NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Country singer Gavin Adcock is standing firmly with Kid Rock and Turning Point USA as the conservative group rolls out its own “alternative” Super Bowl halftime show — offering fans a choice outside the NFL’s official entertainment.When Fox News Digital asked about Turning Point USA hosting a competing halftime event featuring Kid Rock and other country performers, Adcock made his support clear.”Yeah, I mean, I support whatever they want to do. I’m going to be at the game. I’m going to have to watch the other Super Bowl halftime. But I love Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, all those people. So, everybody’s going to have a good time wherever they’re at,” Adcock said.KID ROCK SAYS TPUSA’S ALTERNATE HALFTIME SHOW IS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE JESUS AND AMERICA The alternative show comes as backlash continues to swirl around the NFL’s halftime programming – Bad Bunny, who has been critical of both President Donald Trump and ICE, will be headlining the official halftime show.Kid Rock has framed the Turning Point USA event as an option for people who “love America, love football, love good music, love Jesus.”WATCH: GAVIN ADCOCK BACKS KID ROCK, TURNING POINT USA’S…

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union raced to develop weapons that could tip the balance of power. Among the most audacious creations of this era was the M65 Atomic Cannon, an enormous artillery piece capable of firing a nuclear shell. During Operation Upshot-Knothole Grable, the U.S. fired the only nuclear shell from the M65. The photo was taken at the Nevada Test Site on May 25, 1953. Image: U.S. Department of Energy Nicknamed “Atomic Annie,” this weapon symbolized both the ingenuity and the anxiety of a world teetering on the edge of nuclear confrontation. Though it fired only one live nuclear round in its operational history, the M65 remains a potent symbol of Cold War military strategy. Origins and Strategic Rationale The M65 Atomic Cannon was conceived in the late 1940s at a time when the U.S. military was grappling with how to integrate nuclear weapons into battlefield tactics. The atomic bomb had proven its devastating power in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but strategic planners sought ways to deploy nuclear firepower in more flexible, tactical scenarios. The concept of tactical nuclear weapons emerged as a way to bridge the gap between conventional warfare and strategic nuclear strikes.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rotten Tomatoes is pushing back against claims the audience score for the “Melania” film was artificially inflated. The film has one of the widest gaps in Rotten Tomatoes history, with more than a 93-percentage-point difference between critic and audience scores.The film follows first lady Melania Trump during the 20 days leading up to President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. As of Friday, it holds a 6% critics score and a 99% audience rating.Versant, the parent company of Rotten Tomatoes, denied any tampering with the score, telling Variety there was “no bot manipulation” of audience reviews.”Reviews displayed on the Popcornmeter are VERIFIED reviews, meaning it has been verified that users have bought a ticket to the film,” they added.DAVID MARCUS: WHY MELANIA AND HER FANS DESERVE HER SILVER SCREEN STAR TURN The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) has logged more than 48,200 user ratings for the “Melania” film since its release, with most votes landing at one star. The film currently holds a 1.3-star rating on that site. IMDb has also posted an “unusual activity” warning under the title reading, “Our rating mechanism has detected unusual voting activity on this title.”MELANIA TRUMP EXPOSES ‘VERY CHALLENGING’ REALITY…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists uncovered what they believe are the oldest wooden tools ever discovered — dating back hundreds of thousands of years, according to a new study.The tools were found in Greece’s Megalopolis basin, a low-lying valley in southern Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula.Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in late January, the study estimates the tools could be around 430,000 years old, though the exact age is unknown.SCIENTISTS SHATTER TIMELINE OF HUMAN FIRE-MAKING WITH 400,000-YEAR-OLD DISCOVERY IN ENGLANDThe tools “represent the earliest handheld wooden tools, and include a new tool type,” according to an abstract of the study obtained by Fox News Digital.The finds “demonstrate the importance of systematic investigation of early wood remains,” the abstract also says.  The area where the tools were found was covered by wetlands and lakes hundreds of thousands of years ago. One of them — a stick — measures around 2.5 feet long. It was likely used for digging in mud, while the other is a small handheld chunk of wood that may have been used to shape stone tools.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZBecause wood rots very quickly, few ancient tools of this…

