NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump outlined five key items he believes will tip the upcoming midterm elections in the GOP’s favor — if Republicans can muscle them through Congress.”No transgender mutilation surgery for our children,” Trump told an audience at the Republican Members’ Issues Conference. “Voter ID, citizenship [verification], mail-in ballots, we don’t want men playing in women’s sports.””It’s the best of Trump. Those are the best of Trump. This is the number one priority, it should be, for the House,” Trump said.Trump’s exhortations to Republican lawmakers come as the GOP wages an uphill campaign to hang on to a controlling majority in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He framed his legislative priorities as a way for Republicans to capitalize on popular demands within the GOP base that would increase their chances of preserving a Republican governing trifecta. HOUSE REPUBLICANS PUSH ELECTION OVERHAUL WITH VOTER ID, MAIL-IN BALLOT CHANGES AHEAD OF MIDTERMSCurrently, Republicans hold just four more seats than Democrats in the House of Representatives.The GOP holds six more than Democrats in the Senate.To keep the numbers in their favor, Republicans will need to beat historical trends. In the vast majority…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly half of California teachers plan to retire or quit in the next 10 years, according to a new survey. In California, the share of teachers who say they plan to retire in the next 10 years is between 40% and 49% with an estimate of 45%, Holly Kurtz, director of the Education Week Research Center, told Fox News Digital. Kurtz added that state teachers are on average older than teachers in many other states, according to the most recent federal data that is available. The average age of a California teacher is 45.5, while the average teacher age in the U.S. is 42.9. “This means that age likely is a major reason why CA teachers are more likely to say they plan to retire in the next decade than teachers in other states,” Kurtz told Fox News Digital. Nationwide, 36% of teachers say they plan to retire in the next ten years. “There’s a lot of evidence that indicates that teacher morale has been declining nationwide and is at, by some measures, the lowest point in recent memory,” Kurtz explained to EdSource. NEWSOM CONFRONTED ON CALIFORNIA BEING THE ‘HIGHEST COST OF LIVING’ STATE IN THE US AMID…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Las Vegas Raiders have flexed their financial muscle on the first day of the legal tampering period in the NFL. The Raiders came in with a league-high $111.91 million when the legal tampering period opened on Monday, and they wasted no time revamping their roster in different ways, including shelling out a record-breaking deal. Center Tyler Linderbaum was perhaps the best offensive lineman available on the market, and the former Baltimore Ravens first-round pick is heading out to Sin City after agreeing to terms on a three-year, $81 million deal with $60 million guaranteed. He is now the highest-paid interior offensive lineman in NFL history, per ESPN.  Linderbaum, 25, cemented himself as one of the best centers in the league when he came out of Iowa, providing a consistent presence snapping the ball to two-time league MVP Lamar Jackson while in Baltimore. But with John Harbaugh parting ways, making way for the hiring of head coach Jesse Minter, Linderbaum returning to the Ravens was never a done deal. He was expected to get a hefty long-term deal somewhere in the NFL, but Las Vegas, a team that struggled on the offensive line all through…

Anthropic is suing the Trump administration, asking federal courts to reverse the Pentagon’s decision designating the artificial intelligence company a “supply chain risk” over its refusal to allow unrestricted military use of its technology.Anthropic filed two separate lawsuits Monday, one in California federal court and another in the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., each challenging different aspects of the Pentagon’s actions against the company.The Pentagon last week formally designated the San Francisco tech company a supply chain risk after an unusually public dispute over how its AI chatbot Claude could be used in warfare.“These actions are unprecedented and unlawful,” Anthropic’s lawsuit says. ”The Constitution does not allow the government to wield its enormous power to punish a company for its protected speech. No federal statute authorizes the actions taken here. Anthropic turns to the judiciary as a last resort to vindicate its rights and halt the Executive’s unlawful campaign of retaliation.”The Defense Department declined to comment Monday, citing a policy of not commenting on matters in litigation.Anthropic said it sought to restrict its technology from being used for two high-level usages: mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials publicly insisted the…

