• A new North Korean naval destroyer had part of its hull smashed after a disastrous launch.
• State media wrote that the ship's stern slid off a ramp too early, causing the vessel to become stuck.
• Kim Jong Un, who watched, slammed the mishap as a "criminal act" and censured the officials involved.

A new North Korean naval destroyer was badly damaged during a botched shipyard launch that caused part of its hull to be "crushed," Pyongyang state media reported.

The Korean Central News Agency reported on Thursday morning local time that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was attending the ceremony at the Chongjin Shipyard when the "serious accident" occurred.

Blaming "inexperienced command and operational carelessness," KCNA wrote that the stern of the 5,000-ton ship started sliding down a ramp too early and that a flatcar meant to support its weight didn't move with the vessel.

This report said this caused the ship to lose balance, leaving "some sections of the warship's bottom crushed" while the rest of the ship was stuck.

Per KCNA, Kim blasted the disastrous launch, saying it was "out of the bounds of possibility and could not be tolerated."

He also called the launch a "serious accident and criminal act caused by absolute carelessness, irresponsibility, and unscientific empiricism," state media wrote.

It reported that Kim censured the officials responsible for the ship and its launch, including the country's munitions department and ship designers, and said their mistakes would be "dealt with" at a party meeting next month.

The North Korean leader was further cited as saying that the mishap "brought the dignity and self-respect of our state to a collapse in a moment."

The failed launch is a blow to Kim's military agenda, given his emphasis over the last two years on building up North Korea's maritime forces.

"A new historic time is coming before our naval forces," Kim said during a 2023 speech, declaring North Korea would focus on capabilities for projecting naval power beyond its own waters.

The same year, Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile submarine, the Hero Kim Kun Ok, which is a redesigned Soviet model equipped to fire cruise missiles.

Last month, North Korea launched the largest warship it had ever built, a 5,000-ton "multipurpose" destroyer, which it said was a new class of armed vessel.

That was at Nampo, a different shipyard. However, its tonnage could indicate that the vessel that failed to launch on Wednesday was in the same class. State media didn't provide further details about the damaged ship at Chongjin.

In March, North Korea said it was also building its first nuclear-powered submarine.

President Donald Trump ripped an NBC reporter for questions about the Department of Defense accepting a jumbo jet from Qatar to serve as Air Force One. 

"The Pentagon announced that it would be accepting a Qatari jet to be used as Air Force One," an NBC reporter asked Trump in a news conference during the South African president's visit Wednesday to the White House. 

"What are you talking about? You know, you ought to get out of here," Trump responded. 

The question regarding the Qatari jet was asked immediately after Trump directed his staff to lower the lights and show video footage of the treatment of White farmers in South Africa during his meeting with the African nation's president. 

ESPIONAGE, CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS ABOUND FROM TRUMP DETRACTORS, ALLIES OVER QATARI JET OFFER

The Trump administration began welcoming white Afrikaners from South Africa to the U.S. in the past week as they face "unjust racial discrimination" in their home country, according to the administration. 

"What does this have to do with the Qatari jet?" Trump shot back at the reporter, believed to be NBC News' Peter Alexander, before slamming NBC News for trying to divert the meeting's topic from genocide in South Africa. 

"They're giving the United States Air Force a jet. OK? And it's a great thing. We're talking about a lot of other things. It's NBC trying to get off the subject of what you just saw," Trump said. "You are a real … you know, you're a terrible reporter. No. 1, you don't have what it takes to be a reporter. You're not smart enough. But for you to go into a subject about a jet that was given to the United States Air Force, which is a very nice thing.

"They also gave $5.1 trillion worth of investment in addition to the jet. Go back, you ought to go back to your studio at NBC because Brian Roberts and the people that run that place, they ought to be investigated. They are so terrible the way you run that network. And you are a disgrace. No more questions from you," Trump continued. 

"His name is Peter something. He's a terrible reporter," Trump added as he began calling on other reporters for questions. 

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Fox News Digital reached out to NBC News for comment on the matter but did not immediately receive a reply. 

Fox News confirmed earlier Wednesday that the Department of Defense had formally accepted a 747 jetliner from Qatar.

Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized Trump after he announced the Department of Defense planned to accept a jumbo jet from the government of Qatar earlier in May, arguing the gift is riddled with both espionage concerns and constitutional questions. 

HOUSE DEMOCRAT CALLS FOR 'IMMEDIATE' ETHICS PROBE OF QATARI PLANE GIFT TO TRUMP

At the heart of Democrats' concern over the matter is the emoluments clause in the Constitution, which states, "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

It's questionable if the emoluments clause even applies to the president, however, because the Constitution typically stipulates when a clause specifically affects a president and cites the title, such as in the impeachment clause, Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, previously told Fox News Digital. 

TRUMP CLARIFIES OWNERSHIP OF AIRCRAFT IN DEFENSE OF QATAR'S GIFT

"The clause was specifically inserted because of concerns by the founders at the Constitutional Convention over corruption of our foreign diplomats, especially by the French government," von Spakovsky explained. 

"It is questionable whether the emoluments clause even applies to the president since he is not named, and the Constitution usually names the president when a provision applies to him. That is why the impeachment clause specifically provides that it applies to the ‘president, vice president and all civil officers of the United States.’ If ‘officers’ of the U.S. included the president, there would be no need for him to be separately listed." 

Von Spakovsky said if the plane is a government-to-government gift — meaning if Qatar gave the plane to the Department of Defense and not as a personal gift to the president — the Trump administration is likely in the legal clear to accept the gift. 

