The White House is requesting a pay raise for lower-ranked enlisted service members in its fiscal 2027 budget.In the proposed budget for the Department of Defense, released this week, all troops ranked E-5 and below would receive a pay raise of 7%. The budget also allots 6% pay bumps for military personnel ranked E-6 and O-3, as well as 5% raises for those O-4 and above.“The Administration recognizes the importance of America’s warfighters and their families,” the budget request reads.Junior enlisted service members typically serve in pay grades E-1 to E-4 for their first enlistment term, which usually lasts four…

The United States ruling class’s calculated and unempathetic stance on almost every policy is going to eventually be its downfall. The rulers are now demanding access to Africa’s critical minerals in exchange for medical care. The U.S. has already negotiated 28 international health agreements, most of them with African countries. Washington is refusing to disclose their full terms, triggering a widespread backlash, the Washington Post reported on Monday, according to a report by RT.  These deals are part of an “America First” overhaul of foreign health assistance, led by the State Department following the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A massive six-alarm blaze tore through a California warehouse early Tuesday and authorities said an employee is in custody, FOX 11 reported.Video from the scene showed flames ripping through the roof of the Kimberly-Clark consumer goods facility in southern Ontario, Calif., as smoke billowed into the dark sky.Crews responded around 12:30 a.m. to the roughly 1.2 million-square-foot facility where flames were already tearing through the roof when first responders arrived, according to KTLA.NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR’S MANSION ARSON ATTACK San Bernardino County Fire said the Ontario Fire Department was battling…

U.S. strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday, as a U.S. official separately told Reuters the additional strikes on military targets did not impact oil infrastructure.The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, described at least some of the strikes as targeting sites that had been previously struck before and said the attack occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday.Vance, speaking separately in Budapest, said the strikes were not a change in U.S. strategy, with the Trump administration confident that it can get a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tiger Woods will be notably absent from Augusta National this week following his DUI arrest in Florida, but Rory McIlroy said he plans to “acknowledge” the five-time Masters champion when past winners gather for their annual dinner on Tuesday.Woods, along with three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, will miss the annual dinner, which features a four-course menu inspired by the Northern Irishman’s favorites, including his mother’s bacon-wrapped dates and yellowfin tuna carpaccio modeled after a dish from his favorite New York restaurant. “Unfortunately, there will be a couple of guys that won’t be…

BERLIN — Iranian facilities affiliated with chemical and biological weapons research have been hit by the United States and Israel without much fanfare, satellite imagery and the analysis of images shared on social media show. Among the sites destroyed in recent weeks are key sites operated by the Iranian Ministry of Defense, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and hybrid entities that straddle civilian and military applications.In some cases, the Israeli armed forces publicized the strikes either as early warnings or after the fact; in others, they were not publicized at all and were only detected by researchers using satellite imagery…

If you think the cost of putting fuel in your car is high now, just wait. It isn’t over yet. Seventy-five energy assets in the Gulf have been damaged in attacks during the United States-Iran war. International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol was interviewed by the French newspaper Le Figaro on Tuesday and warned that the Gulf energy shock “is more severe than those of 1973, 1979, and 2022 combined.” Birol insisted that this was a bigger deal because it’s affecting oil, gas, food, fertilizers, petrochemicals, helium, and global trade all at once. Simulation: Extended Strait of Hormuz Closure Could…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump warned in a Tuesday Truth Social post that an entire “civilization will die tonight,” issuing the ominous message as his threat of a devastating U.S. attack against Iranian bridges and power plants loomed.”A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump declared in the post.”However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Law and order” is not an abstract political slogan. Without it, you do not have a civilized society. When law and order breaks down, it is the innocent who pay the price first, whether they live on the South Side, Rogers Park or anywhere in Chicago that we call home. Without it, we do not have community. We have fear and chaos. Without it, we do not have justice. We have death and, in some cases, retaliation.I’m continuing on my Walk Across America. I was not in Chicago when I heard the…

This article was originally published by Garrison Vance at Natural News.  Russia Bans Gasoline Exports, Confirms Major Baltic Oil Terminal Outages The Russian government has expanded a ban on gasoline exports to include producers of the fuel, according to a report from Interfax news agency [1]. The ban, which now includes all gasoline producers, is scheduled to remain in effect until July 31. It expands previous restrictions that applied only to non-producers [1]. Simultaneously, Ukraine has intensified drone attacks on Russian oil export infrastructure in the Baltic Sea region over the past week, crippling loading operations and forcing the suspension of activities…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With the NBA playoffs set to begin next Saturday, the San Antonio Spurs are looking to bring back their glory days of winning five titles from 1999 to 2014.Victor Wembanyama has been the primary reason for the team’s return to playoff basketball, leading the NBA in blocks per game for the third time in as many seasons while averaging 24.5 points and 11.5 rebounds, both career highs.However, the 7-foot-4 phenom not only suffered a rib contusion on Monday night, putting him at risk for the rest of the regular season and the…