Buck has introduced two new modern folders into its catalog for the spring. The Ferrox and Nomad share materials and have similar dimensions, offering users two different options for a sub-$100 Buck user. 698 Ferrox We won’t pretend to understand Buck’s – or indeed, any other knife company’s – numbering system, but we don’t have to do to be able to appreciate the lines of the Ferrox itself. This is Buck’s version of the modified wharncliffe, a very popular profile for a modern EDC. At 3.25 inches, it is sized to handle what can be safely called the “standard” everyday cutting chore menu: breaking down boxes, cutting tape, slicing food, things like that. In addition to its useful size and cutting geometry, the Ferrox comes with D2 semi-stainless blade steel. While we’re detecting a slight shift in budget knife steels, D2 steel has been the reigning champ in that realm for years now, and for good reason: for anybody who can take its one notable downside, its lack of full stainlessness, in stride, it really does punch above its weight in pure performance. The Ferrox’s blade is secured with a crossbar lock. 700 Nomad The Ferrox’s stablemate the Nomad offers…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said he wants to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, saying it would be an “honor” to do so in an effort to help other nations that rely on the vital Middle East waterway.Trump was speaking with reporters in Florida on Monday, when he was asked about the global energy choke point, which has been disrupted amid back-and-forth attacks between Iran and Israel and the United States. IRAN SEIZES OIL TANKERS, THREATENS ‘MASSACRE’ IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ HOURS BEFORE US TALKS At about 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, the Strait of Hormuz is between Iran and Oman and carries roughly 20 million barrels a day and about one-fifth of global liquefied natural gas, making it a top-value target when conflict in the region erupts.”We’re really helping China here and other countries because they get a lot of their energy from the Straits,” Trump said. “We have a good relationship with China. It’s my honor to do it.”US POSITIONS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, STRIKE PLATFORMS ACROSS MIDDLE EAST AS IRAN TALKS SHIFT TO OMAN Trump is slated to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this month. While touting the United…

President Donald Trump declared on Monday that the United States has already “won” the war with Iran “in many ways,” but conceded that broader objectives of the conflict — which he described as a “little excursion” — remain unresolved. Trump, speaking from his eponymously named golf club in South Florida during a House Republican policy retreat, addressed the state of the war, while reflecting on its human cost. “The hardest thing to do is go to Dover,” he said, referring to his weekend visit to the Air Force base in Delaware where the remains of the first six American service members killed in action were returned to U.S. soil. “[The families] all said one thing to me, ‘Make sure you win, sir. Make sure you win.’ They weren’t playing games.” He added: “We’ve already won in many ways, but we haven’t won enough. We go forward more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory that will end this long running danger once and for all.”The Department of Defense on Monday identified a seventh U.S. service member killed in the war as 26-year-old Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington. He died from wounds sustained in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tarik Skubal is staying with his original plan after all for the World Baseball Classic, as Team USA manager Mark DeRosa announced the 2025 Cy Young Award winner will be heading back to the Detroit Tigers after his start against Great Britain. Skubal was always supposed to return to his ballclub after Team USA’s second game of the group stage in Houston, a 9-1 win over Great Britain. However, after throwing his scheduled pitch count in the victory, Skubal seemed to have second thoughts about a one-and-done appearance.”I didn’t expect these types of emotions to run through my brain or my thoughts to differ,” Skubal said to reporters, per ESPN. “I was pretty committed to making a start and getting back to camp.  “Things have changed, obviously. That’s why I’m going to have some conversations and try to figure out a plan for me. But yeah, I don’t know either way.”Skubal hasn’t been shy about how much he’s enjoyed being on one of the best Team USA rosters ever assembled for the tournament, which includes fellow Cy Young Award winner, Paul Skenes, who will be pitching against Mexico on Monday night. Skubal even…

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and its strike group finished a pre-deployment training event that prepares naval forces for long-term sustained combat, according to the U.S. Navy.The carrier completed Composite Training Unit Exercise, or COMPTUEX, on March 5, certifying and readying the carrier strike group for deployment for U.S. Fleet Forces Command.“COMPTUEX is the certification event for the strike group to let us know we are ready for major combat operations around the world,” said Rear Adm. Alexis Walker, commander of Carrier Strike Group 10. “It brings the entire strike group team together and enables us to operate as we would when we’re forward deployed.”The event takes place over several weeks, during which naval units undergo air, surface, subsurface and cyber warfare training, operating alongside allied forces.Carrier Air Wing 7, which is assigned to the Bush and comprises nine squadrons totaling approximately 2,400 sailors and aviators, also participated in COMPTUEX.The air wing flew 1,586 sorties and logged 693 arrested landings during the day and 682 at night. The Navy does not comment on future operations, so it’s unknown when and if the Bush will officially deploy, and if so, where it will go. But Hunter Stires, a…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: Iran Says ‘No Room’ for Talks As US Seeks To ‘Partition Country, Take Oil’ – New Hardline Ayatollah Takes Command Summary: Younger, reportedly more ‘hardline’ Ayatollah takes command as regime stability continues: Military and political elites have pledged allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei, who replaces his slain father as supreme leader and is viewed as a figure favored by the IRGC. Offramp, or more global shock & pain ahead? Trump, after seeing oil prices: Short-term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, are a very small price to pay for the U.S.A. and the world, ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY! Threat of whole regional war ongoing: Turkey says second Iranian ballistic missile shot down by NATO defenses in airspace, but then NATO quickly contradicts – saying no 2nd missile was intercepted. Nation-building, nation-smashing, divergent US-Israeli aims? More from Trump: “…will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.” But US officials distance themselves from the big weekend attacks on Iranian oil. Iran shuts door on ceasefire talk possibility, accuses US of seeking ‘partition’: as several countries have…