Year after year, the Great Smoky Mountains are America’s most-visited national park. Turns out, fall might be its most impressive season.A new study ranking the best national parks for an autumn getaway put the Smokies at No. 1, ahead of Acadia, Shenandoah, Rocky Mountain and Grand Teton.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORSThe research, conducted by Sudoku Bliss, analyzed National Park Service visitation data from September through November between 2021 and 2025, along with Google ratings and reviews. Great Smoky Mountains earned the top overall score after welcoming nearly 19 million fall visitors over that five-year span. And if you’re looking for a second opinion, the acting director of the National Park Service happens to agree.During a recent interview with OutKick OutDoors, Jessica Bowron named the Smokies and the Blue Ridge Parkway when asked where she’d send someone chasing fall colors.6 OF THE BEST FALL CAMPING DESTINATIONS IN AMERICA, PLUS GEAR BEGINNERS SHOULD PACK”I would send them to the Blue Ridge Parkway, with a close partner being the Great Smoky Mountains National Park,” Bowron said. “Two really incredible parks to see the fall colors.”Great Smoky Mountains leads the fall rankingsThe Smokies finished well ahead of the rest of the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: As President Donald Trump readies for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, some lawmakers want to remind the public of the several brutal acts that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has committed since its founding over a century ago.Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Angus King, I-Maine, have joined forces to push a reminder of a long list of actions obtained by Fox News Digital undertaken by the CCP in pursuit of its “tyrannical ambitions” to grab ahold of and maintain power in China.Both lawmakers want to put the “countless lives the Chinese Communist Party has destroyed and the people currently living in fear” at the forefront as Trump and Xi prepare for days of talks. And it comes as the CCP celebrates its 105th anniversary since its founding.GOP CRACKS WIDEN OVER IRAN WAR AS VULNERABLE CANDIDATES BREAK WITH TRUMP, DEMAND ITS END “For 105 years, the Chinese Communist Party has oppressed its own people, persecuted people of faith, and denied basic freedoms,” Lankford said in a statement to Fox News Digital.”As the United States engages with Beijing, we cannot forget the millions who have suffered under…

After over three decades serving as an essential part of the Air Force’s combat search and rescue operations, the HH-60G Pave Hawk flew once more before retiring from service.Two weeks ago, a divestment ceremony and final flight was held for the last operational Pave Hawk from the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Air National Guard Base, California, according to a recent release.“The ceremony commemorated more than the retirement of tail number 27045,” the announcement reads. “It honored a legacy built by the pilots, special mission aviators, pararescuemen, maintainers and support personnel who transformed the Pave Hawk from a helicopter into a symbol of hope and survival.”From serving in combat zones in Afghanistan and Iraq to assisting communities devastated by disasters in California, the aircraft represents the people who kept it operational and the lives it helped save.The aircraft from the 129th supported missions following hurricanes Katrina, Ike and Harvey as well as carrying crews during Afghanistan deployments, assisting in more than 300 combat saves.Fire engines spray a water arch to celebrate the U.S. Air Force’s last operational HH-60G Pave Hawk as it lands from its final flight on Sept. 10, 2026. (Serena Smith/U.S. Air National Guard)“When…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You probably know to be suspicious of a strange pop-up or a random website asking you to download something. But what happens when the ad comes from a verified account belonging to a company you recognize? That is what made a recent malware campaign involving HBO Max so concerning.Researchers at Hudson Rock found that cybercriminals hijacked HBO Max’s official, verified Reddit account and used it to push 108 distinct malicious ads over roughly 48 hours. The ads promoted HBO Max downloads along with AI tools, developer software and Mac utilities. Because they appeared under a verified corporate account, potential victims had one less reason to question what they were seeing.You do not need HBO Max to be exposed to this type of attack. The larger lesson involves how criminals can borrow credibility from verified accounts and familiar companies to get people to lower their guard. And once you click, the attack can take a surprisingly simple turn.NEW! 🩺 Free CyberGuy LIVE class: Get Better Healthcare With AI Saturday, September 26 at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PTKurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson will show you five practical ways AI can help you organize your…

Five U.S. military reservists filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday in an attempt to regain years of alleged unpaid compensation during periods when they left their federal civilian jobs to serve on active duty.The class action, filed before the Merit Systems Protection Board, pursues compensation for five current and former federal civilian employees who also serve in the military. The suit is against the Departments of Defense, Justice and Veterans Affairs, according to the motion shared with Military Times.The suit says the reservists served on qualifying active duty during a declared national emergency and were not paid the difference between their civilian salary and military pay.Those listed in the class action are: Army Reserve Capt. Lacy Jaudon, Army Reserve Lt. Col. Shahara Timbrook, Army reservist Shea Matthew Gibbons, Navy reservist Bryce Miller, and Army Reserve Capt. John Mezzanotte.Some of the reservists served on active duty dating back to 2016, while two are still under orders through Sept. 30.Reservist differential pay was enacted by Congress in 2009 to protect eligible federal civilian employees who are members of the Reserve of National Guard from taking a pay cut when called to active duty during a declared national emergency.Following that passage, the Office of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump plans to ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to release wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Dr. Youlin Chen, the man’s family told Fox News after his wife and the wife of another wrongful detainee spoke exclusively to Fox & Friends Wednesday.The wives of two wrongfully detained Americans in China made a plea for Trump to intervene in their husbands’ detention during an interview with Fox News Senior Foreign Correspondent Gillian Turner.Yugang Rong and Sylvia Zin implored Trump to intervene in the cases of their husbands; Dr. Chen, a seismic and nuclear researcher, and Min Zin, a scholar with a focus on Myanmar, respectively. The pair are the only two U.S. citizens in China that have been designated by the U.S. State Department as wrongfully detained.CHINA’S XI SET TO ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON FOR HIGH-STAKES TRUMP SUMMIT AS AI SUPREMACY BATTLE LOOMS LARGE”My husband is an American citizen. He is the father of my son and we terribly miss him,” Rong told Turner.Chen was taken from outside the Beijing airport by Chinese agents in November 2024, according to a website dedicated to his release. After Chinese agents took him, they reportedly seized his…

