NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pro Bowl offensive lineman Andrus Peat announced his retirement in a social media post Friday.Peat, 32, played in the NFL for 11 seasons after being selected with the No. 13 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft out of Stanford by the New Orleans Saints.”11 years in the league, I gave it everything I had. I may be walking away from football, but not from the lessons it taught me. Thank you to my coaches, teammates, and especially my brothers in the trenches. I’m grateful beyond words that I was able to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said Friday that Americans should be prepared for the fighting with Iran to continue, predicting Tehran would eventually “peter out” as U.S. strikes steadily weaken its ability to retaliate.Asked whether the back-and-forth attacks could continue until Iran was no longer capable of striking back, Trump said, “Yeah, sure, I think so. I’d be foolish to say no. You know, you always have to keep your guard up.””They’ll get weaker. They’ll get a little stronger, maybe. But they’ll get weaker, and then they peter out,” Trump said during a Cabinet…

The U.S. Navy is rolling out retention bonuses for select active-duty aviation billets in an effort to retain skilled personnel in certain mission-critical roles, the service announced. “The AC Aviation Command Retention Bonus (ACRB) program incentivizes highly talented, hardworking Naval Aviators and Naval Flight Officers (NFO) screened for aviation command to choose to remain on Active Duty,” a NavAdmin released Friday states. “Our return on investment is the retention for continued Naval Service of our aviation warfighters, with their invaluable, irreplaceable skillsets and leadership.”Bonuses start at $37,000 and cap at $150,000, according to the memo. Applicants “must have screened during…

If I were to ask you to describe Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney in one word, your response would likely hinge almost entirely on how far back your memory goes when it comes to watching college football.If you’re fairly new to the sport, you would probably use words like “washed” or “cooked” or even “fired” given his performance relative to expectations since the turn of the decade.Fans who have been around for a while longer and know why those expectations exist at Clemson would opt to use words like “legend” or “champion.”‘HOT SEAT RANKINGS’ FOR ALL 16 SEC COACHES AS…

The nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Minnesota returned to Naval Base Guam on July 29, completing its first deployment as the Navy’s first forward-deployed Virginia-class boat.The successful deployment amplified the Navy’s ability to operate and employ advanced capabilities in the Indo-Pacific, a service release noted. The boat is one of four forward-deployed fast-attack submarines. The service’s Virginia-class submarines combine stealth, nuclear endurance and flexibility for both shallow and deep ocean missions. “Operating from Guam, this crew demonstrated the readiness, endurance and advanced capabilities the Virginia-class platform brings to … the Western Pacific,” Capt. Christopher Carter, commander of Submarine Squadron 15,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Democratic House nominee in California, who has made affordability a key issue in his campaign and is backed by a top Bernie Sanders group, is worth up to tens of millions of dollars.Eric Jones, who is running in California’s 4th Congressional District, reported between $18 and $86 million in assets, according to campaign finance disclosures, along with a salary of $8 million.Along with other holdings, Jones owns a $4.6 million Napa home, which includes a pool, with furnishings and artwork estimated at between $393,000 to $578,000, a Fox News Digital review…

Senate Democrats are pressing the Pentagon for answers about medical care provided to service members wounded in the March 1 drone strike at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, saying the Defense Department has yet to fully answer an earlier congressional inquiry or provide the results of the Army’s investigation into the attack.In a July 29 letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., joined by four other Senate Democrats and eight House Democrats, requested answers by Aug. 12 to 23 questions concerning medical care, casualty reporting, force protection and ongoing investigations related to the attack.Lawmakers say the Pentagon has not…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As Shark Week puts the spotlight on ocean predators, researchers say blacktip sharks are spending more time farther north along the East Coast, expanding their summer range into areas where beachgoers historically encountered them less often.Researchers at Florida Atlantic University say warming ocean temperatures are reshaping the sharks’ annual migration, allowing them to travel farther north before returning south for the winter, according to FOX 35 Orlando.For more than a decade, researchers have tracked blacktip sharks along the East Coast using aerial surveys and satellite tags. Their data shows the sharks travel…

Most of the U.S. Air Force’s efforts to modernize its B-52s are experiencing significant challenges, a government watchdog said in a Friday report.As the service projects to spend $21 billion in modernizations for 76 active long-range strategic bombers, the Government Accountability Office argues that advancing such efforts, such as new engines, with “little to no” developmental flight testing will increase the risk that the system will not function as desired.The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress has been in service since 1955 and was originally given a life expectancy of 20 years. The Air Force now expects to utilize the aircraft, which can…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WNBA player Brittney Griner has filed for divorce from her wife of seven years, Cherelle, court records show.Cherelle was a vocal voice during Griner’s Russian imprisonment, constantly pleading with U.S. government officials to bring the former Atlanta Dream star home.When Griner returned home in late 2022, she thanked then-President Joe Biden for his efforts. “Over the last 9 months you have been so privy to one of the darkest moments of my life and so today I’m just standing here overwhelmed with emotions but the most important emotion that I have right…

Just one in three Americans support the war on Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict’s early days, with most respondents saying that President Donald Trump has failed to explain his goals.The poll, conducted Friday through Sunday, also showed the Republican president’s approval rating ticking higher to 37%, up 3 points from last month when his rating tied the lowest of his presidency.Trump has offered shifting objectives for the conflict such as aiding Iranians to topple their leaders, taking out Iran’s ballistic-missile capabilities and preventing it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The poll found that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said Friday during a Cabinet meeting that scenes of migrants flooding into Spain’s enclave of Ceuta from Morocco looked like a “catastrophe,” but that the U.S. could see worse in the future if Democrats regain power.”You know, I saw Spain yesterday, and I watched the catastrophe that took place. It looks like an invasion of a country by hundreds of thousands of people. And that same thing is going to happen to us if the Republicans don’t get elected,” Trump said Friday at Camp David. “Except worse, much bigger,…