NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! University of California, Riverside associate professor Brandon Robinson argued that a sexual identity label like “gay” or “lesbian” “harms trans people” and called for abolishing sexual identities altogether.While promoting the book “Trans Pleasure: On Gender Liberation and Sexual Freedom,” Robinson, a member of the Gender & Sexuality Studies Department, spoke with UC Riverside about gender identities on Friday.Robinson, who uses they/them pronouns, explained the importance of moving beyond “gender essentialism” from sexual identities, which the professor claims can be built around gender “stereotypes.”CALIFORNIA SCHOOL’S FAR-LEFT GENDER, ‘PRIVILEGE’ LESSON IN SEX ED CURRICULUM EXPOSED “If being ‘gay’ means being a man attracted to men, it assumes ‘man’ is a stable, inherent category, when history shows the definition of manhood is constantly changing,” Robinson said. “Gender essentialism also harms trans people, who often complicate those binary boundaries.”Robinson included traditional labels like “gay” or “lesbian” as ones to abolish, wanting readers to question “why we privilege gender and genitals above all other attributes” in our desires.CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICT LETS STUDENTS CHANGE NAMES AND GENDER IDENTITY IN SECRET FROM PARENTS”I think the risk is worth it. While those communities are important, moving beyond those labels allows…

The U.S. Coast Guard set a new record for the largest drug seizure made at sea in 18 years, which also turned out to be the largest bust ever in the history of its tactical helicopter unit.The California-based Coast Guard cutter Munro announced the news after returning Sunday from a 119-day deployment that began in November of last year. Sailing in the Eastern Pacific, the Munro spotted a go-fast smuggling boat and took up what became an intense pursuit. A Scan Eagle surveillance drone participated in the pursuit alongside an MH-65 helicopter of the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron. The Scan Eagle, which has a low-stealth profile and a relatively small size, operates autonomously and with extreme endurance.After firing warning shots, the helicopter disabled the vessel’s engine with gunfire, ending the pursuit. Six suspected drug smugglers were arrested.A record haul of 22,052 pounds of cocaine was recovered from the vessel, with an estimated street value of over $250 million. “The service, our nation and our families can be extremely proud of Munro,” Capt. Jim O’Mara, the cutter’s commanding officer, said in a statement. “This crew rose to every new challenge thrown at them with professionalism and persistence, and they…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! TUCSON, Ariz. — “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie is back in New York City as the search for her missing mother enters its sixth week with little publicly known progress in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona.Guthrie was photographed in public for the first time since her mother’s suspected abduction, alongside husband Mike Feldman and one of their young sons in the Big Apple Sunday, days after an emotional reunion with her NBC colleagues and more than a month after her 84-year-old mother Nancy was last seen. Nancy’s disappearance shocked the country — especially when the FBI released disturbing surveillance video of a masked man on her doorstep.Savannah Guthrie spent weeks in Tucson with her siblings as the investigation played out — before she and her older sister, Annie, added bouquets of yellow flowers to a growing display at the foot of their mother’s driveway. She quietly flew home to New York last week.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Sunday marked five weeks since the suspected kidnapping.The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is leading the investigation, which is now being overseen by a task force consisting of local detectives and FBI agents.SIGN UP TO…

NEW DELHI — The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean last week, with Washington rejecting Tehran’s claim the vessel was unarmed and Iranian officials insisting it was operating in a noncombat role.The United States Indo-Pacific Command on Sunday rejected Iran’s claim that the warship IRIS Dena was unarmed when it was sunk in a submarine attack in international waters off Sri Lanka on March 4. In a statement on X, INDOPACOM called Iran’s assertion that the vessel was unarmed “false.”The response followed strong objections from Tehran, which has repeatedly characterized the warship as defenseless, saying it was returning home after taking part in a naval exercise.An Indian navy official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said the Iranian vessel was not “entirely unarmed” and had taken part in drills alongside other countries’ warships.Some experts have, however, suggested that visiting ships at such events typically do not carry a full combat load of live munitions unless scheduled for live-fire drills. They say even during the sea phase of exercises, ships generally carry only tightly-controlled ammunition limited to specific drills.Rahul…

