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September 8, 2021

New York US House candidate found dead after dropping out of race

A former New York congressional candidate died in an apparent suicide on Tuesday – less than two weeks after he dropped his bid for U.S. House, government officials and reports said.

September 7, 2021

Motive for Florida family's massacre may never be known

Investigators say that when they captured Marine veteran Bryan Riley outside the Lakeland, Florida, home where he allegedly killed a couple, their 3-month-old son and the boy's grandmother, he told them, "You know why I did this."

September 6, 2021

Florida judge denies bond to Marine sharpshooter accused of killing 4, including baby in mother's arms

A judge in Florida on Monday ordered a suspected gunman held without bond a day after the Marine and self-described "survivalist" allegedly broke into a stranger’s home in a methamphetamine-fueled rampage and murdered four people, including a three-month-old baby boy in his mother’s arms. 

September 3, 2021

Johnny Joey Jones: Veterans ask 'were we betrayed?' as Biden 'cowers' and fails to lead

Retired Marine Corps bomb technician Johnny Joey Jones said on "The Five" Friday that President Biden's failure to lead has left veterans wondering whether or not they were betrayed.

September 3, 2021

Former Navy SEAL walk-on linebacker on 'emotional' Nebraska football 9/11 tribute

University of Nebraska football player and former Navy SEAL Damian Jackson spoke about the team's tribute video to 9/11 first responders Friday on "Fox & Friends."

September 3, 2021

Gold Star families want National Mall memorial for service members killed in war on terror, decry delays

Gold Star families are demanding answers after their pleas to get a Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Memorial built on the National Mall appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

August 31, 2021

Bipartisan group of 34 senators ask VA to help struggling veterans after botched Afghanistan withdrawal

A bipartisan group of 34 senators sent a letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough calling on the department to hasten connecting struggling Afghanistan veterans to mental health services in the aftermath of the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan and Kabul bombing, which killed 13 U.S. service members.

August 31, 2021

Indiana family of slain US service member in Kabul airport attack says ‘he had such a beautiful soul’

An Indiana family is reeling from the loss of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, one of the 13 U.S. service members killed in last week’s terrorist attack at Kabul’s airport.

August 30, 2021

Houston Afghanistan veteran dies of treatable illness after waiting for ICU bed

An Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan died in Texas from a treatable illness all because no ICU beds were available.

August 30, 2021

Wounded Afghan war vet, PA congressional candidate: Biden's botched withdrawal 'ripped off a lot of scabs'

A veteran of the war in Afghanistan and Pennsylvania Republican congressional candidate described how the execution of President Biden's withdrawal strategy "ripped off a lot of scabs", as he recounted the incident that wounded him to Fox Nation's "Tucker Carlson Today".