Author: Jack Bogart

Images by the author I have not had much experience with John Browning’s wunderkind, the .50 BMG. Let’s say that right up front. But I’ve always had a fascination with it, probably starting when I was a young pup, building plastic models of WWII aircraft and painting their “machine guns” a gunmetal color. I imagined what it would’ve been like to fire them. Fast-forward several decades, with two reviews under my belt of an Armalite .50BMG bolt rifle. Then add to that my recent review of the HM Defense Sniper Rifle in that esteemed caliber. I guess you could say I…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A single tip about a quiet suburban home in California exploded into a massive human trafficking takedown that rescued nearly 20 children, uncovered residential brothels and netted more than 600 arrests statewide, authorities said Tuesday.The week-long operation, dubbed Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, involved dozens of agencies and led to the rescue of 12 adults and five children in Los Angeles County alone, officials said during a news conference.Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said the entire investigation began with a single citizen complaint about a suspicious home in Walnut. That tip led…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is facing intense criticism over its failure to swiftly outlaw Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The development comes as a London-based Islamic center has been accused of selling merchandise supporting terrorism.Potkin Azarmehr, a British-Iranian expert on Iran who has written extensively on Iran’s influence operations in the United Kingdom, told Fox News Digital the “Islamic Centre of England is a regime outpost.”The head of the center is directly appointed by Iran’s supreme leader. The letter of the appointment is publicly read during the inauguration ceremony. There is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Federal prosecutors have charged more than 150 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota with crimes ranging from obstruction of federal agents to FACE Act violations — offenses that carry penalties from fines to years in prison — as the Justice Department warns that similar conduct will be prosecuted aggressively nationwide. The response in the state offers a roadmap of sorts for how the Justice Department could move to quash similar protests nationwide and respond to unrest during Trump’s second presidential term. In Minnesota, more than 150 protesters have been arrested since the start of the Trump…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A suspect described as a “monster” was arrested following a manhunt for the killer of an Illinois bar owner who authorities say was murdered in an “execution-style” shooting Monday.Julius E. Burkes Jr., 47, was taken into custody on Tuesday in connection with the murder of 30-year-old Courtney M. Drysdale, the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department said.Drysdale was killed just before noon Monday inside The Line, a local bar she owned in rural Momence near the Illinois-Indiana border, authorities said.The 30-year-old mother was opening the bar when the suspect walked in, brandished a gun…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A comprehensive new briefing document from a prominent nonpartisan research and policy group is sounding the alarm on “serious ethical and national security concerns” related to Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib and her affiliations with individuals and organizations linked to designated foreign terrorist entities.”The conduct of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, including her rhetoric, affiliations, campaign infrastructure, and ideological alignment with certain individuals and organizations, raises serious concerns about potential risks to the ethical and institutional integrity of the United States government,” the report, released by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The family of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie, released a public plea to potential captors for proof of life after she went missing Saturday. Ed Smart, whose daughter Elizabeth was kidnapped in 2002, said the video’s release is likely strategic.”Talking directly to those that have taken her, the abductors, is crucially important,” Smart said Thursday on “Fox & Friends.” “That they know that they’re trying to comply with everything that’s being said, that they want to resolve this and bring their mother home,” he added.Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In a heartfelt moment captured on video, President Donald Trump called the family of Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis to personally confirm that the fallen U.S. Army Ranger would receive the Medal of Honor, recognizing his heroism and sacrifice after he died shielding an allied soldier in Afghanistan in 2013.In the video, Ollis’ father, Robert, was seen taking the call from the president, with his shock written across his face.”We’re very nervous,” Robert can be heard saying on speakerphone.”You should be, because your son is going to get the highest honor that you…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump quipped during his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday that he is unable to sleep on planes because he’s busy watching for “enemies.””I don’t sleep on planes. I don’t like sleeping on planes. You know. I like looking out the window, watching for missiles and enemies, actually,” Trump said on Thursday, drawing laughter from the crowd. Trump joined the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning, which pulls together bipartisan lawmakers, business leaders and foreign dignitaries to reflect on faith and prayer for the nation. It was the sixth…

NEED TO KNOW An autopsy reveals Monique Tepe was shot several times and had an additional contusion in her leg Her husband Spencer Tepe had been shot several times, including once in his head Monique’s ex-husband Michael McKee has been charged with aggravated murder in connection with the killings A medical examiner’s report says Monique Tepe, who was found dead alongside her husband Spencer Tepe in their home, was shot nine times, including once in her face. The double-murder of the beloved couple in Columbus, Ohio, garnered national attention and left their families reeling. Now, Franklin County coroner’s reports obtained…