We’ve got the latest RoseCraft slipjoint model to cover this week: the Birchfield Camp Jack has just landed with dealers. The Birchfield sees RoseCraft bringing their newfound focus on stainless steel onto a classic clip-bladed workhorse. A note on that steel choice, first of all. For a long time, RoseCraft’s steel of choice was D2 – a fine and proven steel for sure, and a formula that has found its way onto everything from gigantic fixed blades to pocket-sized traditional knives, but one that is technically semi-stainless. While not so rust-prone as what is typically called a “carbon steel,” D2 could still face challenges in wet, humid, or otherwise unfavorable conditions, and thus needed a tad more care than its stainless stablemates. Bone covers always have a lot of character Hence RoseCraft’s transition to 14C28N. Like nearly all steels, this stuff can still rust, but it packs enough chromium for a full stainless designation and rock-solid edge retention for a blade spec’d for the work the Birchfield Camp Jack aims at. Its 2.9-inch clip point can slice through a sizable spread of daily chores, and as the name suggests it could even be a backup edged tool the next time…

People living in the United Kingdom will be spending fewer years in good health as “healthy life expectancy” plummets. The UK is going backward compared to most other “wealthy” countries. Healthy life expectancy (HLE) in the UK has fallen by about 2 years, to just over 60 years for both men and women, making Britain one of only five wealthy nations where people live fewer years in good health, according to a new analysis by the Health Foundation charity. This means that the amount of life a person spends in good health has decreased. The findings, based on data from the Office for National Statistics between 2012–2014 and 2022–2024, show the measure dropped from 62.9 to 60.7 for men and from 63.7 to 60.9 for women, according to a report by The Guardian.  Andrew Mooney, the think‑tank’s principal data analyst, has warned of “a significant economic cost, with poor health driving people out of the workforce and locking young people out of education, employment and training.” The Health Foundation has blamed the decline in HLE on a combination of poverty, poor housing, obesity, the lingering effects of the Covid‑19 pandemic, and a surge in mental health illnesses, especially among young people.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Shark Tank” star and investor Kevin O’Leary backed President Donald Trump’s push for a White House ballroom as a way to showcase the “American Dream” and serve future administrations of both parties, days after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.”I don’t think the ballroom’s a partisan issue, it’s bipartisan because one day there’ll be a Democratic president that’ll use the ballroom,” O’Leary told Fox News Digital.The comments come as congressional Republicans push to approve the ballroom following the shooting at the Washington Hilton ballroom during the annual event attended by hundreds of journalists and Cabinet officials. Lawmakers believe this would offer a secure venue for future events.O’Leary argued the project, opposed by many Democrats, would also elevate the “American brand” on the world stage.REPUBLICANS EYE PICKING UP $400M TAB FOR TRUMP’S BALLROOM AS SOME DEMS OPEN TO ‘DISCUSS’ IDEA “I want the ballroom because I believe in pomp and circumstance, the American brand,” he added.He said the nation’s image is more than just the economy.”People think it’s exporting technology or exporting energy,” he said. “It’s not. It’s the American Dream and so you want to showcase that.”He added the ballroom would bring…

Operation Epic Fury in Iran has cost American taxpayers roughly $25 billion so far, the Pentagon’s chief financial officer revealed on Wednesday. Acting comptroller Jules Hurst III, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, said that the bulk of the figure has been devoted to ordnance.“Approximately, at this day, we are spending about $25 billion on Operation Epic Fury, most of that is in munitions,” Hurst told lawmakers, adding that some of the costs also included operations, maintenance and equipment replacement.“We will formulate a supplemental [bill] through the White House that will come to Congress once we have a full assessment of the cost of the conflict,” he noted. Wednesday marked the first time that President Donald Trump’s administration has publicly disclosed the war’s financial toll. Senior Pentagon officials appeared on Capitol Hill for what had been scheduled as a review of the Department of Defense’s $1.5 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2027, only for the proceedings to be subsumed by the war in Iran, which began with a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Feb. 28. Thirteen American service members have been killed in the operation, with 400 others wounded, according to Pentagon data.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a contentious exchange…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Justice Clarence Thomas said Wednesday the Supreme Court should go further than its latest Voting Rights Act ruling, arguing the law’s key anti-discrimination provision was divisive and should never apply to redistricting cases. “As I explained more than 30 years ago, I would go further and hold that [section two] of the Voting Rights Act does not regulate districting at all,” Thomas, who was joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, wrote in a concurrence.Thomas’s remarks came as part of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which upheld a finding that one of the state’s majority-Black congressional districts was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision had broad implications, serving to narrow section two of the Voting Rights Act, a civil rights-era law making it illegal for voting policies to discriminate based on race. The ruling already restricted states’ ability to use race as a factor when drawing majority-minority districts, but Thomas’ concurrence went further, saying the statute should not be used for redistricting at all.CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON TAKES JAB AT CLARENCE THOMAS WHILE DEFENDING CITY’S REPARATIONS TASK FORCE “Today’s decision should largely put an end to this ‘disastrous misadventure’ in voting-rights jurisprudence,”…

