The United States on Tuesday launched strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening doubts about prospects for peace between the two countries. “The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” U.S. Central Command said on X. Trump earlier said the two U.S. pilots involved in the incident were uninjured but that the United States would respond to the attack. The Apache was brought down by a one-way Iranian attack drone, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi did not directly address the incident, but said foreign forces in the region risked being involved in accidents or crossfire. “To reduce risk, best solution is for them to leave,” he said on social media.Iran’s state media later cited a military source as saying that no offensive air military operations have been conducted in the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours. The source was also quoted as saying that there would be a decisive response in the event of renewed “hostility by the enemy” in response to the helicopter incident. Trump told The Wall Street…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ben and Erin Napier are opening up about the series of unfortunate events they experienced last year.During an episode of “The Heirloom” podcast, the famous couple discussed their new show, “Home Town: Inn This Together,” which followed them renovating a hotel in Laurel, Mississippi with their friends, and the aftermath of the devastating fire that the building faced shortly after filming wrapped in August 2025.”The fire happens. A close member of the extended family goes into the hospital and nobody really knows what’s going on. And Erin’s parents chose to have their dog put down that week,” Ben said. “And then Erin’s turning 40.”Erin shared that although she didn’t feel like celebrating her milestone birthday after everything that had just happened, her friend, Mallerie Rasberry, who she partnered with the build the hotel, told her, “I need to be with all my people.” HGTV STAR IN ‘STATE OF FEAR’ OVER RAISING DAUGHTERS WITH DISCIPLINE WITHOUT CRUSHING SPIRITUltimately, Erin’s friends threw her a 40th birthday party, which Erin called “the saddest party in the world,” saying all she wanted to do was eat dip, “so we ate dip and cried.” Ben then joked…

A U.S. sailor who killed a fellow service member will spend 44 years behind bars after pleading guilty at a general court-martial, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service announced Tuesday.Culinary Specialist Seaman Petty Officer Jermiah Copeland admitted Monday to the unpremeditated murder of Culinary Specialist Seaman Angelina Petra Resendiz, whom he strangled to death in a barracks building after a disagreement. The verdict for his prison sentence arrived Tuesday.“Seaman Copeland deserves to be held fully accountable for his heinous actions that resulted in the tragic murder of Petty Officer Resendiz,” said Special Agent in Charge Emily Schmid of the Norfolk Field Office.Copeland will also receive a dishonorable discharge, forfeit all pay and allowances and must register as a sex offender when he is eventually released in nearly half a century.Angelina Resendiz, 21, went missing on May 29, 2025, after being last seen at her barracks in Miller Hall on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. She was found dead nearly two weeks later on June 9, 2025, by NCIS agents in a wooded area in Norfolk.RELATEDShortly after, Copeland was placed in pretrial confinement in connection with Resendiz’s death and was charged Aug. 22 with premeditated murder.It was not the first time Copeland faced…

Just hours after United States President Donald Trump claimed that a deal with Iran is close, Israel once again attacked Lebanon. The military assault in Lebanon consisted of striking the southern city of Tyre and issuing an evacuation warning that for the first time included the port’s Christian quarter. “We’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal,” Trump said early Tuesday of the ongoing negotiations to end the war that the US and Israel began in late February. The attacks on Lebanon risked renewed fighting with Tehran, a day after exchanges that had threatened a return to all-out war. The US military, meanwhile, said it had used an unmanned boat to rescue two soldiers whose helicopter went down near the flashpoint Strait of Hormuz. The Truth About What Is Really Going On In The Strait Of Hormuz Trump said that there are no “sticking points” in negotiations with Iran, accoridng to a report by NBC News.  “I think we’re very close to having a very, very good, strong, powerful deal,” he said, adding that an agreement would be preferable to and “actually stronger than doing the bombing.” Trump has stated, almost on repeat, that the…

Facing a six-game losing streak, and the GOP’s pending acquisition of a huge bat for the middle of its lineup, tension is in the air for the Democrats entering this week’s Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park.Texas Rangers and New York Yankees great Mark Teixeira (R-Texas), who is 58th on MLB’s all-time home run leaderboard with 409 dingers, is expected to win a seat in Congress with ease in November, which would then allow him to assume a spot on the GOP roster. Even with Wednesday’s (7 p.m. ET; Fox Nation) game looming, the Dems are already scheming on how they’ll deal with Tex.”We’re just going to walk him every time we have an opportunity,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) told The Hill. He added, “We need to draft a major league baseball player to come and play for us.”ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! The 46-year-old Teixeira says he hasn’t played baseball in nearly 10 years, but the juices are still flowing. “I’m excited about knocking off the rust — then beating the Democrats on and off the field,” he wrote on X.Based on past performances, that shouldn’t be a problem for MAGA hat-wearing…

