NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was caught on video calling Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin a “racist” during a House committee meeting Wednesday focused on department funding.Following the initial outburst, Green proceeded to tell Mullin to “shut up.”The Homeland Security secretary could be seen cocking his head in apparent surprise, as Green continued the verbal attack, repeating “shut up.””Did you just tell me to shut up,” Mullin asked. DEMS THROW HOUSE INTO CHAOS AFTER 10 MODERATES JOIN GOP TO PUNISH AL GREENAs the sound of the gavel rang out, Green shouted back, “It’s my time.””I’m not going to let anybody call me a racist chairman,” Mullen calmly told Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-New York, who serves as the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Green denied making the comment before again asking Garbarino to “tell him to shut up.”The chairman called for the encounter to be suspended following Green’s escalation at the House gathering. Green has a history of aggressive outbursts, having been ejected from President Donald Trump’s primetime address to a joint session of Congress for a second year in a row in February.He was recently defeated in the Democratic primary…

Defense officials need to review their special needs health care coverage to make sure it meets the needs of military families, according to a new report from government auditors.The Government Accountability Office looked at the Tricare Extended Care Health Option, known as ECHO, and its ECHO home health care benefit, known as EHHC. Military families may face challenges getting access to these services, which help individuals keep, learn or improve skills and functioning for daily living; provide durable medical equipment and incontinence supplies; and offer caregiver support, such as respite care. Families with special needs may have difficulty getting access to the services they need, especially because of frequent military moves.The coverage may be outdated, with the amounts at the same level since 2009, auditors noted in a GAO report published Monday.Because of rising health care costs, the Defense Health Agency “lacks reasonable assurance that ECHO benefits, including EHHC services, are fully meeting the program’s purpose of mitigating the disabling effects of a qualifying condition,” auditors stated. The coverage limit for the ECHO program has remained at $36,000 per enrollee per calendar year since 2009, when lawmakers last authorized an increase. Auditors said that with inflation, that equates to about…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Airline passengers who become abusive or disruptive during flights could soon face bans from multiple carriers under a new proposal being considered.The plan would allow airlines in the U.K. to share information about problematic passengers — and potentially prevent those individuals from booking flights with other airlines, according to reporting by the BBC.Currently, travelers banned by one airline can often simply book with another carrier.FLIGHT PASSENGER YELLS, ‘I WANT OFF,’ CALLS CREW ‘IDIOTS’ AND YANKS OPEN EMERGENCY EXIT DOORGovernment officials are expected to meet with airlines this month to discuss how a national database of disruptive passengers could operate, the same source reported.The unusual proposal comes as airlines continue to deal with incidents involving intoxicated, aggressive or unruly passengers, particularly during busy travel periods. “Everyone should be able to enjoy a pint at the airport, but antisocial behavior on flights is totally unacceptable,” a government source told the BBC.The national database would be co-operatively managed by the government and the airline industry, the BBC said. OUTRAGED PASSENGERS SAY PARENTS DITCHED ROWDY KIDS IN COACH WHILE THEY UPGRADED TO FIRST CLASSNot everyone is convinced such a proposal is the right solution.Gary Leff, a Texas-based…

The U.S. Navy is in the process of expanding the amount of grab-and-go food stations at shore-based installations and implementing changes that will make those options accessible all day.Vice Adm. Scott Gray, commander of Navy Installations Command, announced the development during a media roundtable Wednesday, in which he discussed the service’s recently announced food service transformation initiative.“We acknowledge that our sailors are busy,” Gray said in the roundtable. “This grab-and-go is an effort to ensure that no matter what your schedule looks like during the day, you have the opportunity not only to ensure that you get something to eat but that you get healthy options.”In 2025, there were few grab-and-go options across all shore-based galleys, Gray said.By the end of June 2026, there will be a grab-and-go stations at 95% of all shore-based galleys.The Navy is also planning to maximize the amount of time those grab-and-go stations are open by the end of the year.RELATEDRight now, galleys operate so that they only offer food during breakfast, lunch and dinner time.In between those hours, sailors are unable to access food there.But by the end of 2026, grab-and-go stations will operate from the minute the galley opens to the minute it…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., lashed out at towel-clad Republican staffers outside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s (DSCC) headquarters this week after they confronted him and other top Dems over their support for scandal-plagued Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.Video obtained by Fox News Digital shows the Republican protesters, including staffers from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), dressed in towels to mock a sexually suggestive Kik profile photo of Platner that showed the Democratic Senate hopeful shirtless with a towel around his waist.”Do you support Graham Platner even though he’s on Kik?” one protester asked Sanders outside the DSCC headquarters in Washington, D.C., where Platner and other top Dems were seen entering and exiting to meet with the embattled candidate ahead of his June 9 primary. Platner’s campaign has been dogged by controversies, including a tattoo recognized as a Nazi symbol that he has since covered up, resurfaced Reddit posts that blamed rape victims, pushed racial stereotypes, mocked a Purple Heart veteran, and encouraged political violence, among other controversial comments on the popular blogging platform.WATCH: DEM SENATORS EXCUSE PLATNER’S CONDUCT AT CRISIS HUDDLE WITH EMBATTLED MAINE CANDIDATEMeanwhile, Platner’s issues continued just days ahead…

