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On paper, Russian military modernization should have produced a force that could over-match the Ukrainian army. For more than a decade, funds for modernization were allocated to State Defense Orders for everything from next generation aircraft and tanks, to new communications and battlefield control systems. Russian R&D did its part (mostly), turning out systems that won attention and praise at trade shows, while commentators steadily built the Russian army up as an example of a dangerous foe that proved you could achieve more with less in the military procurement space. Then they invaded Ukraine, and the image was shattered. I've...

Russian President Vladimir Putin underwent treatment for advanced cancer in April, according to a report quoting three high-ranking US intelligence officials. Newsweek published the report Thursday, citing information the three intelligence officials – who represent three different US intelligence agencies – shared from a recent White House assessment of the Russian leader’s health status. In late May, US intelligence officials put together their fourth comprehensive assessment of Putin’s medical condition. The three officials, from the office of the Director of National Intelligence, a retired senior Air Force officer, and a Defense Intelligence Agency official, said that Putin appears to have...

Brandon Straka is the founder of the #Walkaway movement which is hundreds of thousands of people walking away from the Democrat party. For this, he was targeted on Jan 6 while being outside the Capitol. He is hosting an event with Kari Lake in Scottsdale next Saturday night.

Ok, so today I ordered meals from 4Patriots (33 days supply) and freeze dried beef (19 separate servings) in anticipation of severe food shortages being predicted. I really hope I don't have to use them, but I'll have them just in case. My question is, does anyone have any recommendations or specific companies you've used to order the same type of thing? If so, did you like them?

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman indicted in 2020 on accusations of illegally collecting ballots apparently ran a sophisticated operation using her status as a well-known Democratic operative in the border city of San Luis to persuade voters to let her gather and in some cases fill out their ballots, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Guillermina Fuentes, 66, and a second woman were indicted in December 2020 on one count of ballot abuse, a practice commonly known as “ballot harvesting” that was made illegal under a 2016 state law. Additional charges of conspiracy, forgery and an additional...

Top administrative leaders for the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America, said Tuesday that they will release a secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse. An attorney for the SBC’s Executive Committee announced the decision during a virtual meeting called in response to a scathing investigative report detailing how the committee mishandled allegations of sex abuse and stonewalled numerous survivors. The committee anticipates releasing the list Thursday. During the meeting, top leaders and several committee members vowed to work toward changing the culture of the denomination and to listen more...

Americans are being urged to stop using any of 285,000 adult portable bed rails after the deaths of at least three people who suffocated after becoming caught in one of 10 models of the product. The bed rails were manufactured and sold by Mobility Transfer Systems from 1992 to 2021 and by Metal Tubing USA in 2021 and 2022, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday. Neither company has agreed to recall the beds or offer a remedy to consumers, according to the agency. At least three people died after becoming entrapped in the products, including a 78-year-old...

It’s no secret Kyle Rittenhouse is going after everyone who defamed him during his 2021 trial over the events in Kenosha, Wisconsin. In fact, the Rittenhouse legal team has brought on a big name to help go after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Todd McMurtry, lawyer for Covington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann. “I’ve been hired to head the effort to determine whom to sue, when to sue, where to sue,” Todd McMurtry, who now represents Rittenhouse, told Fox News Digital in a phone interview Thursday morning. “We’re going to look at everything that’s been said, determine which of those comments are...

As the deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School unfolded in Uvalde, Texas, last week, a would-be negotiator was frantically trying to reach the gunman via cellphone from a funeral home across the street, the city's mayor has said. Speaking in an interview with The Washington Post on Wednesday, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said he rushed to the Hillcrest Funeral Home after receiving the “first call” that the gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, had crashed his pickup truck nearby. When he arrived, McLaughlin, a Republican, said he came across an official he identified as "the negotiator." “His main goal was to...

Nancy Pelosi’s majority is set to get even smaller. Republicans are on pace to flip a Texas House seat in an upcoming special election. The election comes after Dem Rep Filemon Vela retired.

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. The ban, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023, ends the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The ordinance does not ban the possession or use of flavored tobacco for those aged 21 and older.

White House Council of Economic Advisers member Jared Bernstein on Thursday pointed to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine for the record-high inflation and gas prices in the United States. Bernstein told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that the stimulus packages were “integrally contributing to some of the remarkable economic statistics” posted during President Joe Biden’s time in office.

The invasion Vladimir Putin thought would last days is now in its fourth month. The Ukrainian people surprised Russia and inspired the world with their sacrifice, grit and battlefield success...As the war goes on, I want to be clear about the aims of the United States in these efforts.America’s goal is straightforward: We want to see a democratic, independent, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine with the means to deter and defend itself against further aggression....That’s why I’ve decided that we will provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets...We...

Stacey Abrams serves as a board member of a UPS family foundation that awards millions of dollars to professors and scholars who advocate anti-capitalist and prison abolitionist views, Fox News Digital has learned. Abrams, who is taking another shot at running for Georgia governor, is currently listed as a board member at the Seattle-based Marguerite Casey Foundation, a private grant-making foundation named after Marguerite Casey, the sister of UPS founder Jim Casey. The far-left foundation has repeatedly voiced support for defunding and abolishing the police. Abrams, who has tried to distance herself from the hardline rhetoric of the #DefundThePolice movement...

Ford will add 6,200 factory jobs in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio as it prepares to build more electric vehicles and roll out two redesigned combustion-engine models. The company says it will invest $3.7 billion in the three states between now and 2026. It also will convert about 3,000 temporary workers to full-time status with pay raises and benefits.

The Biden administration is reportedly planning to sell armed drones that can carry Hellfire missiles to Ukraine, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The U.S. is looking to sell four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones made by General Atomics, sources told the outlet. The drones can be armed with Hellfire missiles. The administration plans to notify Congress of the sale in the coming days and make a public announcement afterward.

CNBC smacked down a Biden government official’s attempts to explain the president’s so-called “plan” to fight inflation.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wowed elites attending the World Economic Forum in Davos with a proposal to ensure future compliance with government mandated health protocols. "One of the problems with the covid mandates was the difficulty of enforcing them," Bourla observed. "People were told they should get vaccinated. They were even threatened with loss of employment if they didn't. Most yielded to these threats, but a minority did not. Our company has developed the technology for an ingestible microchip that can confirm whether a person has or hasn't obeyed. Government authorities could track these people using signals emitted from the...

Authorities say two manhole explosions in downtown Boston have forced the evacuation of two buildings, poured smoke into the streets and sent one person to the hospital with burns. The cause remains under investigation, but Deputy Fire Chief Brian Tully said at a news conference at the scene that there “may have been an overpressure situation."

President Joe Biden released his “plan for fighting inflation” in a recent op-ed for The Wall Street Journal. Spoiler alert: The villains behind high inflation are everywhere but the White House, according to Biden.