"If this gift is being considered as a gift to the government of the U.S., there is no legal issue to consider, since there is no constitutional or legal problem with such a gift. If this is a personal gift to the president, the Justice Department would be weighing the constitutional issue I have raised — whether the emoluments clause even applies to the president," he said. 

TRUMP DEFENDS QATAR JUMBO JET OFFER AS TROUBLED BOEING FAILS TO DELIVER NEW AIR FORCE ONE FLEET

Trump and his administration have previously and repeatedly said the jet would be given to the Department of Defense and used as a temporary Air Force One because Boeing has not yet delivered a new fleet of Air Force One aircraft. 

"We're very disappointed that it's taking Boeing so long to build a new Air Force One," Trump said during a press conference on drug prices Monday morning. "You know, we have an Air Force One that's 40 years old. And if you take a look at that, compared to the new plane of the equivalent, you know, stature at the time, it's not even the same ballgame.

"When I first came in, I signed an order to get (the new Air Force One fleet) built," he added. "I took it over from the Obama administration, they had originally agreed. I got the price down much lower. And then, when the election didn't exactly work out the way that it should have, a lot of work was not done on the plane because a lot of people didn't know they made change orders. That was so stupid, so ridiculous. And it ended up being a total mess, a real mess." 

• US Navy planes recently carried out history's "largest airstrike" from an aircraft carrier, a top US admiral said.
• The bombardment targeted terrorist groups in Somalia, said the acting chief of naval operations.
• The carrier USS Harry S. Truman spent months engaged in combat operations in the Middle East.

US Navy planes recently launched the largest-ever airstrike from an aircraft carrier, dropping 125,000 pounds of ordnance, a top admiral said this week.

The USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group "launched the largest airstrike in the history of the world — 125,000 pounds — from a single aircraft carrier into Somalia," Adm. James Kilby, acting chief of naval operations, said on Monday.

A defense official told Business Insider the operation — a single bombing run involving around 16 F/A-18 Super Hornets — occurred on February 1 while the Truman was operating in the Red Sea.

US Africa Command said in February that airstrikes at the start of the month targeted senior ISIS-Somalia leadership in a series of cave complexes. The military assessed that over a dozen terror operatives were killed. Kilby's comments this week shed more light on the bombardment.

US forces have executed dozens of airstrikes this year against ISIS and Al Qaeda affiliate group al-Shabaab in Somalia. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence considers both groups to be a threat to American interests.

The Truman carrier strike group recently left the Red Sea and is participating in NATO maritime exercises in the Mediterranean Sea before heading back to its homeport of Norfolk, Virginia.

The strike group, consisting of the carrier and several other warships, deployed last fall and spent months operating in the Middle East, where it was a pillar of US combat operations against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that were paused earlier this month.

Kilby, speaking at a Council on Foreign Relations event, said the Truman strike group engaged 160 drones and missiles that the Houthis had fired at Israel, the Navy, or shipping lanes. He also said the ships carried out 670 strikes in Yemen, targeting rebel assets.

The munitions used in these engagements could include a mix of surface-to-air missiles, land-attack missiles, air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface bombs, and air-launched standoff weapons. Multiple carriers have been a part of operations against the Houthis, expending significant amounts of ordnance to curb the group's attacks.

"We've seen an increase in how the Houthis are acting," Kilby said. "Sometimes, I hear people speak dismissively of them. They're not China, but they are a threat. And they are hunting our ships."

The Truman has had an eventful deployment. In December, one of the warships in its strike group accidentally shot down an F/A-18, which is estimated to cost roughly $60 million apiece, over the Red Sea. The military described the engagement as an "apparent case of friendly fire."

Several weeks later, in mid-February, the Truman collided with a commercial vessel in the Mediterranean. The aircraft carrier suffered some damage, and the incident led to the firing of its commanding officer.

In late April, with Truman back in the Red Sea, an F/A-18 and a tow tractor fell overboard from the carrier's hangar bay. A sailor had to jump from the cockpit just before the fighter jet went into the water.

And just over a week later, in early May, an F/A-18 was landing on the flight deck when Truman's arresting cables failed, sending the jet overboard. The two aviators safely ejected and were rescued from the water.

• A South Korean F-35A that crash-landed in 2022 has been revived thanks to an intriguing new procedure.
• Engineers removed and reattached its wings so it could be moved to a maintenance site.
• This operation is now part of the F-35 program's standard maintenance protocols.

An F-35A stealth fighter jet that crash-landed on its belly in 2022 has been given a new lease of life thanks to a dramatic operation to remove and then reattach its wings.

The South Korean air force aircraft made headlines three years ago after a catastrophic mid-flight bird strike caused an F-35 pilot to make a "belly landing," or gear-up landing, at Seosan Air Base, near the country's eastern coast.

The South Korean pilot walked away from the high-risk maneuver unharmed, but the damage left the Lockheed Martin fifth-generation fighter unfit for service.

Local media reported a year after the bird-strike incident that South Korea was considering dumping the fighter after estimated repair costs to get the jet flying again following its unfortunate run-in with an eagle could be almost the price of a new F-35.

According to the F-35 Joint Program Office, a new plan was then devised with South Korea's air force to repurpose the jet as a training platform at the country's dedicated F-35 maintenance facility.

However, transporting it there would be prohibitively costly and difficult, the JPO said.

