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According to Campus Reform, “The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado has removed the “Diversity and Inclusion Studies” minor from its official list of “majors and minors.” Better late than never but one can wonder what diversity has to do with The Air Force. “The program was meant to help students “[a]nalyze, synthesize, and apply a broad range of theories of, and methodologies for, the critical study of diversity and inclusion, including how diversity and inclusion change in varied historical and social contexts” according to The Campus Reform website. Included in these courses no longer taught was a gender studies…

An FPV perched on the ground starts up as a Russian ‘Bukhanka’ van approachesSerhii Sternenko via X/Twitter New videos released by Ukrainian forces show FPV lurk-and-strike ambush tactics in action. The technique is used behind Russian lines to strike vehicles travelling on supply routes and seems to be used as a way to interdict logistics – and also for targeted assassinations. This technique may have been adopted as a way to get around the short flight time of FPVs, which typically fly for 20 minutes or less and cannot wait for targets. But it is also a stepping stone to…

Global leaders have been called on to force President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to withdraw U.S. taxpayer contributions to the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), a report Monday details. The U.N. agency’s chief is predicting a catastrophic financial outcome if Trump goes ahead with his campaign promise to suspend funding and recall all U.S. government personnel working with the institution. AP reports for 2024-2025, the U.S. is W.H.O.’s biggest donor by far, putting in an estimated $988 million, roughly 14 percent of the U.N. agency’s $6.9 billion budget. A budget document presented at a recent meeting showed W.H.O.’s health emergencies…

The third soldier inside the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines jet at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was identified as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, who had been a White House social aide under the Biden administration. In a press release issued by the U.S. Army, it was revealed that “at the request of and in coordination with” Lobach’s family, the U.S. Army was releasing the name of the third soldier who had been on the Black Hawk helicopter during a training mission on Wednesday. CBS News reported that Lobach had also worked as a White…

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysVice President JD Vance backed up President Donald Trump’s claim that diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, policies led to Wednesday’s plane crash in Washington, D.C., telling Fox News that white people have been discouraged from applying to be air traffic controllers because of what he referred to as the “DEI regime.”On “Sunday Morning Futures,” Vance argued that the “DEI policies” of the Biden and Obama administrations “contributed to where…

The US president has warned that “something very powerful” will happen unless the country curbs Chinese influence over the canal US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged Panama to reduce Chinese influence over the Panama Canal or face potential US retaliation. He made the remarks in Panama City on Sunday during his first overseas trip as top diplomat.During a meeting with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino and Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha, Rubio conveyed President Donald Trump’s concerns that Panama is violating the 1977 treaty with the US which guarantees the permanent neutrality of the critical waterway.“This status quo is…

Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack,Trump signed an Executive Order to build an Iron Dome for America, which aims to defend the homeland “against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks.” It’ll also importantly include space-based monitoring and interception systems. Some of the latter will have “non-kinetic capabilities” too, likely referring to directed-energy weapons (DEWs), but it’s unclear whether they’ll be deployed on the ground and/or in space.Here are five takeaways from this monumental move:*  *  *1. Strategic Stability Will Never Look The SameBush Jr.’s unilateral withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002 prompted Russia to develop hypersonic…

Chuck Schumer (left) and Maxine Waters (right) The DOJ’s investigation into Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) officially kicked off late last month with a letter of inquiry sent to Schumer by Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr. A copy of the full letter was circulating on social media Sunday afternoon. As The Gateway Pundit recently reported, the Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Chuck Schumer for threatening Supreme Court justices during a pro-abortion rally back in 2020. DOJ Opens Investigation into Chuck Schumer For Threatening Supreme Court Justices In what could be construed as a violent…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country has only received around $76 billion in aid from the United States despite America authorising around $175 billion to support the war-torn country. In an interview with the Associated Press published over the weekend, President Zelensky said he doesn’t know where most of the money the United States allocated under the Biden administration to Ukraine has gone. “When I hear – both in the past and even now – from the U.S. that America has provided Ukraine with hundreds of billions, as the president of a nation at war, I can…

Promise made, promise kept. That is the overwhelming feeling for Americans under President Donald Trump as they are more bullish on the U.S. economy and the stock market while being more hopeful about crushing inflation and borrowing costs than they have been in 10 years or more, a Gallup poll showed on Monday. Overall Americans’ current outlook on the stock market is the most optimistic Gallup has recorded, while the percentages expecting interest rates, unemployment, and inflation to worsen are among the lowest. Reuters reports some 53 percent of Americans predicted the U.S. economy will grow over the next six months,…