NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Exactly 23 years ago, I was a Marine headed to the Persian Gulf aboard the same ships now taking thousands of Marines towards Iran today. Many of us had questions about President Bush’s intentions with Iraq, but asking them was not our job. Congress had voted and we had a clear task in front of us.Today, as a member of the branch of government charged with declaring war, those questions are my job. And after President Trump’s address on Wednesday, the American people have more questions than answers.Instead of laying out a clear strategy to end this war or reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump offered vague promises of escalation and even veiled threats of war crimes against the Iranian people. Financial markets took a nosedive in real time during his speech, mirroring the same uncertainty and fear that our service members and their families are feeling right now.WHY TRUMP FACES AN AGONIZING DECISION ON OBLITERATING IRAN’S OIL SUPPLY IF HE CAN’T GET A DEALWe’ve heard a lot of stated objectives from the Trump administration that seem to shift by the day, from regime change, to ballistic missile “obliteration,” to seizing their…

Feature Photo Credit: Patrick McCarthy/Match Grade Media.Good glass is expensive, but the Zeiss LRP S3 6-36×56 punches well above its weight.6 months ago, if you asked me the top 10 rifle scopes for long range distance shooting, I would have honestly forgotten that Zeiss even made a scope for the job. Zeiss has been around since my grandfather’s grandfather was still trying to find the last potato in Ireland, and is one of those rare brands that is everywhere but often just out of sight. Outside of the camera world and the world of precision optics for industrial applications, Zeiss isn’t a huge name in the hunting or competition world. But they absolutely should be.Zeiss Is German For Great GlassIn 1846, Carl Zeiss founded the Zeiss brand with two partners, Ernst Abbe and Otto Schott. 180 years later, Zeiss is well-known in every field that requires optics of any kind. Zeiss is found in a lot of things you’ve heard of and a lot of things you haven’t, like ophthalmic lenses, lenses used in semiconductor manufacturing, microscopes, and even the optics used in the James Webb Space Telescope. Little-known fact: without Zeiss, we literally wouldn’t have the modern world as we know…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NASA’s Artemis II crew is on its way to the moon, giving Americans a firsthand look at life aboard the spacecraft as they travel farther from Earth than any crew in more than half a century.Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch of the U.S., along with Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, boarded the 322-foot-tall Orion spacecraft and lifted off at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Artemis II crew is expected to travel around the moon and back.Speaking with Fox News’ Trace Gallagher Thursday night, the four-person crew described what it is like to be part of a mission set to carry astronauts farther from Earth than any crewed flight since the Apollo era — and what life aboard Orion is like as they begin their 10-day journey.”There is no difference between up and down, and so, yes, I’ve been sleeping with my feet there and my head down here, and it’s very comfortable,” said mission specialist Christina Koch. “I think I’ll probably stay there the whole mission unless someone kicks me out. We’re finding out how to make this space capsule a home.”NASA…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There was something about President Trump’s prime-time address that didn’t add up.Several things, actually.But what struck me immediately was his low-energy delivery. He backed into it, first talking about the Artemis moon mission and then the oil we’re seizing from Venezuela. After that he was just reading words off the prompter.No one could argue with the president’s core message. Iran is the world’s leading terror state. Something should have been done during its 47-year history of violence and murderous proxies like Hamas. Iran can never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. The dictators killed 45,000 of their own people (though Trump played this down when he was trying to negotiate a deal).TRUMP LASHES OUT AT ‘SICK’ IRANIAN LEADERS, CONFIRMS ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR ENDING WARBut the 19-minute speech was a jumble of contradictions. Trump kept saying we’ve won, we’ve decimated Iran’s military, which is true. And yet he said the U.S. will intensify its bombing campaign for the next two to three weeks, targeting Tehran’s energy facilities.  Why is that necessary, if America has already won? And will it really last less than a month?It was clear heading into the speech that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Democratic-controlled Colorado House passed a bill Thursday allowing people harmed by conversion therapy to sue therapists, just days after the Supreme Court blocked enforcement of the state’s ban on the method.HB26-1322 would establish a pathway for Coloradans to bring civil claims against licensed mental health professionals accused of causing harm through efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.The bill also allows people to seek legal action against the entities that hired and supervised a professional who conducted conversion therapy. The bill now heads to the state Senate, which is also controlled by Democrats, for consideration.The measure could open the door to lawsuits years after therapy takes place and expose providers to significant financial liability.KAGAN TURNS ON LIBERAL ALLY JACKSON WITH FOOTNOTE JAB OVER FREE SPEECH The legislation was advanced just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Colorado cannot enforce its conversion therapy ban regarding conversations between therapists and LGBTQ+ minors, arguing the law likely violates the First Amendment by allowing some viewpoints but not others.In an 8-1 decision Tuesday, the court said the law favors one viewpoint by allowing therapists to affirm a minor’s gender identity…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man and a woman in North Carolina were arrested on child abuse charges after six children were rescued from a “filthy” home, including one child who was kept in a dog kennel.Lacy Douglas Hocutt Jr., 34, and Rachelleigh Marie Galasso, 33, were taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with abuse, neglect and other serious crimes, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office said, according to WRAL.The two suspects made their first court appearances on Thursday, when prosecutors said the alleged abuse was among the worst they had ever seen.Prosecutors said six children, ranging in age from one to 15, were removed from the home in February, with each of them having serious health issues, WRAL reported.REPEAT OFFENDER ALLEGEDLY STABS PREGNANT MOM IN RANDOM GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT ATTACK ‘WITH A STEAK KNIFE’ Multiple children will need to have teeth removed and are unable to eat without pain, prosecutors said.One child, 13, was kept in a dog kennel, court documents show, according to WRAL.The boy was considered to be “so grossly underweight that it was life-threatening,” according to the documents.NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN WHO VANISHED 24 YEARS AGO TEARFULLY REUNITES WITH DAUGHTER OUTSIDE COURT…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! There was no formal meeting and no big announcement, just a brief phone call.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump informed her she had the job in a simple post-election call, telling her: “Oh, by the way, you know, you’re going to be the White House press secretary, right?”Speaking at a Turning Point USA event at George Washington University on Thursday evening, Leavitt described the moment as “the most anti-climatic thing ever” and said the job offer came without any formal process.”About a week after the election, we were on the phone about something, the president and me, just chit chatting,” Leavitt said.KAROLINE LEAVITT STOPS BY ‘RUTHLESS’ TO TOUT TRUMP’S ‘INCREDIBLE’ FIRST SIX MONTHS OF SECOND TERM “And it was the most anti-climatic thing ever. He goes, ‘Oh, by the way, you know, you’re going to be the White House press secretary, right?’” Leavitt said, to which she responded, “Oh, okay.””And he said, ‘So about that other thing, what do you think about that? What should we do? What should we say?’”WHITE HOUSE HAS SUGGESTION FOR JASMINE CROCKETT AFTER DEM CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘SICK’ “That was it. That’s how…