The air base and the maintenance facility are roughly 60 miles apart, making it a tough overland journey for the aircraft and its 35-foot wingspan.

The JPO, with South Korea's approval, opted for a novel approach to this problem, and US Air Force, US Navy, and Lockheed Martin personnel gathered in South Korea to work with the local military to remove the jet's wings before transfer and then reattach them on-site at the new location.

"This was a significant challenge, as it was the first attempt at removing F-35 wings as part of a concept demonstration," said Matt Trodden, the F-35 Lightning Support Team Aircraft Crash Recovery Lead Engineer, in a statement.

The process — never conducted before on an F-35A — has now been adopted as part of the F-35 program's standard heavy maintenance, repair, and reuse protocols.

The project took inspiration from an earlier repair project dubbed "Frankenbird" or "Frankenjet" which saw two damaged F-35s fused together into a fully operational aircraft.

Initiated in 2023, the project — led by engineers from manufacturer Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force — resulted in a successful test flight with the jet earlier this year.

Salvage operations of this kind could help mitigate the cost of losing an F-35, which has an estimated price tag of over $80 million for the A variant that South Korea flies. The jet comes in three different variants: the internal gun-equipped As, the Bs with a lift van for short takeoff and vertical landing, and Cs for carrier operations.

The "Frankenbird," by contrast, cost around $6 million to cobble together, and it is due back into operational service this year.

South Korea took delivery of its first F-35A Lighting II in 2019. It now operates roughly 40 of them, with a plan to have a fleet of 60 by 2028, according to the manufacturer.

FIRST ON FOX: New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver is fundraising off her federal charges for allegedly "assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement" earlier this month at the gates of Delaney Hall, which is a privately-operated Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark.

"As you know, Trump is using his Department of Justice to target political opponents. Less than two weeks ago, I was doing my job and conducting oversight at an ICE facility in my city," the fundraising text obtained by Fox News Digital stated.

"Now, the Trump admin has filed charges against me. This is a first-and it's a flashing red light for our democracy," it continues. "I'm sounding the alarm and asking you to donate now so we can fight these charges and keep speaking truth to power."

FEDERAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST DEM CONGRESSWOMAN FOLLOWING CONFRONTATION AT ICE FACILITY

Investigators say McIver assaulted two federal agents at the Delaney Hall, according to the charging documents.

Prosecutors say one victim was an HSI agent, and the other was an ICE agent."

Law enforcement says McIver assaulted the agents when she "slammed her forearm into the body of a uniformed HSI agent. & reached out and tried to restrain the agent by forcibly grabbing him." Then, after Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested, McIver allegedly "pushed an ICE officer & used her forearms to forcibly strike the agent."

BLUE STATE POLITICAL BATTLE INTENSIFIES AFTER DEM MAYOR'S ARREST AT ICE FACILITY: 'OUTRAGED'

According to the documents, McIver created a "human shield" and blocked agents from handcuffing Baraka after he ignored numerous warnings to leave the property and told him he would be arrested.

When the HSI agent told the mayor he was going to arrest him, McIver interjected, yelling, "Hell no! Hell no! Hell no!"

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The HSI agent then ordered the mayor to put his hands behind his back and displayed his handcuffs. So, McIver and other members of Congress "surrounded the Mayor and prevented HSI from handcuffing him and taking him into custody," according to prosecutors.

DEM LAWMAKERS DEFEND ‘STORMING’ OF ICE FACILITY, SAY TRUMP ADMIN IS ‘LYING AT ALL LEVELS’

In a statement after the charges were announced, McIver said that she is "thankful for the outpouring of support" she’s gotten and that the "truth" will be "laid out clearly in court."

"Earlier this month, I joined my colleagues to inspect the treatment of ICE detainees at Delaney Hall in my district. We were fulfilling our lawful oversight responsibilities, as members of Congress have done many times before, and our visit should have been peaceful and short. Instead, ICE agents created an unnecessary and unsafe confrontation when they chose to arrest Mayor Baraka," she stated.

"The charges against me are purely political—they mischaracterize and distort my actions, and are meant to criminalize and deter legislative oversight," McIver added.

DHS SAYS ‘ARRESTS ARE STILL ON THE TABLE’ AFTER NEW JERSEY HOUSE DEMS CAUGHT ON CAMERA ‘STORMING’ ICE FACILITY

Baraka had a federal trespassing charge against him that was dropped by acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba, but the mayor said he stands in solidarity with McIver.

"Representative LaMonica McIver assaulted, impeded, and interfered with law enforcement in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 111 (a)(1)," Habba said in a letter shared on X Monday. "That conduct cannot be overlooked by the chief federal law enforcement official in the State of New Jersey, and it is my Constitutional obligation to ensure that our federal law enforcement is protected when executing their duties."

Fox News Digital reached out to the McIver campaign for comments about the texts and both the campaign and her official office about the charging documents. The Democrat represents a deep blue district that includes Newark.

• The world's largest hedge fund is crowdsourcing ideas about the new global economic order.
• Bridgewater and Global Citizen are launching a contest to predict the impact of protectionist policies.
• Five winners will receive $25,000 and a chance to work at Bridgewater, which manages roughly $92 billion.

Bridgewater is turning to the crowd for ideas on how to trade and position itself in a new global economic regime.

The world's largest hedge fund, known for its macro bets and its billionaire founder Ray Dalio, is hosting a competition with Australian nonprofit Global Citizen, which aims to end extreme poverty globally, titled "Forecasting the Future: A Modern Economics Challenge."

