President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was nominating Hung Cao for the full-time position of secretary of the Navy. Cao has been in the acting role since former Navy Secretary John Phelan’s abrupt departure in April.Yet, Cao will need more than the Senate’s majority rule approval — his nomination from Trump will also require a special waiver to assume the post.Under 10 U.S.C. §8013, federal law requires a seven-year waiting period before former military officers can take several top civilian Pentagon jobs, including deputy secretary of defense, under secretary of defense for policy and comptroller and the service secretaries. Elaine Luria, a Navy veteran and current candidate for Virginia’s Second Congressional District, noted the rule on X over the weekend.“Hung Cao has an incredible personal story, however, he is ineligible to serve as Secretary of the Navy under 10 U.S.C. §8013, which requires Service Secretaries to be retired from active duty a minimum of 7 years,” Luria wrote. “Mr. Cao has only been retired 5 years. The law was changed in 2021 under a bipartisan and bicameral amendment to the NDAA following the waiver of Generals Mattis and Austin to serve as SECDEF.”Prior to Gen. Jim Mattis’ confirmation as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The State Department said Tuesday it is aware of approximately 70 Americans who remain unaccounted for in the Nepal-China border region following last month’s catastrophic flooding, while 18 Americans have now made it to safety.”We extend our deepest sympathy to all those affected by the flooding in Nepal, and their families, and we reaffirm our enduring friendship with the Nepali people,” a State Department official told Fox News.”The Department of State remains in close contact with the families of Americans who remain unaccounted for and is committed to providing regular updates as more information becomes available.”ROUGHLY 80 AMERICANS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR AFTER HIMALAYAN DISASTER KILLS 903, OFFICIALS SAY Officials also urged Americans not to travel to the disaster zone, warning the region remains at risk for additional flash floods and landslides.The latest update reduced the number of Americans unaccounted for from 75 to 70, while the number confirmed safe rose from 16 to 18.Officials have not confirmed any American deaths.RESCUERS USE ZIPLINES TO TRANSPORT TRAPPED CITIZENS AFTER DEVASTATING NEPAL FLOODS DECIMATE COUNTRY’S BRIDGES As search efforts continue, Nepalese authorities said rescuers are concentrating on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers may…

A Georgia National Guardsman told police that an argument over U.S. Army hair regulations was just “playful banter” when he pointed his loaded service pistol at another soldier during a break from patrol in Washington, D.C., according to court records. Spc. Zion Mitchell was arrested after the Aug. 25 confrontation, which occurred inside a van carrying seven Guard members. Six of the soldiers later gave police their accounts of the incident, and several described Mitchell drawing his weapon as the argument escalated. Mitchell told law enforcement that he pulled out his pistol but kept it pointed at the ground. According to court documents, the group had stopped at a Popeyes fast food restaurant and was sitting in the van when the conversation turned to their hairstyles and whether they were within Army regulations. The discussion escalated, and the victim told Mitchell to stop talking, using an expletive. At that point, the victim said she heard a “holster click.” A witness said he saw Mitchell aim his weapon at the victim over another witness’s shoulder. According to that witness, Mitchell’s weapon was loaded, and he had a round chambered. During an interview with detectives, Mitchell initially said he was having a…

With complete uncertainty surrounding LIV Golf and whether the circuit will even exist in 2027, the question of where LIV players tee it up next year remains top of mind. That’s not just the reality from those on the outside looking in, because Jon Rahm doesn’t appear to know where he’ll be competing in the new year, either.Rahm, who has won LIV’s individual title every season since joining the circuit ahead of the 2024 campaign, is gearing up to play in a few DP World Tour events in the coming weeks. Speaking ahead of this week’s Irish Open, he explained he has “no updates” about LIV and its future since the conclusion of the season in August in Indianapolis.LIV Golf lost its funding from the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF) at the conclusion of the 2026 campaign. LIV CEO Scott O’Neil has announced that a new investor has been secured for “LIV 2.0” to take shape, but reports of a potential bankruptcy filing and funding question marks make the circuit’s future uncertain, to put it mildly. LIV GOLF CEO QUIETS SPECULATION WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW INVESTOR TO KEEP CIRCUIT AFLOAT INTO 2027While Rahm’s “no updates” remark was in response…

