NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Las Vegas Raiders and the Baltimore Ravens made a blockbuster trade ahead of the start of NFL free agency. Las Vegas is trading five-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Maxx Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens, per multiple reports. The Raiders will receive two first-round picks from the Ravens, including the No. 14 overall pick in next month’s NFL draft, one report said.The 28-year-old Crosby had 10 sacks last season and has reached double digits four times in his seven seasons. The Raiders last appeared in the playoffs back in 2021 but have gone…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Patrick Mahomes just might be an alien given the latest update on his torn ACL.The Chiefs’ superstar quarterback tore his ACL Dec. 14 and had surgery — including a repair of his LCL — the next day.Conventional wisdom would point to a lengthy recovery process that could potentially sideline him for at least part, if not most, of the 2026 NFL season.Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer reports that Mahomes is already way ahead of schedule and could be ready for the start of the season. “His pain threshold is different, his work ethic…

Air Force Global Strike Command conducted an operational test launch Tuesday of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with two test reentry vehicles.Designated GT 255, the launch was scheduled years in advance and was not in response to current world events, according to an official AFGSC release. The test, which occurred at 11:01 p.m. PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, is one of more than 300 conducted under a decades-long evaluation program aimed at confirming the weapon system’s reliability and performance.The missile’s two reentry vehicles, designed to increase the missile’s effectiveness against defended targets, traveled thousands of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif, will retire at the end of his current term and is endorsing San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond to succeed him, he confirmed to Fox News on Friday. “Today I’m announcing my enthusiastic endorsement of Supervisor Jim Desmond for Congress — to represent California’s new 48th district,” Issa told Fox News. “Jim is not only a personal friend, he’s a true patriot, a Navy veteran, a successful businessman, and has a 20-year record of public service. He understands this community, was born and raised here, and will make a…

Unemployment rates for veterans fell in February following two months of increases, while the rate for the general population ticked up in a weakening labor market rocked by blue-collar job losses, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.In its monthly jobs report, the BLS stated that the unemployment rate for all veterans dropped from 4.5% in January to 4.1% in February, while the rate for post-9/11 veterans went down a full percentage point from 5.8% in January to 4.8% in February.The drop in jobless rates for veterans came as the rate ticked up for the general population from 4.3% to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One person is dead and another remains in critical condition after a small plane crashed Friday morning on the Los Altos Golf Course in Albuquerque, New Mexico, while attempting to make an emergency landing, state police said.New Mexico State Police and Albuquerque Fire Rescue responded to the crash just before 11:40 a.m. local time and found two people stuck inside the aircraft.The plane was not on fire, but had “significant damage,” according to the fire department. Both of the passengers were taken to the hospital, where one person was pronounced dead, according…

An American anti-drone system proven to work against Russian drones in Ukraine will soon be sent to the Middle East to bolster U.S. defenses against Iranian drones, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday.While the U.S. has used Patriot and THAAD missile systems to take down Iranian missiles successfully, there are limited effective anti-drone defenses now in the Middle East, according to a U.S. defense official, one of two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters.RELATEDThe U.S. response to countering Iran’s Shahed drones has been “disappointing,” the other U.S. official said, particularly because…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: “This Will Bring Down Global Economy”: Qatar’s Energy Minister Offers Dire Warning About Hormuz Chokepoint Chaos Brent crude futures are on track for their biggest weekly gain since the early days of Covid, with the move now exceeding the 20% weekly spike at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, as the U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran, Operation Epic Fury, has tipped the Gulf into an energy crisis, freezing commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and pushing some regional oil and gas production offline. On Friday, Qatar’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Pakistani man convicted on Friday of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump and other politicians told an FBI agent he thought Iran “was responsible” for the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.Asif Merchant, 47, told the FBI agent, Jacqueline Smith, that the incident “was the same thing he was sent here to do,” Smith testified during Merchant’s trial. Merchant told jurors the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sent him on a “mission” to kill U.S. politicians, including by telling him to attend a Republican rally.Merchant was arrested July 12, 2024,…

The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force, Joint Interagency Task Force 401, is set to test a high-energy laser system against drones at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico over the weekend.“By working hand-in-hand with the [Federal Aviation Administration] and our interagency partners, we are ensuring that these cutting-edge capabilities are safe, effective, and ready to protect Americans from emerging drone threats,” U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of the JIATF-401, stated in a release. “Our measure of success is to quickly deliver state-of-the-art C-UAS capability to the warfighter, and this test furthers that mission.”The release did not state the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Yankees star infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was booed during introductions for the World Baseball Classic on Friday, as he represented Team Great Britain. Chisholm was the only player to be booed during introductions of Great Britain’s game against Mexico, which took place in Houston, per USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. Chisholm was also jeered each time he came to the plate.The reason for the boos is unknown.  Chisholm chose to play for Great Britain because he was born in The Bahamas, a former British colony and current Commonwealth realm, which makes him…

Trump administration officials conceded during a private briefing on Capitol Hill this week that Iran’s Shahed-136 drone is proving more disruptive on the battlefield than the Pentagon had anticipated, two people familiar with the matter told Military Times. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine led the group of senior military leaders who warned lawmakers that gaps in counter-drone technology could leave U.S. forces and assets increasingly vulnerable.“They were ill-prepared,” one person inside the briefing said, referring to U.S. defense plans in the Middle East. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has…