The contest is open to anyone who wants "to tackle one of the most significant global economic transformations of our time," according to a press release, and submit their analysis and forecast on what the protectionist policies of leaders around the world, led by tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump's administration, will do to the world economy.

Five winners will receive $25,000 and a chance at a job at the $92 billion hedge fund. The application opened on Tuesday.

"We are looking for the brightest minds across the world to contribute their understanding of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead and to join us as we navigate the future of this new world order," said Nir Bar Dea, the CEO of Bridgewater, which was founded in 1975 and calls itself a "a community of independent thinkers" in the release. The manager's polarizing workplace culture, termed "radical transparency" by its founder, has also set the firm apart over the decades.

One hundred applications will be selected from the initial pool, and then senior leaders at Bridgewater will decide on the five winners from that group.

The release says the five winners will be offered a job or internship opportunity with Bridgewater "pending successful completion of its interview requirements." A person close to the competition told Business Insider that the asset manager's "standard interview requirements" still apply, without specifying what those were.

The role offered to the winners is dependent on where the firm believes they would fit best within the organization, but even an internship can be a lucrative opportunity. A job posting for a 2026 investment internship states that the eight-week gig would pay $51,000 plus a signing bonus.

Bridgewater is not the only hedge fund to source talent through a contest. Systematic trading shop WorldQuant has an annual championship where students and academics from around the world submit math models predicting market moves. Last year, the prize pool was $400,000. $25 billion hedge fund Balyasny runs a stock-picking contest that serves as an early application pool for the firm's internship program.

The new economic world order

Bridgewater's top investment leaders have been public about how radical the Trump administration's economic policies have been and the substantial impact they will have on portfolios and institutions around the world. One of the firm's co-chief investment officers, Greg Jensen, wrote at the end of 2024 that the "previous global consensus around free trade and limited government intervention is hanging by a thread."

The firm has dubbed the new economic world order "modern mercantilism," a system the manager says relies more on state power than free trade.

Despite the world becoming less interconnected, the macro investment manager is still searching for international opportunities, especially in Asia. The firm's other co-chief investment officer, Karen Karniol-Tambour, recommended investing in China at the Milken conference earlier this month.

The firm's flagship fund, Pure Alpha, was up close to 9% through the first quarter of 2025, Reuters previously reported.

• The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is finally going home after an eventful deployment.
• A defense official said the ship is in the Mediterranean after recently leaving the Red Sea.
• Truman lost three fighter jets during its combat-packed Red Sea deployment.

The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is at last making its way home after an eventful extended deployment that saw the ship participate in combat operations against the Iran-backed Houthis but also lose three aircraft.

A US defense official told Business Insider on Monday that the Truman had left the Red Sea and is now in the Mediterranean Sea on its way home. It's unclear when, exactly, the carrier will arrive back at its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia.

NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples wrote on social media earlier that Truman and its strike group were participating in maritime exercises in the Mediterranean. Open-source intelligence accounts spotted the carrier heading north in the Suez Canal over the weekend.

The Truman entered the Middle East in December and experienced a string of unfortunate mishaps over the following months, including the loss of three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets, which are estimated to cost roughly $60 million apiece.

In late December, the missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, part of Truman's strike group, shot down an F/A-18 over the Red Sea in what the US military described as an "apparent case of friendly fire." The details of that incident remain limited.

In mid-February, the Truman collided with a large commercial vessel in the Mediterranean, near Egypt's Port Said. The carrier was damaged and had to sail to a US naval base for repairs. That incident led to the firing of the ship's commanding officer.

Several months later, in late April, when Truman was back in the Red Sea, an F/A-18 and a tow tractor fell overboard while the fighter jet was actively under tow in the carrier's hangar bay. A sailor was forced to jump from the cockpit just before the plane went into the water. Some reports indicated the ship was taking evasive action at the time of the incident.

A little over a week later, in early May, an F/A-18 was landing on the flight deck of the Truman when the arresting cable, the thick black wires used to catch the tailhook on the back of carrier-based aircraft and slow them down, unexpectedly failed. The fighter jet went overboard. Both naval aviators safely ejected and were rescued by a helicopter.

The Truman was one of two Navy aircraft carriers that participated in combat operations against the Houthi rebels in Yemen during the military's weekslong bombing campaign known as Operation Rough Rider, which the Trump administration abruptly put on pause earlier this month.

Truman's departure from the Red Sea means that only one aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson, is left in the Middle East. The Vinson features a mixed air wing that includes the fifth-generation F-35C, a stealth fighter made for carrier operations.

Rafael Furcal, a three-time MLB All-Star and World Series champion, was arrested on multiple charges in Florida on Wednesday.

Furcal, 47, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, public or private.

An arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital said that the alleged victim and Furcal narrowly avoided a crash, but their vehicles were near each other shortly after.

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The victim then claimed that Furcal "began picking up rocks from the ground and began throwing them," as well as a plastic bottle, at the victim's truck while he was inside.

Furcal then allegedly picked up another rock "the size of a small palm" after the victim got out of the vehicle and threw it at him. The victim shielded the rock with his hand, but it resulted in lacerations.

The victim then punched Furcal, who fled the scene.

The victim said he feared for his life during the alleged incident.

NJ TRANSIT STRIKE COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT THOUSANDS GOING TO MAJOR NEW YORK SPORTING EVENTS

The former infielder played 14 years in the majors. He made his Major League debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2000 and won the National League Rookie of the Year Award when he hit .295 with 134 hits and 87 runs. He earned his first All-Star appearance with the team in 2003.

He joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006 and played with them until about midway through the 2011 season, when he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals. He was on the Cardinals’ World Series team in 2011. It was the first and only ring of his career. He was an All-Star in 2012 with the Cardinals.

Furcal played his last year in the majors in 2014 with the Miami Marlins.

He batted .281 with 587 RBI in 1,614 games.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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The Minnesota Twins already have had some bad luck being in a dominant AL Central, and their chances of winning the division took a hit on Thursday.

Minnesota entered Thursday at 24-20 and riding a 10-game winning streak – but still in fourth place in the division behind everyone but the Chicago White Sox.

The Twins were on the road in Baltimore to face the struggling Orioles, and they were up 3-0 in the bottom of the third when Cedric Mullins came to the dish.

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The O's outfielder hit a blooper into shallow center, that both Carlos Correa at shortstop and Byron Buxton in center field chased down – both running directly toward each other.

Mullins made the catch, but the two ran right into each other, and both lay on the outfield grass for several minutes. Correa left the game while Buxton stayed in before exiting in the fourth. The team said both were in concussion protocol.

Both All-Stars have had their fair share of injuries. Correa has played 140-plus games in a season just twice in his MLB career, and not since 2021, and he played in just 86 games last season.

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As for Buxton, the Twins have made him a designated hitter numerous times because he's played in over 100 games just once (last year with 102) since 2018.

Buxton had contributed earlier in the game, hitting back-to-back home runs with DaShawn Keirsey Jr.

Thankfully for Minnesota, Chris Paddack was dominant on the bump, tossing 11 scoreless innings to give Minnesota their 11th consecutive victory.

The Twins swept the season series 6-0 after being swept by the Orioles 6-0 last year. This is also Minnesota's fourth-longest winning streak in franchise history. They won 12 straight at a point last year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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• Clashes with Houthi militants have exposed problems with Navy ammunition supplies, a US admiral told Congress.
• The US Navy has expended vast quantities of munitions shooting down Houthi drones and missiles.
• Houthi militants in Yemen have targeted cargo ships and US Navy vessels in the Red Sea.

Attacks by Houthi rebels on Red Sea shipping and US warships have led to issues with US Navy ammunition supplies, a US admiral told Congress.

In a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, Acting Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James Kilby said attacks by the militant group had "highlighted the strain on our munitions industrial base," according to The Military Times.

He added: "Precision-guided, long-range munitions like Tomahawk, Long Range Anti-Ship Missile, the heavyweight torpedo, all those ammunitions we need to increase production on."

Kilby also backed obtaining munitions from a wider source of vendors.

"They may not be able to produce the same exact specifications, but they might be able to produce a missile that's effective, which is more effective than no missile," he said.

In recent years, Houthi militants in Yemen have targeted international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, and the naval vessels protecting them, in solidarity with Hamas in its war with Israel.

According to the Crisis Group, a US think tank, up to January 2025, the Iranian-backed group had launched around 500 attacks on ships in the Red Sea, as well as targets in Israel.

The Houthis have used missiles and low-cost drones to launch attacks.

But despite the low-cost nature of the weapons, the US military has been forced to deploy expensive missiles and other munitions to foil the attacks, at a cost of billions of dollars.

The US has also launched hundreds of airstrikes on Houthi positions, with President Donald Trump ordering an intensification of the campaign when he took office in January.

Retired Navy Commander Bryan Clark, of the Hudson Institute, told Task and Purpose in March that the US Navy had used more air defense munitions in clashes with the Houthi since October 2023 than it had in all other conflicts since the 1990s.

He suggested that clashes with the Houthis point to concerns when it comes to any future conflicts.

"I think most estimates are within a few days of combat, if there was an invasion of Taiwan, that the US — the Navy in particular — would run out of weapons," Clark said, referring to Chinese threats against Taiwan, a US ally.

In the congressional hearing, lawmakers were scrutinising the Navy's 2026 budget, with ammunition production shortfalls and shipbuilding delays among the issues discussed.

Republican Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, reportedly warned of the possibility of the US running out of ammo in a war, and the need to find munition replacements.

"We need to do what we can to accelerate that process, because we're all very, very concerned," he said.

Last week, Trump announced a cease-fire with the Houthis, amid reports that US attacks had had limited impact and ammo supplies were dwindling.

If you're an American who buys things or sells things, you're going to take a financial hit from President Donald Trump's tariffs. The science of economics might be dismal, but it's good enough to tell you that when the government increases the price of imported goods by anywhere from 10% to 145%, someone has to pay — be they importer, buyer, manufacturer, seller, or consumer. That's just the way the Great Material Continuum works.

Now, a basic Gen Xer like me — and believe me, we're pretty basic — has seen versions of this before. We've lived through two dot-com busts, the Great Recession, Black Monday, and the economic skadoosh of COVID. Line goes up, line goes down. But younger Americans just now maturing into solid consumers weren't born in this darkness. So to the newly minted adulters of Gen Z, I say: Welcome! This is going to suck.

And it's going to suck for Gen Z in particular.

