Operation Lone Star also includes the construction of more border wall, a move generally opposed by the
An active-duty airman has been found dead near a railway off the base. Laughlin Air Force Base is roughly 20 miles away from the southern border. It is home to the 47th Flying Training Wing and instructs pilots on how to fly
“Americans say Biden’s border chaos is an invasion; federal judges say it’s not” (web, April 29) suggests that Texas is not advancing its best argument to support its illegal immigrant law.
Texas and Oklahoma face a tornado watch issued by the National Weather
WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has started constructing a maritime pier that will allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, the Pentagon said on Friday, a move that had been expected,
US To Convert Pacific Oil Rigs Into Military Bases Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US Navy will convert surplus oil rigs in the western Pacific into mobile military bases as part of the US military buildup aimed at China, The Defense Post reported on Tuesday. The naval engineering firm Gibbs & Cox developed the concept, known as the Mobile Defense/Depot Platform (MODEP), and presented it earlier this month at the Sea Air Space Expo. The idea is to convert oil rigs...
A stunning timelapse shows April's vivid, full "pink moon" rising into the night sky over Kent Island, Maryland.
Abbott has credited his Operation Lone Star for a recent drop in migrant encounters on the Texas-Mexico border.
During the 2023 fiscal year, Texas on average accounted for roughly 59% of migrant encounters along the
Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R-TX) border security policies are popular among Texas voters, including Texas Hispanics, and help explain former President Donald Trump’s double-digit lead over President Joe Biden in the Lone Star State. For the past three years, the Abbott administration has repeatedly clashed with the Biden administration over immigration and border security. This conflict […]
(The Center Square) – Texas National Guard troops are continuing to build concertina wire barriers and expand Texas’ border wall through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star. Since launching OLS three years ago, Texas achieved a milestone this month of installing more than 100 miles of concertina wire along the Texas-Mexico border. Gov. Abbott has argued the concertina wire is an effective barrier that denies illegal entry. Texas is...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — An ammunition explosion at a base in southwestern Cambodia on Saturday afternoon killed 20 soldiers and wounded several others, Prime Minister Hun Manet said. Hun Manet said in a Facebook post that he was “deeply shocked” when he received the news of the blast at the base in Kampong Speu []