In the wake of Iranian attacks that devastated U.S. bases in the Middle East, the U.S. Air Force wants portable air-defense guns that can destroy drones and cruise missiles.The Ground-Based, Medium-Caliber Gun Weapon System project is aiming for a weapon “that fires affordable munitions, enables defense against air and missile threats with an initial focus on subsonic cruise missiles (CM) and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to provide persistent defense in support of United States Air Force assets,” according to the Air Force’s Request for Information published Thursday. The deadline is Oct. 9.Iran has unleashed retaliatory strikes at U.S. military installations and civilian infrastructure across the Middle East amid bombardment by U.S. and Israeli forces. U.S. troops were killed when an Iranian one-way attack drone evaded U.S. air defenses and struck a makeshift operations center at a civilian port in Kuwait. More troops were killed in attacks on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan and on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.The Iranian strikes have also damaged U.S. aircraft, including five KC-135s on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base.The Air Force’s RFI doesn’t request a specific caliber for the new weapons system, but “medium-caliber” suggests a weapon in the 20mm…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities in Miami identified the five people killed when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, crashing into vehicles and catching on fire.Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz released the names of the victims in a news conference on Tuesday.They were identified as: Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and 47-year-old Javierkys Reyes Quevedo.1 FOUND DECEASED AFTER 4 FAMILY MEMBERS FLYING FROM BAHAMAS TO FLORIDA IN SMALL PLANE GO MISSING Five others were injured. Three of those people remain hospitalized, with two of them in critical condition. The two pilots were treated and released, the sheriff said.Amazon Air Flight 7598 was traveling from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on its third flight of the day, when it tried landing at the Miami airport.PILOTLESS CARGO AIRCRAFT COULD CHANGE HOW PACKAGES MOVE The jet overshot the runway by at least 1,300 feet beyond the paved surface and crashed into multiple vehicles, including a 2012 white Ford Econoline van with passengers inside, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said during a Monday press conference.The aircraft then crashed through…

When Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Strohmaier mails out the birth announcements for his son, Ethan, he’ll also be telling his friends, “By the way, the stamp in the corner is mine,” he said.A photo Strohmaier took on Feb. 29, 2024, while stationed aboard the USCGC Bertholf is one of two photos chosen by the U.S. Postal Service for its design of a Forever stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The stamp features photos of the Legend-class national security cutter Bertholf, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, the academy’s primary training vessel since 1946. Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Thieme took the photo of the Eagle that’s featured on the stamp. The U.S. Postal Service has printed 12 million of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy stamps. Strohmaier has already placed his first order. In addition to the birth announcements, he plans to use them for Christmas cards and other mailings, “maybe for the next decade,” he told Military Times. Antonio Alcalá, an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, designed the stamp. Before it was printed and issued, it was reviewed by the Postal Service, the Citizens stamp Advisory Committee…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Alex Van Halen has some thoughts about former bandmate Sammy Hagar.During an interview with Brazilian music journalist Marcelo Vieira published earlier this month, Alex ripped into Hagar when asked about his 2011 memoir, “Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock.””I don’t know what he wrote, and I don’t wanna know,” he said, according to a translation from the original Portuguese interview published by Roadie Crew. “In my opinion, Sammy Hagar is a complete idiot.”SAMMY HAGAR BURIES DECADES-LONG FEUD WITH DAVID LEE ROTH AFTER TOUR DATES ARE AXED Hagar has since responded to the insult, writing in an Instagram comment over the weekend, “This comment and post is so unnecessary at this time in our lives, but I guess the truth hurts sometimes. Peace already.”The latest jab comes after years of tension between the former bandmates, who have not spoken in more than two decades, according to Hagar.ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK MAKES BLUNT ADMISSION ABOUT MYSTERIOUS DECADES-LONG TOM JONES FEUDA representative for Alex did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.Alex previously rejected an invitation to join Hagar and former Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony for their 2024 “Best of All Worlds” tour,…

The deaths of a Delta Force soldier and an Army veteran found shot in the woods of a North Carolina base have for years garnered speculation that culminated in the form of a bestselling book about drugs, violence and the culture of U.S. special forces troops at Fort Bragg. Nearly six years later, a man has been sentenced to three life terms plus 83 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of their murders. Kenneth Maurice Quick, Jr., 26, was convicted in May of eight federal charges from the December 2020 killings of Master Sgt. William “Billy” Lavigne, 37, and former soldier Timothy Dumas, 44. The Justice Department said Quick shot Lavigne five times in the back during a cocaine deal that turned violent before forcing Dumas to drive to a remote area on Fort Bragg to dump the soldier’s bullet-riddled body. When Dumas’ truck got stuck in the sand, prosecutors said Quick fired his gun at the back of the veteran’s head, killing him. The following day, Quick returned and recovered the truck, drove it to another road and set it on fire, according to a Justice Department statement released in late August. The department referred to…