West Virginia is arguably the most gun-friendly state for a reason; guns outnumber people here by a considerable margin. West Virginia University’s football team may struggle, but its rifle team certainly doesn’t. It should come as no surprise that Douglas Barrels, which has produced barrels for American Olympians and American snipers from Vietnam to GWOT, has been a quiet giant here for decades. Douglas Barrels was founded in 1948. In the beginning, the company played the field based on personal knowledge and uniform service experience. From the outset, the core concept was to provide the best barrels made to the…

KYIV, Ukraine — While interceptor drones have become one of the most sought-after commodities of the Iran war, Ukrainian officials and defense practitioners are cautioning allies to recognize that the pace of today’s battlefield requires them to buy into an entirely new system of production alongside the endpoint weapon.“Expertise is not a drone, but a skill, a strategy, a system where a drone is one part of the defense,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters on Monday.Ukraine now produces roughly 1,000 interceptor drones a day through hundreds of vetted manufacturers, deliberately dispersed so that no single strike can cripple the…

Iran has listed a new condition before ending the war with the United States. Tehran is seeking full sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. This has not been on Iran’s list prior to yesterday, and Donald Trump, the U.S. president, has told other ruling classes to head to the waterway and just take the Strait of Hormuz. Trump Threatens to Take Tehran’s Oil as Iran Says U.S. Proposal Is “Unrealistic” The narrow waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) ordinarily passes has emerged as the Islamic Republic’s most potent weapon. And it is now…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! After news of a major heist at a $20 million seaside Massachusetts mansion, one former FBI investigator says details provided by the home’s owner could point to an inside job.”It certainly sounds to me pretty clear that there was some inside information about this property, about the home, and more so about the specific valuables that were taken,” Bill Daly told Fox News Digital, adding that unless certain items were widely and publicly known to be inside the home, investigators will likely hone in on potential suspects who had access to the…

Boeing has reached a framework agreement with the Defense Department to triple the capacity of seekers for the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement, the company announced Wednesday. The contract framework, which will be spread across seven years, will match Lockheed Martin’s push to surge production on the PAC-3 MSE all-up round. Lockheed in January announced a seven-year framework agreement to increase annual PAC-3 interceptor production from approximately 600 to 2,000. “This agreement paves the way for us to scale rapidly to deliver increasingly sophisticated seekers,” Bob Ciesla, vice president of Boeing Precision Engagement Systems, said in a release announcing…

Editor’s Note: This article is not intended as legal advice. Please familiarize yourself with your state and local laws, and contact a qualified attorney with any questions you might have. There is the old saying that a man’s home is his castle — albeit smaller and certainly with better creature comforts like indoor plumbing, central heat, and likely air conditioning. Castles were defended by a lord’s personal troops, where an individual must defend the home and protect his or her family. When danger reaches the driver’s seat, some state laws allow individuals to claim Castle Doctrine protections within their own vehicle.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration is moving the Forest Service’s headquarters out of Washington and into Salt Lake City, Utah, as part of a broader push to shift federal agencies closer to the regions they oversee and reduce the footprint of government in the nation’s capital.The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the move Tuesday and said it will begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency, relocating leadership and redistributing authority across the country in an effort officials say will improve decision-making, cut costs and strengthen hiring.The shift represents a significant structural change to how…

The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth on Wednesday appeared to lift the suspension of pilots under investigation for hovering near Kid Rock’s Tennessee mansion last week.In a post on social media, Hegseth thanked the rocker and said “pilots suspension LIFTED. No punishment. No investigation. Carry on, patriots.” The statement came after Kid Rock, whose name is Richard James Ritchie, posted two videos waving to an Apache helicopter as it lingered near the pool outside of his Nashville estate. The musician said “God Bless America and all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to defend her,” in the caption of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kate Gosselin is giving fans a glimpse into how she celebrated her big birthday on Saturday.In a video, shared on both Instagram and Facebook on March 30, the former reality star gave a play-by-play rundown on how she spent her 51st birthday with her boyfriend.”Happy (belated) Birthday to me! What a fun day it was… even if I had to turn 51 😳!” she captioned the post.The video begins with a photo of her sipping coffee in her kitchen, telling fans she “asked Steve to take pics of me throughout my birthday,”…

This article was originally published by George Ford Smith at The Mises Institute.  “He [President McKinley] portrayed American expansion in the Pacific as a continuation of manifest destiny. He compared the Filipinos to Native Americans, calling them savage warriors or ‘little brown brothers.’ Appealing to popular attitudes of the times, he encouraged Americans to fulfill their manly duty to spread Christian civilization. The United States, he asserted, was a liberator, not a conqueror.”—Susan A. Brewer, “Selling Empire: American Propaganda And War In The Philippines” “Then onward, Christian soldier! Through field of crimson gore, Behold the trade advantages beyond the open door! The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! George Steinbrenner, for better or worse, stepped in as the face of the New York Yankees franchise when he led a group with E. Michael Burke and others to buy the franchise from CBS in 1973. It would be the launching pad to return the Yankees to relevancy in the years to come.However, Mike Vaccaro wrote in his new book, “The Bosses of the Bronx,” that the Steinbrenner group wasn’t thought to have been the favorite to buy the team. Vaccaro wrote that a Lehman Brothers-led contingent with former New York Giants…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two baggage handlers went viral after battling a stubborn baby stroller for several long minutes.The scene unfolded at Kansas City International Airport as travelers watched the struggle from a jet bridge above the tarmac.Jason Falen, who was waiting to board a flight to Denver, started recording when he realized the two workers were completely baffled by the baby gear.BAGGAGE HANDLER SLAMMED AFTER VIRAL VIDEO SHOWS GUITARS VIOLENTLY TOSSED ON TARMAC”I only caught the very end,” Falen told Storyful. “They had been trying to figure it out for five minutes, and it was comedy…