NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Democratic Maryland state lawmaker is disputing reports that he said he was “on top” of the law during a contentious police encounter amid a custody dispute, saying he said he was “on time” to drop off his child instead. The footage of Maryland Del. Caylin Young was captured on New Year’s Eve after officers responded to a Baltimore home during a dispute between the lawmaker and the mother of his child, which was reported first by Fox 45. “This is the second time we have met before, Mr. Diaz. How are you today?” Young said to one of the officers, according to the footage. “I’m Del. Young. I know, I’m a local elected official,” he said. WATCH: FOOTAGE SHOWS BLUE STATE PROSECUTOR WARNING OFFICERS THEY’LL ‘REGRET’ ARRESTING HER: ‘I’M AN AG!’ Young tried explaining his custody arrangement with his child’s mother to the officers. He said he was dropping his child off at the proper time agreed upon, contending that there was no need for her to call the police. Moments earlier, the woman told the officers that Young had refused to return their 2-year-old child to her home during a phone call. She also said…

Some of Ukraine’s best-known drone military commanders and experts will be visiting Washington later this month to brief policymakers and defense leaders on the rapidly evolving landscape of modern drone warfare. The Ground Truth Symposium will be hosted on March 25 by the Peace Through Strength Institute, a foreign policy and defense think tank based in Washington. The event promises to translate “Ukraine’s frontline reality into clearer congressional understanding of the war, the capabilities shaping it and the conditions required to help bring it to an end on terms consistent with both Ukraine’s survival and United States strategic interests,” according to a release.Representatives from several Ukrainian drone units will participate in the symposium, including soldiers from the country’s most effective UAV squads like Lazar Group, the 12th Special Forces Brigade and the 414th UAV Brigade “Magyar’s Birds.”Discussions are expected to focus on Ukraine’s expertise in drone tactics and technology, along with the best practices for integrating the newer class of weapons into countries’ existing air defense systems. The heavy use of several types of drones by multiple countries since the start of the recent conflict in the Middle East, currently involving about a dozen countries, will be a major talking…

This article was originally published by Connor O’Keeffe at The Mises Institute.  After Trump ordered this major joint US-Israeli air campaign on Iran a week and a half ago, several politicians, political commentators, and public figures heaped praise on the president for the “remarkable courage” he showed to finally take on the Iranian regime. To capitalize on and utilize all the praise, the White House cobbled together and published a long document full of quotes celebrating how great Trump was for doing this. It included members of Congress like Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, Rick Scott, and David Rouzer lauding Trump for his courage and conviction in launching the strikes. It also featured commentators like Marc Thiessen, Roger Zakheim, Hugh Hewitt, and Miad Maleki commending Trump’s “historic vision,” or willingness to do what no other American president has for 47 years and remove the Iranian regime from power. Additionally, perhaps the two most vocal media figures who had agitated for this war—Mark Levin and Ben Shapiro—leaned into the flattery in the hours after the strikes. Shapiro called Trump “the most courageous commander-in-chief in modern American history.” And Levin compared the president to Churchill and predicted we’d be talking about Trump “for centuries” as a result of his decision to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A United Airlines flight was forced to return to Newark shortly after takeoff following a bird strike.The aircraft had just departed Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday morning, March 9, and was bound for Jacksonville, Florida, when the incident happened. The airline confirmed the event to Fox News Digital.”United Flight 1207 safely returned to Newark following a bird strike,” according to a United Airlines statement shared with Fox News Digital. DELTA PILOT TELLS CONTROL TOWER ‘WE LOST LEFT ENGINE’ AS FLIGHT IGNITES RUNWAY FIRE”Customers deplaned normally at the gate, and we arranged for a new aircraft to take them to Jacksonville.”There were 138 passengers and six crew members on board the Boeing 737. Federal aviation officials said the crew reported a cracked windshield and a possible pressurization issue after the bird strike.”The FAA will investigate,” the agency said.INQUIRY BEGUN AFTER AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT REPORTS MYSTERIOUS BLUE LIGHT WHILE TRYING TO LANDUnited later said a subsequent inspection did not show damage to the windshield.Flight tracking data from FlightAware shows the plane was airborne for less than an hour before returning to Newark.A replacement aircraft later transported passengers to Jacksonville.Bird strikes are not uncommon. The FAA…

