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The F-35 Joint Program Office is struggling to keep track of billions of dollars worth of spare parts for the fifth-generation fighter, government auditors said in a new report—and it still can’t find $85 million in parts that have been lost for years. The Pentagon does not maintain complete records tracking its worldwide pool of roughly 26 million spare F-35 parts that are collectively worth about $31 billion, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Nov. 9. What records it has are often inaccurate, incomplete, and don’t reflect real-time changes, the congressional watchdog added. The report also said...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune addresses the Senate floor following the GOP losing the Senate majority, outlining the Republican agenda and emphasizing the party’s readiness to work with Democrats to address key issues. Senate Majority Leader John Thune delivers a speech on the Senate floor emphasizing that the recent election results reflect voter frustration with rising costs and economic challenges. He declares Republicans are ready to work collaboratively with Democrats to address these concerns and move the country forward.

Enjoy an ENERGIZING, insightful and in depth conversation with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman while INSIDE the VAB! A true dream come true for me! We talk about Artemis, SLS, Moon Base, X70 and lots of other fun stuff! See the Artemis III Rocket w/ NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman | 46:03 Everyday Astronaut | 2M subscribers | 187,904 views | November 9, 2026

CARVER, Minn. (FOX 9) - A long-time Minnesota lobbyist is pleading guilty to charges after allegations he threatened to shoot lawmakers at the Minnesota Capitol, detailed how much ammo he had and intended to "blow somebody’s face off."

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to...

A runner at Sunday’s Santa Barbara Half Marathon struggled toward the finish line while experiencing a deep fog — then suddenly woke up in a medical tent. Nineteen competitors were hospitalized after the event, prompting a police investigation into what caused their “unusual symptoms.” One mom, who requested anonymity, told the California Post her daughter was well prepared for the race and runs regularly but got sick near the finish line. “You can see on her Garmin [watch], [she] went from a really decent pace to a crawl,” she said. “She has no memory of the finish line. She said...

Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, set in motion a vote that must occur by Wednesday. If the House approves the charges, it will prompt a Senate trial.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could face an impeachment vote in the House as early as this week, as lawmakers return to Washington after an election in which voters delivered a sweeping rebuke of the Trump administration and the president’s handling of the war with Iran.The effort is being led by Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, who on Monday called up a resolution accusing Mr. Hegseth of violating federal law and the Constitution,...

The NTSB has released new information about the November 1, 2026, Learjet 60 crash in Florida, and investigators have now recovered several critical components of the aircraft. In this update, Captain Steeeve examines the latest findings, including the recovery of both engines, portions of both wings, the flight deck, and important flight-control surfaces. Investigators also recovered pieces of the left elevator miles from the crash site, confirming that at least part of the aircraft separated before impact. We're also looking at newly surfaced information about this same aircraft, N722BD, which reportedly encountered severe turbulence during a flight in May 2026,...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Naval Station Newport, Rhode IslandThe Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the city of Newport and the town of Middletown, Rhode Island. Naval Station Newport is home to the Naval War College and the Naval Justice School. Newport now maintains inactive ships at its pier facilities, along with the United States Coast Guard. In BRAC 2005 (Base Realignment and Closure), NAVSTA Newport gained over five hundred billets, in addition to receiving the Officer Candidate School (OCS), the Naval Supply Corps School, and several other activities, to...

The young male voters who helped propel President Donald Trump back into the White House in 2024 delivered a devastating rebuke to Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections, abandoning the GOP amid mounting frustration over the Iran War, economic struggles, and the growing perception that Washington has betrayed the America First agenda. New exit polling reveals a dramatic political reversal among younger Americans, particularly men under 45, who played a critical role in Trump’s historic comeback just two years ago. The collapse has raised serious questions about whether Republican leaders understood the coalition that elected Trump in the first place,...