The U.S. Army’s rotation in the Philippines is easy to overlook. Experts say that might be the point.The service confirmed this week that in July 2025, it established a rotational presence in the Southeast Asian nation. The roughly 50-person force is operating under U.S. Army Pacific with coordination through Task Force Philippines, a spokesman said Wednesday. The move marks a change in how the Army engages with the sprawling archipelago, the service said.“While the rotational force is not permanently assigned, this represents a shift from previous year’s iterative engagement cycle to a more sustained rotational presence, enabling deeper and more consistent collaboration with our Philippine Army counterparts,” Col. Isaac Taylor, chief of public affairs for U.S. Army Pacific, said in a statement.The contingent’s mission centers on building “army-to-army partnerships,” and “improving infrastructure,” he said.The Philippines once played host to a large U.S. military presence, but permanent U.S. ground forces largely left in the early 1990s after, against a backdrop of growing nationalism, the country’s lawmakers voted to close the major American installations.Later military agreements allowed U.S. forces back to the country, but to a smaller and less-permanent degree. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his counterpart, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The film that’s been praised by critics for its timeliness may be benefiting from the news cycle at the right time.”One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically-charged thriller, has maintained its frontrunner status for Best Picture at this year’s Oscars since the fall. If you read my review, then you’d know I recommended it for those who are able to compartmentalize their personal politics because it’s very left-wing. It’s about a group of self-described revolutionaries on the run from a cabal of white nationalist authoritarians. The opening scene literally depicts them freeing illegal migrants from a detention center — not to mention that they also bomb courthouses and offices of anti-abortion lawmakers. One man’s revolutionary is another man’s domestic terrorist.‘SEND HELP’ REVIEW: RACHEL MCADAMS, DYLAN O’BRIEN LEAD COMICALLY VIOLENT DESERT ISLAND THRILLER Putting that aside, “OBAA” is a well-made film. Despite its nearly 3-hour running time, it never lags. The performances from the cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, the score, the editing were top-notch. Would I give it Best Picture? No. 2025 was a weaker year for films overall — I’d vote for “Hamnet” if I was a member of the Academy…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court is reviewing cases involving transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports, and XX-XY Athletics founder Jennifer Sey is weighing in.”We would be sent backwards more than 50 years before Title IX even existed,” Sey told Fox News Digital, should the high court rule in favor of these transgender athletes. “It would mean any male that claims to be a female in any state could enter women’s sport and spaces.”Sey said girls’ sports advocates like herself are only asking for the “bare minimum.””We’re just asking for Title IX to be upheld and for women’s equal opportunity to be upheld,” she added.ACLU LAUNCHES TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AMID SUPREME COURT CASE Supreme Court justices are hearing appeals from Idaho and West Virginia after lower courts struck down state laws affecting those students from the elementary to college level. One of the equal protection challenges comes from Lindsay Hecox, a 24-year-old senior at Boise State University who wanted to compete on both NCAA-level and club sports teams for women. In West Virginia, now 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson seeks to play on girls’ teams at her public middle and now high schools. She has identified as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Immigrant groups have a message for their mostly White allies: Quit blowing the whistle on ICE. Fox News Digital has reviewed days of messages inside Signal chat rooms that reveal that a new internal feud has erupted inside the anti-ICE protest industry, pitting immigrant-led organizations against predominately White “rapid response” networks that have made whistle-blowing a dramatic part of anti-ICE protests.In one dismissal, a “rapid responder” in Seattle reported back that “immigrant networks are being weird.”Groups from Seattle to Montgomery County, Md., are telling mostly White “rapid responders” to back off a dynamic described by activists as “White Savior,” reminding them they are not cameo actors in an “action movie” against ICE.This past weekend, the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network — known locally as “WAISN,” a Seattle-based, immigrant-led organization, publicly rebuked the practice of whistles, setting off a backlash inside mostly White liberal activist “rapid response” circles.”WHY WAISN RAPID RESPONSE DOES NOT USE WHISTLES,” the group wrote in an Instagram post, emphasizing, “We show up with care and accountability, not noise or panic.””It is not about being the loudest, the bravest, or the most visible person on the scene or confronting immigration agents. It…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Senate Republican campaign chair has a stark warning for his party as the GOP defends its 53-47 majority in the chamber in this year’s midterm elections.National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chair Tim Scott, pointing to a ballot box deficit the GOP’s facing in the latest Fox News national poll, said it could impact specific Senate races this year.And Scott said the toughest challenge may be in Maine, where longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins is running for re-election for a sixth six-year term in the blue-leaning northern New England state.The straight talk from Scott, at a closed-door meeting earlier this week with fellow GOP senators, comes as Republicans, as the party in power in the nation’s capital, face traditional political headwinds in the midterms. And the GOP is also facing a rough political climate, with President Donald Trump’s approval ratings remaining underwater while Democrats are energized as they work to win back the House majority and possibly recapture the Senate.GOP CALLS TRUMP ITS ‘SECRET WEAPON’ — BUT POLLS SHOW WARNING SIGNS HEADING INTO MIDTERMS While the NRSC remains optimistic they can not only defend but expand their majority, the GOP will be…