NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the Trump administration weighs diplomacy and military pressure against Iran, a political clock is ticking at home.Even if the Strait of Hormuz — the global oil choke point largely shuttered since the conflict with Iran due to Iranian attacks — reopened immediately, it could take months for oil flows to return due to logistical bottlenecks involving trapped tankers, swollen inventories and damaged oil infrastructure, according to Kpler oil analyst Matt Smith, pushing normalization of global energy markets closer to the Nov. 3 midterm elections. “It’s then going to take until the fourth…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! WEST CHICAGO, Illinois – Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, the world’s largest operating steam locomotive, is making its first tour of the East Coast as part of celebrations leading up to America’s 250th birthday.The locomotive arrived in Illinois this week as part of Union Pacific’s America 250 tour, a multi-state journey that will take the historic engine through Indiana, Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania before arriving in Philadelphia ahead of Fourth of July celebrations.Rail enthusiasts lined the tracks in Sterling, Illinois, on Tuesday to watch the locomotive pass through during one…

The barrel and slide of the new Springfield Armory SA-35 is 4 inches shorter than the original Browning Hi-Power pistols and the original SA-35.Springfield’s SA-35 4-inch is baby in stature with big boy potential.I’ve always liked the Hi-Power pistol, partly because it fits my hand better than any other pistol and partly because of its historical allure. It has the unique distinction of being used by opposing forces during World War II. Many refer to it as the “Browning” Hi-Power, primarily because John Browning began the pistol’s initial development, and because Browning imported the pistols from FN Herstal until it…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! James Handy, an actor known for various roles in films like “Jumanji” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” was allegedly killed by his girlfriend’s son this week, police said.The Los Angeles Police Department said officers responded to a residence in the 19200 block of Erwin Street on Wednesday morning.According to police, a 911 caller stated: “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.”When officers arrived, they found Handy, 81, unconscious in the front yard suffering from a stab wound to the chest.’HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER’ ACTOR NICK PASQUAL…

A box of Federal 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak Terminal Ascent ammo and two loose cartridges in front of a rifle.Federal’s new 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak is supercharging the 6.5 Creedmoor with the company’s Peak Alloy Case Technology.Changing a single component of a cartridge can make a massive difference. We saw this at the end of the 19th century with the advent of smokeless powder. By simply loading existing cartridges with that instead of the old, low-efficiency black powder, their performance was massively improved overnight. Federal has just done something similar, but with case technology instead of powder.Federal’s Peak Alloy Case Technology was…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A very high-ranking Trump White House official once told me the key to the president’s behavior.It happens when his advisors talk him into something that he doesn’t particularly want to do.The next time he’s around reporters, this person says, President Trump will blurt out what he really thinks.He’ll either walk it back, soften the language, create confusion or flatly contradict what he said a couple of days before. It’s his way of rebelling against being handled.And, of course, he’ll lash out at Republicans who disagree with him, post insulting messages, or endorse…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Secretary of State Marco Rubio put U.S. organizations on notice: they can no longer do business with a key Cuban organization that has spent over six decades – since the launch of Fidel Castro’s communist revolution in 1959 – cultivating relationships with U.S. activists and groups, many of them now funded by communist American tycoon Neville Roy Singham.The sanctions target the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, known by its Spanish acronym ICAP, an organization founded by Castro in 1960 to spread Marxist ideology and support for Cuba. Long ago, U.S.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An overcrowded migrant vessel carrying 240 people and taking on water was intercepted near the Turks and Caicos Islands after authorities raced to prevent a potential maritime disaster.The U.S. Coast Guard said it conducted a joint operation Sunday with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) to stop a vessel carrying hundreds of migrants who claimed Haitian nationality.According to a Coast Guard news release, authorities received a report of “an unlawful migrant voyage” approximately 15 miles south of the Turks…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jurors in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial heard a frantic 911 call, watched surveillance footage and listened to emotional testimony Thursday from coaches and trainers who tried to save Austin Metcalf after the Texas teenager was stabbed at a high school track meet.Anthony, 19, has pleaded not guilty to murder in the April 2025 stabbing death of Metcalf and maintains he acted in self-defense. The case has drawn national attention and intense public scrutiny since the fatal encounter.Texas defense attorney and legal analyst Jeremy Rosenthal told Fox News Digital that the first…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New York Yankees might be the best team in the American League in 2026.First baseman Ben Rice has been one of the best hitters in baseball through the first third of the season. Gerrit Cole is finally back on a big league mound for the first time since 2024. Cam Schlitter has been outstanding, Cody Bellinger has been excellent in his second season in the Bronx.But it’s no secret that the Yankees will only go as far as Aaron Judge takes them. The all-world superstar, early on in the season, looked…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A New Jersey man accused of killing his wife with a barbell allegedly admitted to the slaying in messages to family members, detailed a “long-simmering hatred” toward her in an email and then attempted suicide after fleeing the scene, according to court records.Michael A. Kless, 67, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, 66-year-old Stacy E. Kless, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced last Friday.According to a probable cause affidavit filed in Monmouth County, Ocean Township police received a call at approximately 9:32 a.m. on…

Scottie Scheffler is the best golfer in the world, and rapidly heading towards all-time greatness. But even the best of the best have their days. Thursday was one of them for the world No. 1.Scheffler’s 2026 season, while hardly disastrous, has yet to reach the heights of his previous two years. In 2024, it seemed like he won every time he started, bringing home The Players, The Masters, the Memorial Tournament, the Tour Championship, and of course, Olympic gold.He followed that up in 2025 by winning two majors, the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow and The Open Championship at Royal…