Over 7,000 years ago, Neolithic farmers crossed the Mediterranean from Iberia into North Africa. Carrying Cardial Ware pottery, domesticated crops and livestock, these European migrants established communities in Morocco and mixed with indigenous Maghrebi hunter-gatherers. Archaeology and ancient DNA shows how farming spread through migration, cultural adoption and later movements from the Levant. Including the remarkable spread of the R1b-V88 paternal lineage from Mesolithic Europe and Neolithic Iberia into the Green Sahara, and ultimately to populations living around Lake Chad today. How DNA Reveals Neolithic Europeans Colonized Africa 7,000 Years Ago | 22:05 Dan Davis History | 392K subscribers |...

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The state of Texas has aggressively fought to uphold the integrity of its abortion ban in court by ensuring that abortionists and abortion companies in other states don’t flood Texas with illegal abortion pills. Thanks to the Tuesday mid-term election, Texas will be flooded with the dangerous abortion drugs that kill babies and injure thousands of women. Texas Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson said he will no longer pursue lawsuits against out-of-state abortionists who mail chemical abortion drugs into the state, a shift that pro-life leaders warn will allow abortion pills to flood Texas unchecked. Johnson, a Democrat who won election...

Exit poll data from tens of thousands of voters allow analysts to investigate narratives surrounding the 2026 election with empirical data. For example, was the Republican collapse due in part to a loss of support from evangelicals? The answer is both no and yes. On one hand, evangelicals supported Republicans at a rate similar to previous elections. According to the 2026 exit polls, 82% of voters who self-identified as “white evangelical or born-again Christian” voted Republican. That compares to 82% in 2024, 83% in 2022, 76% in 2020, 75% in 2018, and 81% in 2016. Even before that, 78% of...

A Massachusetts law allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy is in effect as of Sunday, November 8, after an emergency filing by Democrat Governor Maura Healey prevented the law from being suspended as more than 113,000 residents called for its repeal, well over twice the number needed to put repeal on the ballot in 2028. The law allows elective abortion through all nine months for any reason based on the “professional judgment” of an abortionist and forbids any external medical review from overriding it, making the Bay State the latest of a dozen U.S. states to legalize abortion on...

President Donald Trump went to bat for Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Monday, despite the latter’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy. When asked about the allegations during a White House press briefing, Trump said that he will not bring up the case with President Xi Jinping when the two meet next week. He added, “I just know Jensen very well. I think he is a very honorable man. He built a great company. American company. I think he’s a very honorable guy. I feel very confident that he will be in good shape.” Trump was later asked to put a...

Colorado voters have defeated Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, removing from Congress one of its most relentless antagonists of LGBTQ+ people. Boebert had turned opposition to equality into a national political brand. Democrat Eileen Laubacher, a retired Navy rear admiral, will defeat Boebert in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, according to CNN’s projection Monday afternoon. Laubacher led 48.77 percent to 47.92 percent.

Bone fragments attributed to Saint Nicolas were stolen from a church in France, then allegedly burned and crushed. Priests at Saint Nicolas de Port, one of France's few sanctuaries to hold a relic of the saint, reported the theft of a reliquary containing a fragment of the saint's body on November 2. Police later arrested the suspect, who reportedly admitted acting spontaneously out of a 'desire to destroy' the relic because he viewed devotion to the bones as a form of idol worship. Saint Nicolas, the inspiration behind Santa Claus, lived between 270 and 343 AD and is famous for...

For the first time, a majority of the justices elected to the Texas Supreme Court will be women. That's after four Democratic challengers unseated the Republican incumbents up for reelection in Tuesday's midterm election. Seven of the nine justices on the court will be women. The four Democrats join three Republican women on the bench. The court's clerk, Blake Hawthorne, confirmed to KERA it will be the first majority female court outside of a specially appointed "All-Woman Supreme Court" that was created in 1925. "They were not permanent members of the court," Hawthorne said. "They just heard the one case."...

Scholars have developed ways of thinking about the differences in how learners engage with a subject. The ICAP framework categorizes student learning as interactive, constructive, active, or passive. Research indicates the strongest learning—in terms of both content recall and conceptual understanding—comes from the interactive and constructive types, in which learners must generate their own ideas and make complex and multilevel connections. For example, a project for which a student is required to do research—finding and reading sources then determining an argument based on them—is both interactive (with the sources) and constructive (developing and communicating an argument).1Studies examining how students employ...