Author: Bud Thomas

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce appeared to enter the twilight of his career this season as his production numbers took a downturn in his 12th season in the NFL.Kelce faced all kinds of criticism during the season, with accusations flying about him being washed up or spending too much time with his girlfriend, Taylor Swift. He still managed to have 97 catches for 823 yards and three touchdowns in 16 games. Even at 35 years old, Kelce was healthy for the entire season and only missed Week 18 as the Chiefs decided to rest their starters having already wrapped…

Just ahead of the 2025 SHOT Show Franklin Armory started dropping new product releases that we’ll get to see at the show. First up is the latest addition to their Binary Firing System lineup. Franklin Armory has adapted their patented pull and release semiautomatic trigger technology to a completely assembled, drop-in ready polymer housing for the Ruger 10/22 platform, with the new 22-EZ Binary trigger. The 22-EZ still uses the same three-position selectable trigger system that users are familiar with from all of their Binary triggers: Position One, safe; Position Two, traditional semiautomatic; Position Three, Binary. In Binary mode, a…

Jack Hoffman, a Nebraska Cornhuskers superfan battling cancer who captured the attention of the nation for his spring game touchdown run when he was 7 years old, has died. He was 19.Hoffman died of brain cancer on Wednesday, Team Jack Foundation Executive Director Kylie Dockter said. He had battled new and more aggressive tumors late last year. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of Jack Hoffman, the courageous namesake of the Team Jack Foundation. Jack passed away after a long and hard-fought battle with brain cancer, a journey that inspired countless lives and…

In recent years, gun owners in Washington State have felt under siege every time the state legislature is in session, and this year is no exception. A punitive measure proposed by two Democrat lawmakers would expand the list of locations where lawful residents could not possess a firearm for self-defense. Senate Bill 5098, introduced by Senators Javier Valdez and Rebecca Saldaña, would ban the possession of firearms in parks, government buildings and areas where “children are likely to be present.” If that seems like a pretty broad scope of the state, the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action agrees with you. “This…

This article was originally published by Ryan McMaken at The Mises Institute.  Donald Trump has made it clear that he likes the idea of Greenland seceding from Denmark. “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Of course, the road to a US annexation of Greenland could go at least two different ways. One way is outright unilateral annexation in which the US declares the island to be US territory. That’s essentially what the US did…

Christina Haack’s heated divorce battle with estranged husband Josh Hall is heading for the courtroom.Haack and Hall are “not even close” to settling their divorce.”We’re going to be going to trial, I hear,” the HGTV star said during a Jan. 12 appearance on Sirius XM’s “Jeff Lewis Live.” “He doesn’t want to do mediation. It’s going to be fun, can’t wait.”CHRISTINA HALL SAYS EX MADE ‘LIFE HARDER OVER INSECURITIES’; SHE GOT SILENT TREATMENT OVER TAREK EL MOUSSA Haack noted she hasn’t been “ordered” to pay Hall’s attorney’s fees, “but he’s been asking.” “I’ve already had to give a little something,”…

Drake Maye is ending his rookie season with a ring.The 22-year-old quarterback announced on his Instagram page that he is engaged to his now-fiancée, Ann Hudson.”Love doing life with you. Can’t wait to marry you,” Maye wrote in his post. The couple were on a beach right at the water, all alone with an umbrella, roses and a blanket to celebrate the occasion.Both attended the University of North Carolina, and they celebrated their nine-year dating anniversary this past October.The New England Patriots took Maye with the third overall selection, and after early struggles, he looked much better as he continued…

The Chicago city council on Wednesday blocked a proposal that would have allowed local law enforcement to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain migrants with a criminal record.Chicago’s “welcoming city” ordinance, in compliance with the 2017 Illinois Trust Act, prohibits local law enforcement from participating in federal immigration enforcement.Ald Ray Lopez and Silvana Tabares wanted to change the ordinance to enable police to cooperate with ICE to target migrants who had been arrested for gang or drug-related activities or sexual crimes involving minors. Their measure received backlash from activist groups when they first introduced the measure in 2023. The two officials…

New York state Sen. James Skoufis is dropping out of the Democratic National Committee chair’s race — and has endorsed Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin. In a statement shared first with POLITICO, Skoufis, a longshot contender who pitched himself as a party outsider, said Martin “will re-center what is most important for our party: expanding the map and rebuilding our once-big Democratic tent by taking power outside of the DC Beltway and kicking the out-of-touch consultant class to the curb.” Skoufis, who won a state Senate district that Donald Trump held by double-digits in 2024, regularly accused the Washington,…

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