This article was originally published by Cassie B. at Natural News. The U.S. is partially evacuating personnel from Middle East bases amid rising tensions over fears of an unauthorized Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran’s IRGC warns it will retaliate against U.S. bases if attacked, raising risks of a broader regional conflict. Israel may act unilaterally against Iran’s nuclear program, despite U.S. reluctance, escalating the crisis. Diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Iran have stalled, with Trump demanding denuclearization and Iran insisting on sanctions relief first. Oil prices surged as markets reacted to the evacuation news, signaling fears of…
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Editor’s note: This report has been updated to include remarks Hegseth made later in Thursday’s hearing after the report’s initial publication.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth initially sidestepped questions from a lawmaker on whether he would obey a court were it to rule that the Trump administration’s recent deployment of active-duty troops to Los Angeles was illegal. “What I can say is we should not have local judges determining foreign policy and national security policy in the country,” Hegseth said, testifying Thursday before the House Armed Services Committee. The secretary responded to questions from Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who pressed on the…
Photo: Massaro Media Group.Two of my favorite cartridges, .270 Winchester and .300 Holland & Holland Magnum, have just celebrated their centennial birthday.Maintaining popularity for more than a century is quite the accomplishment in the cartridge world. For every one of the “classics” that have made that mark, there are several that fell out of vogue, and many others that have disappeared altogether.Sure, the .30-06 Springfield, .45-70 Government, .45 ACP, 9mm Luger, .22 Long Rifle and .30-30 Winchester have all made that mark, but the .30-40 Krag, .38-55 Winchester, .300 Savage and .22 Short have lost much of their following of…
An armed robbery in Chicago’s Humboldt Park ended fatally when a concealed carry license holder shot and killed the suspect, an 18-year-old man. The shooting occurred late Tuesday night while the carrier was retrieving items from his car. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE CHICAGO, IL (2-minute read) — A late-night armed robbery attempt turned deadly Tuesday in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood when a concealed carry license holder defended himself against an armed teen assailant. Around 10:48 p.m., the 36-year-old concealed carrier was retrieving belongings from his vehicle in the 1400 block of North Artesian Avenue when an 18-year-old male approached him,…
The Air Force would cut its F-35A purchase for fiscal 2026 roughly in half under the White House’s draft defense budget.The service typically buys about four dozen Joint Strike Fighters each year, with some years’ purchases topping 60. But a budget document obtained by Defense News shows the service would procure 24 F-35s next year, for a cost of nearly $4 billion.That is less than the 44 F-35s, costing $4.8 billion, the Air Force is on track to buy this year, and the 51 jets worth $5.5 billion the service bought in 2024.And while the number of jets the Air…
The H5N1 bird flu is “capable of airborne transmission,” meaning it has a bigger chance now of becoming the next pandemic. A new animal study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has found that bird flu is primarily spread through contact with sick animals. The study, which was published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, was based on a sample of H5N1 extracted from a dairy worker in Michigan who contracted the virus last year. Back in February, scientists did a study that also concluded that bird flu could spread though air. STUDY: Bird Flu “Spreads Through The Air” According to…
Thanks to a new bill, the Medal of Honor may be awarded to service members for acts of valor that occurred decades ago. “Valor never expires,” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who introduced the Valor Has No Expiration Act, said in a recent press release. “Neither should the opportunity for our bravest heroes to be recognized with our highest honor. There is no reason why those who went above and beyond are ineligible for the Medal of Honor due to an arbitrary time standard, when their true account may not be known or was kept classified for decades.”The act seeks to…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday would not rule out the possibility of a future military invasion of Greenland and Panama, suggesting to lawmakers the Pentagon may have plans for such a future strike.Appearing before the House Armed Services Committee, Hegseth asserted the department “plans for any particular contingency” and said, “I think the American people would want the Pentagon to have plans for anything.”Pressed by Republican lawmakers to dismiss the possibility of such a U.S. military attack on Greenland or Panama, Hegseth reiterated that the “Pentagon has plans for any number of contingencies” and that officials “look forward to…
Russia has handed over the bodies of over 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in the war. Kremlin official Vladimir Medinsky confirmed the delivery Wednesday after the transfer was first announced by Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Kiev stated that the bodies were recovered from the front lines in Russia’s Kursk, Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions, as well as Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region. No names were released, and no further details were given about the identities of the soldiers. Medinsky, who serves as Moscow’s chief negotiator in talks with Kiev, said Russia received the remains…
The Army has spent well over a billion dollars on a light tank the service is now terminating, just as the program was slated to enter into full-rate production.The M10 Booker was going to be the first new combat vehicle to enter the force in four decades.The service noted its plans to cancel the M10 Booker procurement in a memo issued at the start of last month and on June 11 officially announced the program’s end.“In response to current world events and in support of the strategic objectives outlined in the Army Transformation Initiative, the U.S. Army has issued a…