The U.S. Navy seeks better retention among Training and Administration of the Reserve naval flight officers and naval aviators through a fiscal 2026 retention bonus program worth $40,000 per year for a total of $120,000 during the three-year program.The Training and Administration of the Reserve Aviation Retention Bonus is meant to incentivize TAR naval aviators and naval flight officers with the rank of commander who have screened for “aviation milestone command” to choose to remain on active duty, according to a Navy Administrative message released Monday.“A vital part of developing a total force strategy and maintaining combat readiness is to provide appropriate incentives to retain skilled personnel for critical Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE) billets,” the memo states.The memo, released by Vice Adm. Jeffrey Czerewko, states the program strives to retain those officers with command experience in “primary warfighting missions” that are essential to the Navy’s future.The program will utilize follow-on assignments requiring senior aviation leaders to encourage continued service, per the release.TAR officers are Navy Reserve officers on active duty that are responsible for managing and training the Navy Reserve component.To be eligible to apply, applicants for the program have to be 13X7 designations, meaning a TAR officer, and have…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A fraternity hazing ritual allegedly turned fatal in January when a college freshman was pushed to consume a lethal amount of alcohol — prompting arrests, a criminal review and the permanent shutdown of the chapter.Colin Daniel Martinez, 18, died Jan. 31 after attending a Delta Tau Delta “rush” event near Northern Arizona University, according to an autopsy report reviewed and obtained by Fox News Digital.The report determined Martinez’s cause of death was alcohol poisoning and that his blood-alcohol concentration was 0.425% — more than five times the legal driving limit and a level widely considered potentially fatal.Police say Martinez had been participating in a fraternity initiation event the night before he was found unresponsive.‘EXTREME’ HAZING ALLEGATIONS FORCE FRATERNITY SUSPENSION, INVESTIGATION AT MAJOR US UNIVERSITY Students at the house reportedly heard him snoring loudly around 3 a.m., hours before 911 was called. According to court documents, others adjusted his position, checked his pulse and searched online for symptoms of alcohol poisoning before emergency crews were contacted. Bystanders were performing CPR when first responders arrived, but Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene.Investigators allege Martinez and three other prospective members were instructed to consume…

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador will launch a major offensive against criminal organizations in three western provinces this weekend with logistical support from the United States, the interior minister said Wednesday.Speaking to a local radio station, Interior Minister John Reimberg urged citizens to observe an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew from March 15-30 in the provinces of Guayas, Los Ríos and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas — three of the most violent in the South American country.Residents under curfew need to stay in their homes and keep the roads clear to facilitate the movement of troops and equipment, he said.“We do not want collateral victims from the attacks we are about to launch,” Reimberg said. “We have significant support from U.S. forces for the operations we are about to carry out.”The U.S. Embassy in Ecuador didn’t immediately respond to an emailed request for comment from The Associated Press. Neither the U.S. Defense Department nor the U.S. Southern Command immediately commented on the Ecuadorian offensive set for the weekend.The announcement came days after Ecuador and the U.S. began joint military operations against organized crime groups in the South American country, although at the time neither government gave details of the location…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate floor erupted Wednesday as Republicans and Democrats sparred over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with one point becoming clear: neither side was close to reaching a deal.While senators met behind closed doors just steps from the chamber, party leaders accused each other of refusing to negotiate over reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the key sticking point in the standoff.”You can cry about it. You can whine about it. You lost an election over it,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said. “The White House has dealt with you in good faith. You want to prolong this until you get another incident, while your activists are on the street confronting ICE agents in sanctuary jurisdictions, hoping they get some viral moment.”So far, Senate Republicans have delegated final say over any agreement to the White House, though the back and forth between both sides has slowed to a grinding halt.KATIE BRITT BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR PLAYING ‘POLITICAL GAMES’ WITH SHUTDOWN AMID AIRPORT CHAOS Republicans want DHS reopened in the short term, while negotiations over reforms to ICE continue. Democrats, meanwhile, have offered a funding proposal that would carve out immigration enforcement…

A former Air Force engineer who was charged with making false statements and obstructing justice during a criminal investigation into a 2017 military plane crash in Mississippi that killed 16 service members was acquitted Thursday.James Michael Fisher, a former Robins Air Force base employee, was found not guilty on all charges at trial last week, according to court records. The 2017 Marine Corps Reserve plane crash killed 15 Marines and one Navy corpsman.Fisher, a C-130 propulsion engineer at the Georgia base’s Warner Robins Logistic Center at the time of the crash, was arrested in July 2024 for allegedly knowingly concealing documents from criminal investigators and making false statements about his past engineering decisions, according to a 2024 Department of Justice statement. Fisher was charged with two false statements and two obstruction of justice charges, and if convicted, he would have faced up to 20 years in prison, according to the department’s release.On July 10, 2017, the KC-130 transport plane with the call sign “Yanky 72” crashed near Itta Bena, Mississippi. The investigation into the crash revealed that it was caused by a deteriorating propeller blade that was corroded when it went to an Air Force maintenance depot in 2011, but…