Suspect in Ky. shooting spree is ex-National Guard who bought AR-style rifle and 1,000 rounds of ammo hours before attacks
Authorities say the suspect still being sought for shooting and killing a motorist on a rural Kentucky highway on Monday was a National Guardsman who purchased an AR-type rifle and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition just hours before the initial attack. Joseph Couch, 32, legally purchased the rifle and ammunition shortly before a 12-vehicle shooting […]
Libya’s Coast Guard Intercepts 64 Europe-Bound Migrants
CAIRO (AP) — Libya's coast guard has intercepted dozens of Europe-bound migrants on a boat and returned them to land, authorities said Saturday, days after the shipwreck off the North African country left nearly two dozen people dead or missing. The boat, carrying 64 migrants, was intercepted on Friday off the northwestern city of Sirte, […]
Our Country Is ‘Missing a Lot of Religon’; ‘No Guard Rails’
“There's a lot of religion missing in America,” former President Donald Trump said in an interview with podcaster Rex Friedman that premiered on Tuesday. “One of the tragic things in life is that it ends. How often do you think about your own death? Are you afraid of death?” Fridman asked Trump in the interview. […]
National Guard vets say ‘Gitmo would be a good place for’ Tim Walz over stolen valor accusations
Army National Guard veterans are accusing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of being a “habitual liar” about his military rank and why he left his unit before deploying to Iraq, with one veteran joking that “Guantanamo Bay, Cuba” would be a “good place” for the Democratic vice presidential nominee to end up. “We're not just talking […]
Ex-prison guard who had affair with Susan Smith opposes her parole
The former prison guard boyfriend of murderer's mother Susan Smith believes she should not be released on parole, and suggested in a new interview that she “hasn't actually learned anything” from 30 years incarcerated. Alfred Rowe said News NationAshleigh Banfield Smith, 52, star of “Pretty Woman,” is serving a life sentence in South Carolina for […]
Bengals guard Cody Ford’s influencer ex-fiancee calls out his apparent new partner after cheating scandal that broke them up
NFL star Cody Ford's ex-fiancée has seemingly accused the offensive lineman's new girlfriend of wearing her clothes and showing them off on social media following the couple's very public split. Corey Ford split with social media influencer Tiana Robillard in June after she accused him of cheating before ending their short-lived engagement. Cody Ford and […]
Trump says he would create a Space National Guard and build an 'Iron Dome' missile shield around the US
Former President Trump announced his military plans in a speech on Monday, saying he would create a National Guard for a Space Force and build an “Iron Dome” on American soil. Speaking at the National Guard Association conference in Detroit on Monday, President Trump touted the creation of a sixth branch of the U.S. military, […]
Tim Walz campaigned on possible deployment to Iraq in 2005 — then left Nat’l Guard before being sent
During Tim Walz’s own 2005 campaign for Congress, the then-candidate touted that he would go to Iraq if deployed, but Walz later famously left the National Guard to avoid deployment, according to information obtained by The Washington Post. The March 2005 press release made no mention of Waltz’s impending retirement at the time and came […]
Walz didn’t inform Nat’l Guard unit he was retiring: sources
When Tim Waltz retired from the Army National Guard ahead of his deployment to Iraq, he barely told his fellow soldiers he was abandoning his unit — he even submitted his resignation without notifying his superiors, The Washington Post has learned. Thomas Berens, who replaced Walz in the summer of 2005 in preparing 500 troops […]
Rep. Jim Banks probes Tim Walz’s ‘obvious security risk’ in dozen trips to China while serving in National Guard
In a letter obtained exclusively by The Washington Post, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Indiana) is asking the Pentagon to explain why Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz posed a “clear security risk” to the United States by visiting China at least 12 times while serving in the National Guard. Banks wrote Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on […]