NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Wisconsin teacher was placed on leave following controversial comments in which he said he was “not impressed with recent presidential assassins.”Kaukauna High School social studies teacher Patrick Meyer suggested that the four men who successfully assassinated a U.S. president — John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz and, Lee Harvey Oswald — must be rolling over in their graves after recent failed attempts to kill a president.”I am not impressed with recent presidential assassins. It’s f—ing embarrassing! Booth, Guiteau, Czolgosz, Oswald must all be spinning in their graves! MAGAA (make Americans great assassins again)! Sad!” Meyer said in a since-deleted post on X, appearing to mock President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again, or MAGA, slogan.The Kaukauna Area School District released a statement on Monday saying it had been made aware of the post and that Meyer, who has worked as a teacher in the district for more than 20 years, had been placed on administrative leave.SECURITY UNDER SCRUTINY AS WHCD ATTENDEES CITE INCONSISTENT SCREENING BEFORE SHOOTING “The District has placed the employee on administrative leave and is taking additional action to review the matter in accordance with its policies and…

Last week we covered the new TOPS Sidekick Diver, a production model that originated as a winner in the Idaho company’s annual employee design contest. Well, it turns out that the contest had two winners, with the Snake River Rescue sharing the crown with the Sidekick. Interestingly, although it comes from a different designer – Jon Garcia – the Snake River Rescue is, like the Ana Espinoza-designed Sidekick, a dive knife. But the differences between the two pieces highlight the fact that, even in a more specialized sub-genre like this, there is plenty of room for different approaches. The Sidekick was sinuous and sleek, while the Snake River is beefier and bigger overall, with a blade length of 5.5-inch and a profile that is wider and wilder, configured as a tipless American tanto. The spine is a serrated tertiary edge While the main two edges are plain, there is a serrated spinal element on the Snake River Rescue, specially designed for chewing through fibrous materials, be they net, rope, or even plant matter. The entire blade is coated, which is always a good choice for something that will be working primarily underwater, and the blade steel is once again, as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Giants legendary linebacker Lawrence Taylor was hospitalized for a stomach-related issue that his attorney says is non-life-threatening.Attorney Mark Eiglarsh issued a statement on Monday saying Taylor authorized him to let people know he has been in the hospital for a week with no discharge date determined.The 67-year-old Pro Football Hall of Famer is under medical observation for the stomach-related issue, and he is showing signs of improvement.    “Lawrence asks that I convey his sincere gratitude to everyone who has been thinking of him and keeping him in their prayers during this challenging time,” Eiglarsh said in the statement.Taylor is considered by many to be the greatest linebacker of all time, and possibly the best defender to ever grace the gridiron.GIANTS LEGEND LAWRENCE TAYLOR, 67, HOSPITALIZED AFTER MEDICAL EMERGENCY: REPORTThe three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year helped the Giants win two Super Bowls, while reaching 10 straight Pro Bowls, making eight All-Pros and being named MVP of the 1986 season.Taylor remains the Giants’ all-time sacks leader, which also includes his 9.5 sacks he secured during his rookie season before sacks became an official NFL stat.Taylor’s No. 56 was retired…

The U.S. Navy commissioned the newest addition to its fleet of nuclear fast-attack submarines during a ceremony Saturday.The service formally welcomed the USS Idaho to active service at Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, after several years of construction, making it the 26th Virginia-class submarine ready to participate in military operations.“The Idaho connection is more than a name, it is a legacy — a legacy built before us that is being reborn today,” Cmdr. Chad J. Guillerault, Idaho’s commanding officer, said during the ceremony. “I am incredibly proud to be the commissioning captain of a vessel so steeped in tradition.”RELATEDThe previous USS Idaho, commissioned in 1919, was a New Mexico-class battleship that received seven battle stars for deployments during World War II to Iwo Jima and Okinawa, Japan.During the ceremony, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said that U.S. commerce hinged on secure sea lanes and that the submarine would help carry out President Donald Trump’s goal of achieving peace through strength.Cao assumed his position after previous Navy Secretary John Phelan was fired Wednesday after Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decided new leadership was needed.The Idaho is the eighth Block IV Virginia-class submarine, a configuration that allows a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Allyson Felix, the most decorated track and field Olympian of all time, wants one more crack at adding more medals to her illustrious career.The 40-year-old told Time she will be making a comeback in hopes of running in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, which will be hosted in her home city.  “So many of us have been told not to do the big, bold thing,” Felix said to the outlet about her comeback. “You know, at this age, I should probably be staying home and taking care of my kids, doing all that. And just, why not? Let’s flip it on its head. Let’s go after the thing. Let’s be vulnerable.” Felix will be 42 when the Olympics begin in L.A., but the winner of 11 Olympic medals, including seven golds, across five different Games has seen others past 40 years old do what many consider impossible. Tom Brady, LeBron James and Lindsey Vonn were mentioned by Felix during the interview.She wants to push past the age barrier, believing she can get one last shot at Olympic glory.US OLYMPIAN ALYSA LIU WAS ONCE TARGETED BY CHINESE SPIES – HERE’S WHAT SHE…

