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What To Know About Trump's Presidential Fitness Test Award Revival Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, In the coming academic year, old-fashioned calisthenics, timed runs, and the spirit of competition could return to many public schools. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a proclamation restoring the Presidential Fitness Test Awards, which date to the mid-20th century but ended under President Barack Obama’s administration. The May 5 White House action is a follow-up to the July executive order re-establishing the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. This proclamation, which also recognizes...

Pentagon Conducts First Military Drill In Venezuela Since Maduro Overthrow On Saturday, the US military conducted a highly visible drill right in the heart of Caracas, marking the first known American military exercise on Venezuelan soil since the chaotic January 3rd operation to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The show of force involved two US Marine Corps Osprey aircraft touching down near the recently reopened US Embassy in Caracas, which went operational only two months ago, in March. via Reuters "The drill, which the Venezuelan government said it had authorized as an evacuation...

The Pentagon said on Thursday that US forces boarded another tanker in the Indian Ocean that it said was carrying Iranian oil, as the US continues to enforce a blockade against Iran. “Overnight, US forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran, […]