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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations, citing the Second Amendment and recent shootings at bases across the country. In a video posted to X, Hegseth said he is signing a memo that will direct base commanders to allow requests for troops to carry privately owned firearms “with the presumption that it is necessary for personal protection.”He said any denial of a service member’s request must be explained in detail and in writing. “Effectively, our bases across the country were gun-free zones,” Hegseth said. “Unless you’re training or unless…

The defence minister is refusing to comment on the deployment of special forces to the Middle East but has again insisted Australia will not put “boots on the ground” in Iran as part of any US-led military operation.Sources have told The Nightly that elite Australian troops have been constantly rotating out of the Al Minhad air base in the United Arab Emirates for “some time”, and well before the latest conflict in the region began in late February.A Daily Telegraph report stating that a “contingent of about 90 Special Air Services members was sent to region two weeks ago” has…

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Min Aung Hlaing receives enough votes to pass the majority threshold and become the ⁠country’s president.Published On 3 Apr 20263 Apr 2026Myanmar’s coup leader has won a parliamentary vote to become the ⁠country’s president, formalising his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an elected government.Min Aung Hlaing received at least 293 votes of 584 cast by MPs in the country’s pro-military parliament on Friday, passing the majority threshold, according to a tally of the ongoing vote count by news agencies.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe 69-year-old general orchestrated…

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…

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%…

There are several issues aboard BC Ferries vessels heading into the busy Easter weekend. The Spirit of Vancouver Island is still out of commission due to a generator problem that happened on Tuesday. It had only returned to service on Sunday after a separate breakdown during spring break.The Queen of Surrey has yet to return from its annual refit.“The past few days have been difficult, and we know this is not the level of service people expect from us, especially heading into a busy travel period like Easter,” Nicholas Jimenez, BC Ferries CEO, said on Thursday.“We hear that frustration and…

President Donald Trump is threatening US attacks on Iranian infrastructure while other nations try to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as the Mideast war rages on.

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Chicago Cubs opened the 2026 season with a six-game homestand at historic Wrigley Field.Among the thousands of Cubs fans who passed through the turnstiles at the famed ballpark on Chicago’s North Side was at least one who took Wednesday’s “businessman’s special” afternoon start to heart.Temperatures in the Windy City didn’t climb above 40 degrees Wednesday, and one fan, bundled in a coat and hat, multitasked on his cellphone and laptop, apparently working after the 2 p.m. first pitch. The rear of the scoreboard before a game between the Washington Nationals and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NASA’s Artemis II crew fired the Orion spacecraft’s main engine, committing the mission to a trajectory toward the moon just one day after launching into deep space.The translunar injection burn, which lasted several minutes, is the most critical engine firing of the mission and propelled the spacecraft out of Earth’s orbit and onto a path that will carry the crew around the moon and back to Earth.”With that successful TLI, the crew’s feeling pretty good up here on our way to the moon, and we just wanted to communicate to everyone around…