By dint of being new to the workforce, Gen Zers typically earn less than other age groups. And economic shocks, as a rule, disproportionately hurt poorer people. But in this case, tariffs won't just raise prices on stuff we all rely on. They'll also increase the cost of a lot of products that appeal specifically to Gen Z. It's hard to say by how much. A team of economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta calculates that even moderate tariffs — 10% on China, 25% on Canada and Mexico — could raise the price of everyday essentials by 1.63%. Some manufacturers and retailers may find ways to absorb the added costs. And Trump keeps monkeying with the levels and the timing: On Monday he temporarily reduced his China tariffs to 30%. But in the worst-case scenario, industry analysts I spoke with say the president's tariffs could wipe out some Gen Z products entirely. They'll just cease to exist.

So, at the risk of stereotyping Americans between the ages of 13 and 28, here's a rough accounting of what's likely to happen to four things Gen Z buys a lot of.

(1) Beauty products

For years, beauty goods have been reliably recession-proof — industry watchers call it "the lipstick effect." Beauty spending beat everything else during the Great Recession, and again after 2020. But this time? Not so much.

Gen Z spends a lot of money on cosmetics — about $2,000 a year on average, according to one survey. Only millennials reported spending more, but then again they also earn nearly twice as much. That might explain why the Gen Zers who responded to the survey were also much more likely to report regretting how much they'd spent on beauty products.

High on the list of favorites: unguents and potions from countries with famously intense skin- and hair-care-regime cultures depicted by influencers on social media — like South Korea and Japan. The United States is South Korea's second-largest market for cosmetics. And a lot of high-end American brands do their manufacturing there — meaning those products will also be subject to tariffs.

What's more, many cosmetic companies buy almost all their packaging from Asia. And entire categories of products — sheet masks, eye patches, pimple patches — come almost exclusively from Asian factories, no matter the company or the price point.

Now, big transnational conglomerates can often afford to absorb some new costs while sorting out their margins and their supply chains, instead of passing the increases on to customers. But niche products — especially those produced by small, independent outfits — will suffer more. "Some products and brands will have no choice but to raise prices, at least in the US market," says Kelly Kovack, the CEO of BeautyMatter. "Brands are investing in their hero products, so I also expect to see a lot of out-of-stock situations. We will see fewer gift sets this holiday — gift sets are low-margin in the best of times."

This doesn't necessarily mean we've lost the forever war on zits and wrinkles. But like all wars, this one depends on logistics. "For 'can't live without' products, people will most likely remain loyal and continue to use them," Kovack says. "But they may cut something else out of their regime, or use them more judiciously to make the product last longer." And if half of a product's customers suddenly switch to buying it only half as often, it might not survive. When it comes to Gen Z's favorite beauty products, things are going to get ugly.

(2) Tech gadgets

A few tech titans had the foresight to buy front-row seats to the inauguration of Donald Trump. They've also, perhaps not coincidentally, been granted some exceptions to tariffs on the smartphones and laptops they manufacture, at least for now.

But they're not the only tech companies that depend on international supply chains. And the companies that make the dizzying array of cheap options you see when you scroll down on Amazon can't just raise their prices. If they do, well, they won't be cheap anymore. Expect them to just disappear.

"It reduces the options and selection people have within a price range," says Rick Kowalski, the senior director of business intelligence at the Consumer Technology Association. "And it changes the dynamic of how people think about replacement cycles." Translation: Maybe people keep their old earbuds instead of springing for the new model. That drives down sales and puts yet more pressure on manufacturers to either raise prices or cut back on production.

Think headphones, Bluetooth speakers, soundbars, even e-bikes. What used to be a casual purchase won't be so casual anymore. "Gen Z is a generation that considers technology essential to their daily lives," Kowalski says. "They identify with it and see it as a means of self-expression. They don't have as much to spend on it, but they're passionate about it, and they will be affected disproportionately."

(3) Boba tea

Gen Zers eat in restaurants less than other demographic groups, and they're more price-conscious. They're also, on average, more ethnically diverse, more likely to buy snacks and treats, and more likely to seek out new foods to try. Add all that up and you get a craze for boba tea: Asian-originated flavors mixed with tiny, chewy balls of tapioca starch, slurped through oversize straws. It's fun!

It's also incredibly popular. In 2000, America imported 1.2 million pounds of tapioca from Taiwan. Today we import 34 million pounds (and another 2.9 million from China). And unless something changes, imports from Taiwan are set to be tariffed at 32% starting in July.

Huge fast food chains like Starbucks sell boba tea — as do big Asia-based retailers and thousands of little mom-and-pop places. The big chains will have an easier time finding new supplies for starch, flavored syrups, and teas. Or they'll just slurp up the added cost. But the smaller the shop, the more likely its owners will have to raise prices, or simply eighty-six high-tariff items from the menu. If that includes your usual medium sweet wintermelon hojicha milk tea, you're out of luck.

(4) Meds for anxiety and depression

For years, young adults have been reporting higher levels of mental health concerns. Between 2005 and 2020, the percentage of 18- to 25-year-olds reporting at least one major depressive episode in the prior year doubled. The National Center for Health Statistics reports that somewhere around 15% of GenZers suffer from depression; teenage use of antidepressant medications has gone up 38% since 2015. Diagnoses of ADHD have also been on the rise among Gen Z.

Meds aren't like face masks or cool earbuds or boba tea. They're essential for the health and well-being of millions of young Americans. And a lot of them are likely to be subject to tariffs. More than 60% of the world's generic pills, which already run on thin margins, are made in India. And even drugs made in the US contain ingredients sourced from overseas.

There's some good news here, for which you can thank the Drug Enforcement Administration. "ADHD drugs are Schedule II controlled substances, and the DEA requires that the active ingredient and the finished product are made in the US," says Marta Wosińska, an economist at the Brookings Institution's Center on Health Policy. "Tariffs might squeeze margins, but I don't expect to see manufacturers walking away."