United States ruler Donald Trump claims that Iran bombed its own school during the U.S. strike on Minab. This claim goes against investigative reports that the U.S. ruling class was likely responsible for leveling the school. The strike on an Iranian school that killed 175 people, most of them children, and now Trump is claiming it was an Iranian missile that hit the school. U.S. Strikes Iranian School Killing At Least168 Children and Staff According to a report by RT, investigations by the Associated Press, CNN, the New York Times, and the Washington Post concluded that the U.S. was the likely culprit that destroyed a girls’ elementary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab during a February 28th bombardment of nearby Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites. The journalists based their findings on satellite imagery and other visual evidence available. On Thursday, Reuters cited two US officials as saying that American military investigators believe US forces were likely responsible for the strike on the school in Minab. The outlet noted that no final conclusions have been reached, as the investigation is ongoing. –RT When a reporter asked U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegset if Iran hit the school, Hegseth replied, “Is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Emilia Van Der Beek, nine, reflected on navigating grief after the death of her father.James Van Der Beek died Feb. 11 after a courageous battle with stage 3 colorectal cancer. He was 48.To honor what would have been his 49th birthday, Kimberly Van Der Beek shared a video their daughter recorded to post on social media. “As you all know probably now, my dad has passed away, but I’m just going to tell you little tips, or anything that helps you getting through anybody you love who’s passing,” the little one began.JAMES VAN DER BEEK RENEWED WEDDING VOWS WITH WIFE IN BEDROOM CEREMONY DAYS BEFORE DEATH “So today is my dad’s birthday, and the No. 1 thing for somebodies passing is to talk to them and let your emotions out. If you miss them, you can cry, you can talk to them. I talk to my dad every day and I start with a sentence and I say, ‘Hi dad, I miss you and I love you so much, and I’ll never stop loving you.'”JAMES VAN DER BEEK’S FAMILY RAISES OVER $2M AS HOLLYWOOD STARS DONATE BIG AFTER ACTOR’S DEATH”And I just tell…

Multiple U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers have arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, as American forces intensify strike operations against Iran under Operation Epic Fury. The U.K. Ministry of Defence confirmed Saturday that U.S. forces had begun using the British base for “specific defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles into the region.” The BBC reported at least three B-1B Lancers at the base, with the first aircraft arriving the evening of March 6 and two more on March 7. Aviation tracking outlet The Aviationist reported four arrivals in the initial deployment, followed by a second flight bringing the total to eight B-1Bs in Europe. According to The Aviationist, three of those aircraft diverted to Ramstein Air Base in Germany after low visibility prevented landing at Fairford following a mission over Iran; five are currently at Fairford.The B-1B, originally built by Rockwell and now supported by Boeing, is operated by Air Force Global Strike Command and is a supersonic conventional strike aircraft capable of carrying up to 24 AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles internally.B-1Bs have already played a significant role in the war. According to reports from early briefings, CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said B-1 and…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a little over a year, the United States has carried out dozens of airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean tied to alleged narco-trafficking networks, launched sustained operations against Houthi forces in the Red Sea, captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, struck Iranian nuclear facilities and now embarked on an extended military campaign aimed at degrading Tehran’s missile, drone and command infrastructure.The tempo marks one of the most assertive stretches of American force projection in recent years, spanning Latin America, the Middle East and critical maritime corridors.For War Secretary Pete Hegseth, it also represents a striking turn. HEGSETH BLASTS BRITS, SAYS IRAN’S CHAOTIC RETALIATION HAS DRIVEN ITS OWN ALLIES ‘INTO THE AMERICAN ORBIT’Just before the 2024 presidential election, he described himself as a “recovering neocon,” expressing regret over his support for Iraq-era interventionism and warning against open-ended wars.Several analysts say the defining feature of the administration’s approach may be less about ideological evolution and more about alignment and execution.”Unlike in Trump one, everyone in Trump’s cabinet now — Hegseth, Rubio, etc. — understands that the president is the boss,” said Matthew Kroenig, a defense strategist at the Atlantic Council. “In Trump 1.0 you had…

A U.S. intelligence assessment completed shortly before the United States and Israel launched a war in Iran had determined that American military intervention was not likely to lead to regime change in the Islamic Republic, according to two people familiar with the finding.The National Intelligence Council’s assessment in February concluded that neither limited airstrikes nor a larger, prolonged military campaign would be likely to result in a new government taking over in Iran, even if the current leadership was killed, according to the two people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the classified report.The determination undercuts the administration’s assertion that it can complete its objectives in Iran relatively quickly, perhaps in a matter of weeks. The administration has asserted that it was not seeking regime change in Iran, even as President Donald Trump considers whom he would like to see lead the country.The intelligence assessment concluded that no one powerful or unified opposition coalition was poised to take over in Iran if the leadership was killed, according to the people familiar with the report. It determined that Iran’s establishment would attempt to preserve continuity of power if Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed, the people said.In line…