systems with the help of allies and through a European Union loan, Kyiv’s defense minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Yevhenii Khmara also said that the majority of the missiles would only be shipped in the coming years, and called for more urgent aid.In comments posted later by the Defence Ministry, Khmara said Ukraine was asking its Western partners to provide more air defense missiles from their stocks in exchange for improvements in missile performance under contracts signed with…

Aaron Rodgers would like to clear the air on some gossip surrounding one of his new teammates.During an appearance on the “Not Just Football with Cam Heyward” podcast, the future Hall of Fame quarterback had some fun with Drew Allar and the alleged “racy” direct messages released in 2025 that were attributed to the new Steelers quarterback, who was selected in the third round of the 2026 draft. “For those pop culture enthusiasts, there’s a DM thread out there about Drew. He definitely wanted me to come on here and say it’s not true and that it was it was…

The U.S. Air Force’s fighter fleet is nearly 50 aircraft short of the number required by Congress, according to a recent Congressional Research Service report that outlines questions lawmakers face as the service plans its future fighter force.The fighter fleet inventory currently falls short of the statutory requirement of 1,145 fighters, with 1,098 aircraft currently in the fleet. The service also operates an aging and “heavily used” fleet, with aircraft averaging 27.4 years old, according to the report. The authors highlighted that the fighter inventory may continue to decline until 2030 before it begins to grow again. Although Congress has…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The State Department said Tuesday it is aware of approximately 70 Americans who remain unaccounted for in the Nepal-China border region following last month’s catastrophic flooding, while 18 Americans have now made it to safety.”We extend our deepest sympathy to all those affected by the flooding in Nepal, and their families, and we reaffirm our enduring friendship with the Nepali people,” a State Department official told Fox News.”The Department of State remains in close contact with the families of Americans who remain unaccounted for and is committed to providing regular updates as more information becomes…