But now for the bad news: Antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs are not subject to the same restrictions. So depending on where they come from and who makes them, the cost of getting them to the US is likely to go up, especially if they come from Europe or India. Wosińska says Americans who use name-brand drugs will probably be hit with higher prices — as will those whose insurance plans have high deductibles that don't cover the cost of generic drugs. But the most likely outcome of tariffs on drugs, she says, is that they'll drive up premiums. So one way or another, Gen Zers will likely wind up paying more for their mental health.

Taken together, Trump's tariffs are going to land hardest on those who can least afford them. And that doesn't even take into account the president's elimination of the "de minimis" exception, which took effect May 2. Direct-to-consumer retailers like Shein and Temu weren't the only companies that depended on the exception, which effectively made it free to ship cheap stuff from China. In 2023, that duty-free rule applied to 7.3% of all the consumer goods imported by the US. Because Gen Zers have less income than older generations, they're going to wind up paying a steeper price for all the budget-friendly stuff they've come to depend on. From moisturizers to mental illness, the bottom line on Trump's tariffs is clear: The younger you are, the more painful this is going to be.

Adam Rogers is a senior correspondent at Business Insider.

EXCLUSIVE: The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is accusing Democrats of lying about President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., told Fox News Digital on Monday he believed Democrats had been waging a "fear campaign to scare Americans" ever since Republicans began discussions about the budget reconciliation process.

"Now, Democrats are pedaling incorrect reports that include policies that aren’t even in the bill," Guthrie said. 

"This bill refocuses Medicaid on mothers, children, people with disabilities, and the elderly – not illegal immigrants and capable adults who choose not to work."

ANTI-ABORTION PROVIDER MEASURE IN TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL' COULD SPARK HOUSE GOP REBELLION

The Kentucky Republican was specifically referring to his panel's portion of Trump's bill, the text of which was released late on Sunday night.

The Energy and Commerce Committee, which has broad jurisdiction, including over federal health programs, telecommunications and energy, was tasked with finding at least $880 billion in spending cuts to pay for other priorities in the bill.

It's the largest share of any of the 11 committees involved in the reconciliation process – some of which have been given additional funding to enact Trump's priorities on tax cuts, defense, immigration and the border.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), however, said on Monday the legislation would likely achieve even more savings than its $880 billion benchmark.

Guthrie himself told Republicans on a lawmaker-only call on Sunday night that the committee found "north of $900 billion" in savings, a source told Fox News Digital.

Democrats immediately seized on the legislation as what they saw as a smoking gun of Republican plans to cut Medicaid.

But the details released on Sunday night appear to show House GOP leaders veered away from the much more severe cuts to the low-income healthcare program that some conservative lawmakers were pushing.

The legislation would put a new 80-hour-per-month work requirement on certain able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid, aged 19 through 64.

It would also put guardrails on states spending funds on their expanded Medicaid populations. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed states to expand Medicaid coverage to adults who make up to 138% of the poverty level.

More specifically, states that provide Medicaid coverage to illegal immigrants could see their federal Medicaid reimbursement dollars diminished, putting more of that cost on the state itself.

The bill would also require states with expanded Medicaid populations to perform eligibility checks every six months to ensure the system is not being abused.

State Medicaid plans would be affected by a moratorium on any new state provider taxes, while freezing current rates where they are. State provider taxes are state-imposed fees on healthcare providers that help those states get more federal funding for Medicaid.

BROWN UNIVERSITY IN GOP CROSSHAIRS AFTER STUDENT'S DOGE-LIKE EMAIL KICKS OFF FRENZY

New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, the top Democrat on the committee, released a CBO projection requested by his own party that said at least 13.7 million people would lose health insurance based on a draft of Republicans' Medicaid proposals.

"Let’s be clear, Republican leadership released this bill under cover of night because they don’t want people to know their true intentions," Pallone said.

"This is not trimming fat from around the edges, it’s cutting to the bone. The overwhelming majority of the savings in this bill will come from taking healthcare away from millions of Americans. Nowhere in the bill are they cutting ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’ – they’re cutting people’s healthcare and using that money to give tax breaks to billionaires."

Guthrie dismissed the calculations in the Democrats' press release.

"It is reckless that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle claimed an artificially high number in alleged coverage loss just so they can fearmonger and score political points," he told Fox News Digital.

"This reconciliation is a win for Americans in every part of the country, and it’s a shame Democrats are intentionally reflexively opposing commonsense policies to strengthen the program."

Republicans are expected to advance the Energy and Commerce portion of the bill on Tuesday afternoon. If it passes through committee, it will be added to the final bill, which Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., hopes to pass the House by Memorial Day.

Texas lawmakers are charging ahead with what they call the nation’s strongest legislative effort yet to block hostile foreign powers from purchasing land in the Lone Star State. 

Championed by Republican state Rep. Cole Hefner and state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, Senate Bill 17 (SB17) is designed to stop governments and entities tied to countries like China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from gaining a foothold on Texas soil.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Hefner described SB17 as "model legislation" aimed at shutting down land purchases that pose a national security threat. 

"This bill is about actions and affiliations, not race, not nationality," Hefner said. "If you’re acting on behalf of a hostile foreign adversary, we’re going to take that land back."

TEXAS LAW GETS TOUGH ON PUBLIC, PRIVATE DRONE USE

The bill is in direct response to real-world events. 