Greenland’s government and residents expressed relief that a military pact with the United States and Denmark may end anxiety over President Donald Trump’s threats to seize their Arctic island, but many remain distrustful of Washington.“I am incredibly relieved and think the outcome is very sensible. We can be satisfied,” Naaja Nathanielsen, a Greenlandic MP in the Danish parliament, told Reuters.Parliament speaker Kim Kielsen urged households to raise the Greenlandic flag on Wednesday. Activist and influencer Orla Joelsen encouraged residents in the capital, Nuuk, to show up at the airport to welcome the prime minister and foreign minister back from New York, where they struck the deal. New US basesThe agreement allows the U.S. to expand its military presence on Greenland, reopening Cold War-era bases in the settlements of Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig, with a prospect of renewed spending and employment potential. But it stopped short of Trump’s unsettling previous demand that the U.S. annex Greenland to head off the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China.“There has previously been a significant American presence in Greenland, so this is nothing new,” added Nathanielsen. “However, in light of the unrest over the past few years, there is likely greater scepticism in Greenland, and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It may not command the loudest headlines, but beneath the noise of the 24-hour news cycle, one of the most consequential foreign policy meetings of our time is taking shape as President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to meet in Washington, D.C.There is no shortage of crises competing for our world’s attention. Ukraine continues to withstand Russia’s war of aggression, conflicts persist in the Middle East, illicit fentanyl devastates our communities, and the costs of essential goods remain far too high. At first glance, these challenges may seem far removed from one another, and certainly farther from a summit in Washington.They are not.CHINA’S XI SET TO ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON FOR HIGH-STAKES TRUMP SUMMIT AS AI SUPREMACY BATTLE LOOMS LARGEUnderneath each of these pressures — quietly sustaining Russia and Iran, engineering fentanyl precursors, sowing disinformation and disrupting global supply chains — is a common thread: the Chinese Communist Party and its persistent pursuit of power to reshape the global order. China is a formidable adversary, but America is not coming to the table empty-handed. Congress and the administration have taken deliberate steps to reduce the vulnerabilities Beijing has exploited for…

On Oct. 1, the Air Force will eliminate all 10 civilian positions at the China Aerospace Studies Institute, the Air University center that publishes unclassified research on the People’s Liberation Army’s air, space and missile forces. Its director said the move will effectively end the institute, even as the service says CASI’s mission will continue.“As a part of the ongoing civilian restructure within Air Education and Training Command, civilian positions will no longer be assigned to China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI),” an Air Force spokesperson said in a statement to Defense News on Tuesday. “The CASI mission continues, with the organization leveraging assigned military service members to accomplish its objectives.”Civilians affected by the restructuring will stay in their current positions until further notice and will be evaluated for reassignment, the spokesperson said.CASI Director Brendan Mulvaney described the fallout differently. All of the institute’s civilian billets are being eliminated, “effectively ending CASI,” he said Tuesday. No military positions are affected, he said, noting the institute has two master sergeant billets and a deputy position that has remained unfilled for over a year.Asked how the cut would impact the institute’s research, Mulvaney said, “All of the research has always been done by…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Vice President Kamala Harris was accused of adopting a different accent during a Detroit NAACP appearance Tuesday, drawing criticism online over the way she addressed the crowd.Harris made the remarks Tuesday while urging Democratic turnout ahead of the 2026 midterms, but clips of her appearance quickly drew attention online for something else – critics said her delivery sounded noticeably different from her usual speaking voice.”Shirley Chisholm talked about it. If you’re not at the table, bring a folding chair. Otherwise, you might be on the menu. I’m conflating two people say, you know. It’s OK to not be in love with a candidate,” said Harris. “It’s OK to vote and ask everybody else to vote, because this choice is better than that one.”SOCIAL MEDIA ERUPTS AFTER HARRIS INTRODUCES ‘MOB BOSS’ ACCENT TO ATTACK TRUMP: ‘TOTAL CRINGE’ Critics online singled out part of her speech, saying she put on a new “accent.””Kamala Harris unveiled a new blaccent at an NAACP event in Detroit tonight. This pretty much confirms it. She’s running in 2028,” posted popular account End Wokeness along with a clip of her speech.”It’s so bad. Does this mean she’s running,”…