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The U.S. Air Force has issued updated guidance that centralizes and standardizes separation boards for service members who no longer meet military requirements, including those affected by transgender policy changes.The Associated Press first reported the change, citing an internal memo dated Aug. 12, 2025.According to the memo, once a board confirms a member meets the policy’s criteria, "the board must recommend separation."Hearings are closed and will not be recorded. Instead, the case file includes an abbreviated transcript prepared after the hearing. The policy narrows the board’s role to a single factual finding.NAVY SECRETARY PUSHES REVIEW BOARD TO PURGE DEI FROM

A third transgender athlete has sued a U.S. college in the span of one month in response to the ongoing national crackdown on biological males in women's sports. However, the latest lawsuit also claims a trans athlete was reinstated to a women's team in April despite NCAA policy and federal law prohibiting it. Trans track and field runner Evelyn Parts is suing Swarthmore College and the NCAA, alleging the school violated Title IX when it banned Parts from competing on the women’s track and field team earlier this year.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMParts alleges the school said Parts could

The body of a missing 15-year-old boy was discovered this week at a Detroit cemetery under suspicious circumstances.Lawrence Dowl, 15, was reported missing by his family on Wednesday after he did not return home, according to a report from affiliate FOX 2 Detroit.Detroit and Michigan State Police joined the search Thursday before Dowl's body was discovered at a local cemetery.Detectives told WDIV Dowl was "wearing gloves and what we believe to be some kind of ski mask," and the case is being investigated as a homicide.NORTH CAROLINA TEEN'S BODY DISCOVERED IN FLORIDA ONE WEEK AFTER HE VANISHED WITH CHILLING FINAL

The Department of Homeland Security took more rhetorical fire this week from the left over its "mass deportation operation" enforcement of immigration laws, and growing numbers of detainees in federal installations.In Pennsylvania, lawmakers and advocates came together to back a new state bill that would ban law enforcement from obscuring their identity – as many ICE officers wear masks to protect themselves from being doxxed – where a union boss accused ICE of "disappearing innocent people.""I frankly have been horrified by the conduct of these federal agents as has been reported in the media," said AFL-CIO Philadelphia Council President Danny

After California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would move forward with a state redistricting plan – replete with implied mockery of President Donald Trump – California Republicans responded late Thursday.Newsom had declared "liberation day" – an apparent reference to Trump’s own moniker for the day he introduced a comprehensive tariff regime – and preceded the announcement with "ALL CAPS" social media posts meant to mock the president’s penchant for doing the same on Truth Social.California Republicans were not amused and pushed back on the project that could put an end to their already muted federal representation in America’s most populous

Kate Gosselin is speaking out about her life now, which includes 12-hour days as a pediatric nurse."Today was a busy day, it was another 12-hour day, and my patient and I did a bunch of things," Kate told her followers on TikTok this week. "We went on the swings together, we went to a birthday party, we played in the water, we spent a lot of time outside. My patient loves to spend time outside, and I, of course, did all of the medical care as well, feeding, bathing and all the things."She added, "And so now I work again

Johnny Manziel, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M and former NFL quarterback, knows all about how much the sports media space has evolved given his work in college football and with his "Glory Daze" podcast. It's why he commends Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce for his work on the "New Heights" podcast with his older brother, ex-Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, especially after having his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, come on as a special guest. The latest episode of "New Heights" exploded with Swift making her first-ever appearance on a podcast, where she not only got into her Chiefs fandom,

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani warned of a "withering faith" in democracy to deliver for working-class Americans in a new interview with Time Magazine."Democracy is not just under attack from authoritarianism from the outside," Mamdani told Time Magazine. "It’s also under attack from a withering faith on the inside of its ability to deliver on these material challenges in working-class people’s lives."Mamdani, a democratic socialist, won New York City's Democratic mayoral primary and has previously called for city-run grocery stores and defunding the police.Mamdani also spoke to Time about the Democratic Party's struggles.THE PLOT TO STOP MAMDANI: DEMOCRATS