Fighters participating in the Ultimate Fighting Championship matches on the White House grounds later this month aren’t the only ones who need to make weight. Service members attending the event must also meet certain physical standards, according to an internal document reviewed and authenticated by Military Times. In the document, the Pentagon called on commanders to find volunteers to attend the June 14 matches, which are being held in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary — and President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.The administration set aside about 1,200 tickets for active-duty troops, said Dana white, CEO of the UFC. Celebrities and personal invitees of the Trump administration and UFC leadership will also attend.The televised event will take place on the South Lawn, where a caged octagon with a towering patriotic arch was erected for the occasion. The military described it as a “high visibility” event and provided a list of requirements for those selected to attend. Service members must meet a waist-to-height ratio of 0.55 or less, the document states. Troops must also meet their service-specific physical fitness standards to attend. The Pentagon introduced the waist-to-height ratio earlier this year as a means to evaluate the body fat of troops. The ratio,…

People in Kenya are protesting the United States’ plan to create a quarantine facility in the country for Americans who may be infected with the Ebola virus. Kenya’s high court effectively delayed the Trump administration’s plan to send American citizens exposed to the Ebola virus to a quarantine unit at Laikipia Air Base in central Kenya. A judge at the court, the Honorable Lady Justice Patricia Nyaundi, said in a ruling that the next proceedings in the case would not take place until June 23rd, at which point a date for a full hearing would be set, according to a report by The New York Times. This will effectively delay any action on the matter until then. The court suspended the plan for the facility last week, after the Katiba Institute, a Kenyan civil society group, filed a petition challenging its constitutionality. As part of its response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the Trump administration announced last week that it would prevent any American citizens exposed to the virus from returning to the United States for observation and treatment. That decision, a departure from U.S. policy during previous Ebola outbreaks, has shocked many health experts. –The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former UFC fighter and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren will be fighting for the first time in nearly seven years after undergoing a double-lung transplant.Last year, Askren was on a ventilator and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), with his wife, Amy, going as far as saying he needed a “miracle.”Well, the miracle occurred, and a comeback is now on the horizon. Askren will face former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in a wrestling match at Real American Freestyle 11 on July 18, his 42nd birthday, in Milwaukee. RAF was co-founded by the late Hulk Hogan.Askren “developed severe pneumonia which came on very suddenly” last June, Amy said, and was eventually put on life support. Askren was placed on the transplant list on June 24 and received a donor organ days later.Askren later said that he did not remember anything from May 28 to July 2 and “only died four times” while losing 50 pounds in the hospital. He was released from the hospital on July 22 after 59 days.”It was hard, it was hard. And I said this already in one of my videos, but the support you guys gave me, whether it was sending a GoFundMe,…

Lockheed Martin has downed a Group 3 one-way attack drone for the first time using a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile, fired from its GRIZZLY containerized launcher. The test integrated the company’s Sanctum counter-unmanned aerial system battle manager with Fortem R-40 radars for detection, tracking and engagement.Announced June 3, the live-fire demonstration paired the radars, Sanctum software and launcher to destroy the target at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, according to the company. Lockheed said it integrated the system and completed live-fire testing in under 45 days.The Fortem R-40 comes from a counter-drone partnership Lockheed strengthened in April, when it invested $25 million into the Utah-based firm to incorporate its radars and interceptors more tightly into the Sanctum system.The test builds on GRIZZLY’s first live-fire in March, when Lockheed fired a Hellfire missile from the same container system during a vertical-launch test at Yakima Training Center, Washington, six months after the program began. The launcher is designed to fire both the Hellfire and JAGM and borrows design elements from Lockheed’s M299 launcher. Where March proved the launcher, the June test added the JAGM and a full detect-track-engage kill chain against a live Group 3 drone target, a class the Defense Department defines as…

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