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for 360-degree camera systems to fit on the LAV-25 and other armored vehicles.The goal is to allow crews to operate their vehicles – and enjoy full situational awareness – even while buttoned up with the hatches closed.The service is looking for fully integrated, turnkey systems that provide “complete situational awareness” and enable crews to operate the vehicle from within the hull with all hatches and doors closed on land, according to the Request For Information published by the Program Manager Light Armored Vehicles. The deadline is June 18.PM LAV envisions a system with a minimum of four cameras and a maximum of 10 that merge into a single video stream to provide a combined 360-degree view. The system should include infrared or thermal imaging for low-light conditions, a zoom feature, high-resolution video, such as 1080p or 4K, and accurate capture of colors “for maneuvering, local security, and identification of personnel, obstructions, and obstacles.”While the RFI specifically describes the project as a “survivability upgrade [that] is intended to significantly enhance LAV platform,” it also mentions amphibious platforms like the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, as well as the Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle. The ARV will replace the LAV-25,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joe Coffey was one of the pro wrestling stars who joined Major League Wrestling (MLW) over the last year to bolster its star-laden roster.Coffey, a former WWE NXT wrestler, joined the company with his Gallus stablemates Mark Coffey and Wolfgang. The group rebranded as Glasgow Boys on Top (GBOT) and are looking to add some gold around their waists. Coffey was with WWE until May 2025 when the trio departed.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! “I feel like I just want more character development,” Coffey told Fox News Digital when asked why MLW was the right place for him. “I want to be able to tell a story. The past couple years I just felt as if that kinda fell by the wayside and was kinda wasted. I have a lot to offer. So does Mark (Coffey). So does Wolfie (Wolfgang).”I’m really looking forward to just sinking my teeth in and telling some great stories. I got some great ideas and Court (Bauer) has been very collaborative and stuff like that. I can’t thank them enough for giving us an opportunity. I think…

Fifty years ago, a U.S. Air Force colonel named John Boyd offered a profound insight into why battles are won or lost. His famous Observe, Orient, Decide, Act — or OODA — Loop described the mental cycle by which combatants, from fighter pilots to generals, assess and react to a constantly changing situation. Those with a faster OODA Loop could exploit opportunities while their befuddled opponents struggled to understand what was going on. Germany crushed France in 1940 largely because of a sluggish French command system that was always one OODA step behind the swift panzer divisions. More recently, OODA might explain why tactically rigid Russian tank columns were decimated by outnumbered but agile Ukrainian troops in 2022. Had the Soviets invaded Western Europe during the Cold War, NATO would have relied on OODA — plus airpower and more advanced weapons technology — to stop the Soviet steamroller. To the troops watching waves of Soviet tanks roll into the Fulda Gap or the North German Plain, OODA would have been just a buzzword. But NATO needed every advantage it could get to compensate for superior Soviet numbers and firepower. Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War, published by Matrix Games, is a computer…

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has launched an experimental Arctic drone task force expanding its military presence in the region. The United States-led bloc has consistently cited an alleged Russian threat to justify its Arctic buildup. According to a report by RT, this latest NATO initiative was unveiled over the weekend as the research vessel Alliance departed La Spezia, Italy, launching Task Force X-Arctic (TFX-Arctic). The experimental unit is set to operate through 2026 and into next year, with the stated aim of demonstrating how uncrewed systems can provide persistent multi-domain situational awareness across the North Atlantic, the Arctic, and the High North. The deployment builds on experience gained from a similar task force launched in the Baltic Sea last year. NATO is using Russia as the scapegoat for this drone expansion in the Arctic. The bloc claims that the Russian threat is enough justification. Moscow has rejected the claims that it’s posing a threat to NATO, arguing that the region’s militarization has been driven by NATO’s own actions and pledging to respond accordingly to activity in the Arctic, where Russia controls more than half of the coastline. “Task Force X-Arctic is about testing and integrating new technology in one of…

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