For the past century, the weapon of choice for inflicting mass causalities has been artillery. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, however, that has given way to something higher tech and cheaper — drones. Haunting Russian FPV drone footage that they themselves have uploaded to the internet shows the hum of drones as they stalk their human prey — civilians who find themselves caught in the quagmire of war. “They’re talking about hunting humans,” former Navy pilot Ken Harbaugh told Military Times. “They’re talking about it as a kind of flex, and they post these images on Telegram, and they share them around. … It’s not collateral damage. Civilians are the targets. Little old ladies walking back from the market with shopping bags under their arms. They’re the targets.”While just 17 minutes, “Drone Hunters of Kherson” displays the adaptability of this new war landscape, as Ukrainian counter-drone units patrol on foot to protect the people of Kherson and Odessa from Russian attacks.The documentary follows Harbaugh — the first American to embed with the elite 11th “M. Hrushevskyi” Brigade, the 34th Coastal Defense Brigade and the 30th Marine Corps — as he takes viewers into what he describes as “a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Thursday proclaimed that certain imported patented pharmaceuticals and related ingredients could face tariffs of up to 100%, framing the move as a national security measure and intensifying his push to bring drug manufacturing back to the United States.The proclamation creates a tiered system for drugmakers: companies with Commerce Department-approved plans to onshore production could face a 20% tariff instead, while some firms that strike pricing and manufacturing agreements with the administration could receive zero-tariff treatment for a period.A senior administration official said the policy amounts to a “100% tax” on drugs produced abroad.Trump’s proclamation states that imported pharmaceuticals and key ingredients “are being imported into the United States in such quantities and under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the United States.”TRUMP’S NEW TARIFF PLAN BARRELS BACK TO COURT FOLLOWING MULTISTATE LAWSUIT The move sets up a major clash over the cost and supply of brand-name medicines, as Trump argues the U.S. is overly dependent on foreign pharmaceutical manufacturing while offering lower tariffs to companies that build in America.According to the proclamation, about 53% of patented pharmaceutical products distributed in the U.S. are…

U.S. defense stocks have declined even as the Iran war drags on, indicating that the typical “buy-on-conflict” trade had largely peaked in the weeks before in anticipation of tougher action by President Donald Trump.The NYSE Arca Defense index, which includes 34 small and large-cap U.S. companies, fell nearly 8% in March, compared with the broader S&P 500’s 5% drop. In contrast, it had gained about 12% in February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.The sluggish performance, strategists said, signaled investors were unwinding positions after a strong run this year and does not reflect fading demand or doubts about longer-term defense spending.“A lot of conflict premium was in their valuations,” said David Bianco, Americas chief investment officer at German asset manager DWS.“We saw gold and oil and defense rally, part of the reason was messages from the administration, when Trump was sending the armada to the Middle East. Nobody knew anything, but they saw chances of a conflict.”Bianco said he began reducing his “overweight” position on defense stocks before the Middle East conflict began.There were signs well before the U.S.-Israeli bombing began in late February that Washington was preparing for a confrontation with Tehran.Reuters reported in the weeks leading up to the…