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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In one of the most crowded Republican Senate primaries in the country, President Donald Trump’s thumb on the scale proved the difference maker. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., came out on top of an 11-person bar fight in Kentucky, teeing him up for a showdown in November to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., a one-time ally-turned-thorn in Trump’s side.Though it’s a race overshadowed by another contest, where Trump is the driving factor in the state, it’s still significant, given that Barr and his Democratic opponent will be at the forefront of change in the political status quo of the Bluegrass state. HOUSE REPUBLICAN ENTERS RACE FOR MITCH MCCONNELL’S SENATE SEAT, SETTING UP HIGH-STAKES GOP PRIMARY Whoever comes out on top in November will replace McConnell, the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history, who has been a political force and polarizing figure during his decades in the upper chamber.But like so many races during this and previous cycles in the Trump era, the president was the main factor on the Republican side. And Barr’s bid for the upper chamber after serving seven terms in the House was spurred by a late endorsement from Trump earlier…

The Trump administration is planning to tell NATO allies this week that it will shrink the pool of military capabilities that the U.S. would have available to assist the alliance’s European nations in a major crisis, three sources familiar with the matter said. Under a framework known as the NATO Force Model, the alliance’s member countries identify a pool of available forces that could be activated during a conflict or any other major crisis, such as a military attack on a NATO member.While the precise composition of those wartime forces is a closely guarded secret, the Pentagon has decided to significantly scale down its commitment, said the sources, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the plans.U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear he expects European countries to take over primary responsibility for the continent’s security from the United States. The message to allies this week is a concrete sign of that policy being implemented.Several details were unclear, such as how quickly the Pentagon plans to shift crisis-mode responsibilities onto European allies. The sources said, however, that the Pentagon plans to announce its intention to lessen its commitment at a Friday meeting of defense policy chiefs in Brussels.Pentagon policy chief…

This article was originally published by Patrick Barron at The Mises Institute.  Annual US public spending has been in deficit for decades. As a result, total US debt continues to increase year after year with no end in sight. The end may not be in sight, but the debt cannot continue to grow forever. We just don’t know when markets will shed the dollar, although the process may already be underway. In this brief essay, I will not point out all the disastrous consequences except that they are disastrous and will happen. Rather, I will point out how we got to this sorry state of affairs when it appears that other nations, such as China and Russia, have done a much better job of controlling public spending. Gold Standard Takes the Blame The main, and most obvious, reason that American spending has been in chronic deficit is that it abandoned the gold standard and appears to have no intention of reinstating it. Such is not the case with China and Russia. True, neither country is on the gold standard now, but both have been quietly accumulating gold for many years. Nor has either announced their respective total gold holdings or…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ali Larter is enjoying spring in the mountains.In a new Instagram dump, the 50-year-old actress stunned in a series of photos, featuring her in a white button-down collared shirt and big black sunglasses.”Spring has sprung in the mountains!” she captioned the post.The actress accessorized the look with a diamond necklace and bold lipstick as she posed looking down at the camera with the sun shining behind her. ALI LARTER LEAVES LITTLE TO IMAGINATION IN SHEER BURGUNDY OUTFIT AT LONDON ‘LANDMAN’ PREMIEREAnother photo showcases her blue eyes, as she took off the sunglasses and looked straight into the camera with her hand in her hair.Many famous faces sang the actress’s praises in the comments section, with Michelle Monaghan writing, “and look how gorgeous it is with u in it! 🙌,” and Jessica Alba adding, “and she’s stunning.” Also included in the carousel of photos was pictures of Larter hiking with her dogs. She posted a selfie of her smiling while out in nature with her fluffy black dog behind her, and a video of her dogs relaxing in a small creek along the trail.For her hike, the actress opted for a tan long-sleeve…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday revealed previously undisclosed details about his new bunker-like White House ballroom, saying it would have a drone base on the roof and a military hospital as part of a six-story subterranean complex.Amid the bang and clang of construction, Trump took a group of reporters on a tour of the project to try to bolster his argument that the U.S. Congress should allocate $1 billion to pay for security enhancements to the building.Democrats and some Republicans are balking at the request, calling it extravagant as Americans grapple with spiraling gasoline prices and other fallout from Trump’s war on Iran ahead of November midterm elections.Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, did not hold back in describing previously unknown details about the project, which at 90,000 square feet stands to dwarf the adjacent White House built in the late 18th century.Trump has argued the ballroom is needed for large events of 1,000 people, far more capacity than the White House entertainment spaces can accommodate. He pressed his case for the ballroom after an apparent assassination attempt at a Washington hotel where he was attending a media gala, arguing that it would be a much more secure venue.Trump detailed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In order to get the shot, actors are often forced to rough it out on set — including Golden Globe Award-winning actress Michelle Pfeiffer.During an appearance on the LA Times podcast, “In Conversation: The Madison,” the 67-year-old actress — who stars as Stacy Clyburn in Tyler Sheridan’s latest Paramount+ TV show — opened up about working around the brutal filming conditions in Montana and Texas.”You may as well be in a tent because, you know, there is no bathroom,” Pfeiffer said of filming scenes in the open terrain. “Even the outhouse is not real. So there’s no AC, there’s no plumbing, there isn’t anything. But it is breakthtakingly glorious.” “It took a while [to get used to] because they built that cabin. It was all a little bit rushed for everyone and so there weren’t certain accommodations set up,” she later said. “We didn’t really have a trailers there because they were shooting 360 [degrees]. So, they couldn’t have a bunch of trailers around.”MICHELLE PFEIFFER AND KURT RUSSELL REVEALED IN FIRST IMAGES FROM ‘YELLOWSTONE’ SPINOFF ‘THE MADISON'”There was really no place for us to sit,” she continued. “There was no bathroom nearby.…

After a T-38 Talon training flight mishap last week caused two pilots to safely eject and the aircraft to crash, the U.S. Air Force is implementing a fleetwide operational pause for all T-38 Talon aircraft.On May 12, a T-38 Talon II aircraft from Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, was involved in a mishap, according to a base release. The crash occurred in a rural area of Lamar County, Alabama, with the cause is still unknown. An investigation is set to be completed by a Safety Investigation Board.Almost a week after the T-38 accident, two Navy E/A-18G Growler jets collided mid-air on Sunday during an air show near Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho. The four crew members involved ejected safely, and the crash is under investigation.The Air Force says the service is acting out of an “abundance of caution,” according to a Tuesday release. The halt in flight operations is meant to give the safety board the ability to locate and assess evidence from the accident.“The pause ensures the continued safety of Air Force personnel and equipment involved in flying T-38 operations while the investigation progresses,” the release reads.It also notes that the length of the pause is undetermined…

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has accused the United States of inventing an excuse to start an economic war with Havana. Rodriguez Parrilla has said that an Axios report claiming that the island had acquired attack drones from Russia and Iran is nothing more than a pretext for a potential invasion of the island nation. The Axios report claimed that Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones since 2023 and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, U.S. military vessels, and possibly Key West, Florida, which is only 90 miles north of Havana. Axios cited a classified intelligence source. “Certain media outlets are playing along, spreading slanderous claims and publishing insinuations leaked by the US government,” the minister said. Rodriguez Parrilla described the Axios report as an attempt to concoct a “fraudulent case to justify the ruthless economic war against the Cuban people and, eventually, military aggression.” He added that Cuba “neither threatens nor desires war.” US ruler Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Cuba in recent months, saying it could become the next target of the US, once they are done with Iran. Back in March, Trump declared that he would eventually have “the…

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