The U.S. Air Force created a plan to “aggressively” recruit and retain artificial intelligence professionals, aligned with the Department of Defense’s broader strategy to improve the country’s AI advantage, according to a Tuesday release.The department approved the AI Hiring and Talent Development Plan this month with the goal of maintaining an edge against American adversaries and becoming an “AI-first force,” according to the strategy document.“This Al strategy is fundamental to leveraging our people as a strategic asset, strengthening readiness and lethality, and modernizing our Air and Space Forces to ensure our nation’s competitive advantage,” Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said in the document.One main aspect of the plan centers around the force’s ability to recruit, retain and train personnel, per the release. To attract new AI professionals, the force aims to streamline and expedite its hiring process for AI positions, find financial incentives and utilize a “Mission Matching Strategy” to pair candidates with certain defense projects.To retain the talent the service already has, the department will leverage those already in the ranks by creating a Department of the Air Force Dual-Track Career Model set to give AI experts the ability to move as technical experts instead of traditional…

The United States ruling class claims that it cannot defend against Russian or Chinese hypersonic missiles and is seeking funding to rectify the issue. Senior Pentagon officials called on lawmakers for funding for the proposed Golden Dome missile defense program. The Golden Dome system is expected to cost around $175 billion over the next decade, according to initial estimates by the Trump administration, although Pentagon projections have since risen to roughly $185 billion, and some analysts warn the final price could be substantially higher, according to a report by RT.  The ruling class has been asking questions about Washington’s missile defense capacity since the beginning of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Some reports suggest that interceptor stockpiles used in systems such as THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and Patriot have been significantly depleted, potentially requiring years to rebuild. The U.S. started depleting its weapons stockpiles when it began helping Ukraine with its war. US Halting Some Weapons Shipments To Ukraine As Own Military Stockpiles Plummet It isn’t just depletion either. The upgrade to U.S. defense systems is urgently needed, as the country has “a very limited ground-based single-layer homeland defense system that was specifically designed against a small-scale rogue…

Amazon’s Summer Beauty Event is the perfect time to stock up on everything from budget-friendly makeup wipes to moisturizing face creams. Right now, you can score a Tree Hut sugar scrub for $5 and a Laura Geller setting powder marked down by 37%. Deals can change quickly, so snag your favorites before the sale ends on May 10.READ MORE: Amazon Summer Beauty Event: Sunscreen, skincare and hair tools, from $4Trending dealsMySmile Whitening Strips: $15.19 (49% off)WalkHero Heavy Duty Pain Relief inserts: $15.99 (47% off)Gold under-eye patches: $14.95 (21% off)Original price: $31 Simplify your skincare routine with these Medicube toner pads that cleanse, tone and refresh your skin in one swipe. Each pack includes 70 pre-soaked pads that work for all skin types.Original price: $32 This weightless Laura Geller setting powder locks makeup in place and delivers a soft-focus, matte finish. Lightly sweep it across your skin with a tapered brush to set areas like the under-eyes and T-zone. Right now, take $12 off during the sale.Original price: $7.59 Remove your makeup with ease after a long day using these fragrance-free Neutrogena wipes. This 25-pack features plant-based cloths that are hypoallergenic, making them a great choice for sensitive skin.Original price: $99.99 This Waterpik water…

As the U.S. Marine Corps faces congressionally mandated deadlines to evaluate the brain injury impacts of weapons blasts on the force and start implementing mitigation measures, changes are already being made to limit blast exposure in training.Brig. Gen. Sean Hoewing, head of the Corps’ newly established Risk Management Directorate, told an audience at the Modern Day Marine exposition in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday that, while the impacts of blast exposure and overpressure across time are still being studied, training supervisors have been instructed to take steps to limit prospective damage.“If you’re an instructor on the range today, and you’re observing a Marine using a particular weapon system, we’ve already implemented distance requirements for the observer to be away from that weapon system,” Hoewing said. “Understanding that the Marine today with weapon systems that we use, many of them, they have to be in close proximity to the weapon. But anybody else that’s assisting doesn’t necessarily need to be inside that bubble where there would be danger. So those things are already being implemented.”In February, according to Hoewing, the Corps established a baseline evaluation in a computer-based brain function assessment known as the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics, or ANAM, for all…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 30-year-old man with a long prior rap sheet was arrested on charges of burglarizing a Virginia church last week in a county judicial system led by one of the country’s most high-profile George Soros-backed prosecutors, who is now under congressional scrutiny.The suspect, Akuamoa Boateng, had a slew of prior charges — some dropped — brought by the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, which is under congressional scrutiny for its prosecutorial discretion involving career criminals and illegal immigrants who go on to commit crimes, including the recent murder of a woman at a Mount Vernon-area bus stop last month.Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano agreed to appear alongside Sheriff Stacey Kincaid before Congress as lawmakers are set to examine the county’s policies.DEM SENATOR WARNS DEPORTATION COULD LET VIRGINIA WOMAN’S ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT KILLER ‘ESCAPE ACCOUNTABILITY’ Boateng’s court records in Virginia’s state database show several prior cases and a handful of upcoming hearings, as Fairfax County Police officers otherwise tracked him down in this church burglary case in less than 24 hours.Officers who responded to the church on Ox Road just south of Fairfax city found damaged property and the appearance of items having been stolen.Officials…