The Army is planning to bulk up its lightweight Infantry Squad Vehicle with a heavier, hybrid-powered variant, according to a federal contracting notice.The service wants to add 606 ISV-Heavy vehicles to its existing fleet of roughly 1,105 ISVs through a three-contract effort, signaling a shift in how it intends to use the platform.While the original ISV was designed to rapidly move a nine-soldier squad across rugged terrain, the ISV-H is built to do more than just transport troops. Instead, it emphasizes onboard power generation and mission system support.According to a GM Defense factsheet, the ISV-H is designed for “a myriad of mission areas to include command and control, counter UAA, medical evacuation, loitering munition and drone deliver launch and recovery.”The hybrid-electric design also enables “silent drive” and “silent watch” modes, allowing for “stealthy ingress and egress for high threat zones, while powering equipment needed.” The biggest change to the vehicle is its exportable power capability. In the solicitation, the Army said it wants the vehicle to generate and export 60 kW of continuous high-voltage DC power, 15 kW of 28V DC power and 4.8 kW of 120V AC power — effectively turning the ISV-H into a mobile energy source for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 90s star Samuel Monroe Jr., best known for his role in “Menace II Society,” is currently on life support, his family told Fox News Digital.”As Samuel’s wife, Shawna Stewart, we all been fighting over the past nine months to keep him alive due to meningitis,” Stewart began.”Around 18 months ago, Samuel was in Las Vegas filming, and unfortunately, that is where he contracted meningitis. He went to several different hospitals, where his condition was repeatedly misdiagnosed and because of this negligence, the meningitis went untreated for eight months,” she continued. Stewart said that by the time he was properly diagnosed, the meningitis had spread to his brain and his spine.JAMES VAN DER BEEK’S FAMILY RAISES OVER $2M AS HOLLYWOOD STARS DONATE BIG AFTER ACTOR’S DEATH”Samuel’s wife, Shawna, his children Kingston Monroe, Brooklynn Monroe, and his mother Joyce, his step children along with his siblings and extended family, are asking everyone to keep him in their prayers, as Samuel remains on life support due to meningitis,” the statement concluded.”As Samuel’s wife, Shawna Stewart, we all been fighting over the past nine months to keep him alive due to meningitis.” — Shawna Stewart, Samuel…

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The Air Force is asking Congress for $3.9 billion to buy 15 Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tankers in fiscal 2027, an $800 million increase over fiscal 2026, according to Air Force budget materials released April 21. Annual procurement is expected to rise to 18 aircraft per year from 2028 to 2031.The service also clarified plans for the size of its KC-46 fleet. Procurement figures in the fiscal 2027 budget document initially indicated a goal of 319 aircraft, but the Air Force corrected that number on April 24, confirming the program of record is 263 KC-46As, Defense Daily reported. The expansion runs through the Tanker Production Extension program, which extends Boeing’s existing KC-46 contract rather than launching a new competition for a “bridge tanker” that Airbus and Embraer had hoped to bid on.“The KC-46 is planned to fully replace the Air Force’s KC-135 fleet, providing critical refueling capabilities to project power, maintain strategic deterrence, and defend the Homeland,” the Air Force said in a statement. Budget justification documents show a unit cost of $199.8 million in fiscal 2027, rising to $321.9 million in fiscal 2028.Even as the service commits to a long-term investment in the aircraft, the program’s technical problems persist. In…

This article was originally published by Ulrich F. at The Mises Institute.  If we were to identify the most sacrosanct dogma of Western modernity—the one that no one questions—it would undoubtedly be representative democracy. We automatically assume that it is the best form of government that humanity has ever invented—a sort of “end of history” method of governance and the ultimate political achievement. Representative Democracy Is Not Democratic The first problem is conceptual and fatal: Representative democracy is simply not democratic. One person cannot perfectly represent another’s freedom, desires, needs, or individuality. Consider an individual representing 100,000 others, as is the case in France. By its very nature, democratic representation negates the individual. It prevents them from expressing themselves directly and forces them to delegate their sovereignty to an intermediary whose interests cannot be their own—or, if they are, only temporarily and speculatively. Democracy is just one method of selecting leaders. However, it is insufficient for defending individual freedom. Representative democracy rests on the idea of majority rule—the notion that one person can be “represented” by another without losing their identity—but this idea has no scientific or moral basis. It is merely an arbitrary form of government, which is why…