Hefner cited the 2021 case of a retired Chinese general acquiring over 140,000 acres near Laughlin Air Force Base. 

"We've [also] seen the attempt of foreign actors or hostile foreign adversaries to buy land close to food processing plants," Hefner said. "And it's just something that we have found the more we dig into it, the more we find that there's a lot of things we don't know and a lot of vulnerabilities that are out there."

The bill prohibits entities and individuals affiliated with governments designated as national security threats, based on the U.S. Director of National Intelligence’s annual assessments, from purchasing real estate if those purchases pose risks to public health or safety. 

The law empowers the state's attorney general to investigate, block and even reverse such land deals through court-ordered receivership.

TEXAS LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING BILL TO BAN GENDER CHANGES ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES

Under SB17, "real property" includes agricultural, commercial, industrial, and residential land as well as mines, minerals, and timber. The law includes key exemptions for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and property intended as a personal homestead.

"The strong points of our bill is that it can apply to anyone if we can prove they're acting as an agent," said Hefner. "So even if they're from a friendly country, but they're actually on behalf of a foreign adversary, then they will be subject to the bill."

The bill gives the attorney general investigative powers, and authority to appoint receivers to manage or sell properties acquired in violation of the law.

Hefner pushed back hard on critics who claim the bill is xenophobic. "This has nothing to do with skin color or ethnicity," he said. "It’s about protecting Texans and Americans from foreign espionage and influence."

He also stressed that SB17 should not be seen as a partisan move. "It shouldn't be a partisan issue. This is about national security. This is about keeping our citizens safe," said Hefner. "It's not about Republican or Democrat, it's not liberal or conservative. It is just taking care of our people. 

"And I believe that's the, you know, the number one responsibility of the government is to make sure that people can live free and safe in their state."

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SB17 is set to take effect Sept. 1. Hefner said he hopes the legislation sparks a nationwide effort. 

"We need to wake up," he said. "This is about securing the homeland, not playing politics."

Fox News Digital's Nick Butler contributed to this report.

• The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman has suffered a series of mishaps during its deployment.
• Since December, the ship has lost three fighter jets and collided with a commercial vessel.
• These incidents have cost the Navy at least $180 million so far.

It's been a rough few months for the USS Harry S. Truman, which has suffered a string of serious and expensive mishaps since the aircraft carrier sailed into the Middle East at the end of last year.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier has lost three F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets in the Red Sea — the most recent incident occurred on Tuesday — and collided with a commercial vessel, an incident that cost its skipper his job.

While it's unclear how much damage the Truman sustained from the collision, F/A-18s are estimated to cost roughly $60 million apiece, meaning the carrier has racked up at least $180 million in lost planes and damage.

It adds to the mounting costs the US military has borne from the Trump administration's seven-week air war against the Yemen-based Houthi militants attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea.

Arrestment failure

On Tuesday, an F/A-18F Super Hornet was landing on the Truman's flight deck when the arresting cable failed, sending the aircraft over the edge and into the water. Both aviators safely ejected and were rescued by an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter.

"The aviators were evaluated by medical personnel and assessed to have minor injuries," a defense official told Business Insider. "No flight deck personnel were injured."

It's unclear exactly what went wrong during the landing. US carriers have catapults to launch aircraft and arresting gear to recover them. The wire cables are tensioned across the flight deck to catch an aircraft's tailhook and rapidly decelerate it, a process repeated dozens of times daily during flight operations. Physical damage to a cable or a failure of the hydro-pneumatic systems that absorb the force of the landing aircraft.

Towing incident

On April 28, an F/A-18E was actively under tow in Truman's hangar bay, an area under the flight deck where aircraft are maintained, when the move crew "lost control" of the fighter, the Navy said. At the time of the incident, the jet was likely on one of Truman's four elevators, which move aircraft between the hangar bay and the flight deck.

The jet and the tow tractor fell overboard. A defense official later told BI that a sailor jumped from the cockpit of the F/A-18 right before it fell into the Red Sea, and was lightly hurt as a result of the incident.

The Navy said at the time that the Truman carrier strike group and its air wing "remain fully mission capable."

At least four fighter squadrons are deployed on the Truman, with likely 10 or more fighters per squadron.

Collision

On February 12, the Truman collided with a commercial vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt's Port Said, at the mouth of the Suez Canal.

The aircraft carrier suffered some damage, including to the exterior wall of two storage rooms and a maintenance space. There was also damage external to the ship, including a line handling space, the fantail, and the platform above one of the storage spaces. Truman sailed to a US naval base in Greece for repairs.

Capt. Dave Snowden, Truman's commanding officer at the time, said the ship was "fully mission capable" and even continued to conduct flight operations after the crash. He was later fired and replaced by Capt. Christopher Hill, who previously captained the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, the first aircraft carrier to take on the Iran-backed Houthi group in Yemen that's been attacking shipping lanes.

Friendly fire

On December 22, the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, part of Truman's strike group, shot down an F/A-18 Super Hornet over the Red Sea in what the US military said was "an apparent case of friendly fire."

The fighter jet had launched from the Truman. Both aviators ejected safely.

That incident occurred just a few days after the Truman and its strike group entered the Middle East region. It became the Navy's fourth aircraft carrier to join the fight against the Houthis.

After weeks of calm, the US military began a new bombing campaign against the Houthis on March 15. The Truman participated in these intensive combat operations for over seven weeks until Tuesday, when President Donald Trump said American forces would stop.