Nominees for the Board of Veterans Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims faced tough questioning Wednesday from the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee regarding their qualifications and commitment to decide veteran benefits claims.At stake is the future leadership of the Board of Veterans Appeals, which reviews and makes decisions on protests filed by veterans following claims denials and the makeup of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, which would receive four new judges if all nominees are confirmed.Four of the five nominees have extensive military and law experience, while the fifth has handled veterans’ issues…

The NHL has officially worked out one of its most confusing team histories by consolidating the histories of both incarnations of the Winnipeg Jets.While it clears some things up, it kind of makes it all a little bit more confusing.The Jets and the league announced on Wednesday that the statistical histories of both incarnations of the team have been merged.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.That sounds nice and…

The newly created Military Spouse Commission held its inaugural meeting at the White House this week, giving military spouses representing senior leaders across the armed forces their first formal opportunity to lay out the problems they’ve heard about from families and discuss potential policy changes.The Sept. 21 meeting covered some of the most persistent challenges facing military families: spouse employment, access to health care, child care, housing and the difficult transition from military service to civilian life.The commission was established by President Donald Trump in August to advise and assist him on policies affecting military spouses and families. The order…

The CRKT Fulcrum 2 is back after a bit of a hiatus. This folder is a Russ Kommer design and its re-emergence means that one of the most interesting production folder deployment mechanisms is available again. The Fulcrum 2 has a history that goes back to the realm of high-end custom knives. Maker Charles Kain is the creator of the custom piece on which the Fulcrum 2’s unique mechanism first appeared. Kain operates in what you could call the “art knife” arena, but he has always been just as interested in the engineering as the look of a knife, and…

‘Nightcaps’ is a daily column that catches you up on the biggest sports, news and culture stories you may have missed while pretending to do work at your desk. It runs Monday-Friday on OutKick.com.Over the hump and safely onto the other side of the week. Our long, 72-hour nightmare without football is over. Thank goodness.Thursday night football tonight. College games tonight, tomorrow and Saturday. NFL back at it on Sunday.We’ve also got the Presidents Cup starting today, although nobody really cares about this one, and the final weekend of MLB regular season baseball. That’s right.TEAM USA GOLFERS WELCOME TRUMP’S EXPECTED…

The Navy is honing its methods for at-sea drone refueling. The USS Chafee on Sept. 11 refueled the Unmanned Surface Vessel Seahawk, Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel, according to Navy photos released on Monday. The refueling of the uncrewed vessel, which requires onboarding personnel to the Seahawk, was the second time a U.S. Navy ship attempted an at-sea sustainment this year. The astern refueling method was previously tested between Seahawk and oiler USNS Guadalupe in April, according to USNI. The Seahawk joins the other MUSV, Sea Hunter, as the first autonomous medium unmanned surface vessels operated by the Defense Advanced Research…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Despite voter fury and rising fuel prices, most Republican senators stayed the course with President Donald Trump and his war on Iran in a vote Thursday.Though vulnerable Republicans on the campaign trail broke with Trump earlier this week, calling for an “immediate end” to the war, lawmakers on the Hill stuck with him and defeated another attempt by Democrats to rein in his war authorities as the conflict nears the eight-month mark.Still, there was a group of rebellious Republicans who had consistently voted with Democrats, including Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski,…

Eight sailors aboard ships from the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group survived suicide attempts during their most recent Middle East deployment, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said.Cao revealed the figures in a Tuesday letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, in response to the lawmaker’s inquiry into conditions aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier amid mental health concerns. No sailors have died by suicide on the Lincoln carrier strike group, Cao said.“Since the beginning of Lincoln’s deployment, there have been a total of eight suicide attempts across the strike group — this number includes the Lincoln crew and sailors from the carrier…

Have you ever thought about how people baked bread before the convenience of modern electric ovens? You might think they used a brick oven or maybe even a bake kettle. But actually, most American farmers of the 17th century didn’t even have those luxuries. Instead, they used a large cast iron pot. How do you use a cast iron pot to bake bread? That is the topic of this video by Townsends, a Youtuber who is an expert at primitive cooking and pioneer living. In this video, he walks you through the process of baking bread the way early Americans…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephen Descano is facing a forceful rebuke from a former federal prosecutor who extensively criticized his record after announcing her bid to unseat him.Descano, a Democrat, has faced criticism over what opponents describe as lenient prosecutorial decisions, particularly in serious cases involving illegal immigrant suspects. Former federal prosecutor Brittany Dunn-Pirio said that if there weren’t systemic problems in his office, she would want to work there.”If this office were doing its job, I wouldn’t be running against it. I’d be applying to work for it. But it isn’t,”…

A vulnerability in a Defense Manpower Data Center system allowed unauthorized users to access files containing unencrypted personal information, including Social Security numbers and military personnel data, according to a breach notification letter reviewed by Military Times.The Defense Manpower Data Center, or DMDC, discovered the vulnerability on July 16 in a file-sharing system, according to a notification sent Sept. 18 to an individual whose information was contained in the affected files.An analysis conducted after the discovery found that unauthorized users had accessed files on a server containing unencrypted personally identifiable information, or PII, between October 2025 and July 16, 2026,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! OXFORD, Miss. — One of the two University of Mississippi students found dead under suspicious circumstances in recent days have been identified by his family’s attorney.Robert Strang, a 20-year-old from Atlanta, is the older of the two victims, his family’s attorney told Fox News Digital Thursday.”We are heartbroken by the loss of our dear son and are trying to process this unimaginable loss,” Strang’s family told Fox News Digital Thursday through their attorney. “We are deeply grateful for the incredible outpouring of love, prayers and support by so many beloved friends and…