This article was originally published by Kevin Hughes at Natural News under the title: Trump Administration Escalates War on Drugs With Lethal Maritime Strikes, Signals Imminent Land Operations The Trump administration has intensified lethal naval operations near Venezuela, conducting at least nine strikes since September against suspected drug-trafficking vessels, resulting in 37 fatalities. President Donald Trump announced plans for expanded “hard” land-based strikes against cartels, following naval interdictions that reportedly reduced drug flows by 33%. Mexican cartels like MS-13 have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations to justify military action. Critics, including Colombian President Gustavo Petro and U.S. lawmakers, challenge…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American was killed in Thailand in what authorities describe as a violent love triangle involving his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and three others.54-year-old Stein Heath Cole pleaded with his ex-girlfriend Nan Phawt Ar Cho, 24, to get back together with him on Feb. 16, according to The Mirror. Her current boyfriend, 26-year-old Saw Nay Lin Oo, as well as three other men, allegedly attacked Stein in Bangkok on Monday at around 4:30 p.m. following the plea.Police said Cole arrived at a shop in Bangkok with a 10-inch kitchen knife, which began…

The ProblemYou are an experienced shooter with multiple instructor certifications. You have been teaching classes successfully for the last several years and recently decided that it was time to seek an advanced concealed-carry certification. Recently, a colleague made you aware that a national training organization would be conducting a multi-day Advanced Concealed Carry Instructor class. The course description was somewhat minimal, but it did include the boiler plate objectives implying that these subjects would be taught at an advanced level. At the bottom of the advertisement, it stated that each student would be required to pass a practical and an…

Sponsored content NEW from Gemtech comes the Nebula 5.7 Titanium suppressor! Designed specifically for 5.7x28mm, the Nebula 5.7 features a stainless steel blast baffle, 3D printed Titanium core, and is optimized for 5.7x28mm. The Nebula is also compatible with .22 LR, .17 HMR, and .22 WMR. Every Nebula ships with a direct-thread 1/2×28 to HUB mount. For other mounting options, the Nebula has industry-standard HUB/Plan-B mounting.  At only 9 ounces, the Nebula is extremely lightweight due to the 3D printed Titanium construction. The stainless steel blast baffle offers enhanced durability and allows the Nebula to be full-auto rated even with…

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The U.S. Army’s Apache attack helicopter AH-64 broke new ground by firing 30mm proximity ammunition at drones in air-to-air combat during a December exercise in Yuma, Arizona, according to the service.The live fire test saw Apache pilots engage drones flying on ranges at Yuma Proving Ground using the 30x113mm XM1225 Aviation Proximity Explosive, called APEX.The APEX rounds have proximity fuzes that cause them to detonate when they close in on a target, releasing a wide radius of blast fragments.The 30mm rounds are designed to be fired at targets requiring precision to hit, such as small boats, drones…

Magpul’s Sub-Compact Enhanced Handgun Grip is now available for the Ruger RXM.The Ruger RXM was one of the most successful new handguns to come out last year, and recent grip releases from Magpul have only given more reasons to own the modular pistol. Because the RXM’s serialized component is its removable Fire Control Insert (FCI), it can be freely swapped between different grips along with the pistol’s upper, allowing for more freedom to modify the grip size compared to traditional pistols with serialized frames.Featuring a Glock 19-size upper, the RXM also comes standard with a G19-sized Magpul Enhanced Handgun Grip…

In the late 1950s, there were basically two camps in the U.S. military on what the next service rifle should be — those who thought a service rifle should be made of wood and blued steel and wanted a modified version of the M1 Garand, and those who thought the future of the modern service rifle was with forged aluminum and polymer furniture. The Vietnam War was a pivotal time of change for the U.S. military’s primary rifle. The country moved from big, heavy rifles firing big, heavy bullets to easier-to-carry rifles firing light, fast rounds. Image: U.S. Navy While the…

To nobody’s surprise, the ever-busy Civivi brought a lot of new models to SHOW Show 2026. Incoming models number in the literal dozens, but we’ve selected some particular highlights below. Brr15 There’s only one maker who slaps names like “Brr15” on his knives – and that’s Rafal Brzeski, collaborating here on a Civivi-fied version of a premium We Knife Co. collab from some years back. The Brr15 is a sleek mid-sizer with a 3.2-inch blade and two-tone G-10 scales. Purr So now you’ve seen the Brr – but have you met the Purr? This incoming Ostap Hel piece derives its…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge.  Remember Obama’s 2012 Colombian prostitution scandal? Turns out, Jeffrey Epstein was involved… Newly released Department of Justice documents from the Epstein files have exposed a previously unknown connection between a 2012 White House advance-team scandal in Cartagena, Colombia, and Kathryn Ruemmler – the former Obama White House counsel who later became Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer. Ruemmler resigned from Goldman late last week, after the latest Epstein document dump revealed her extensive, affectionate, and years-long correspondence with the convicted sex offender. The emails show she called him “Uncle Jeffrey,” accepted expensive gifts, and turned to him for advice on…

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