For more than a century, infantry units have fought under an unforgiving reality: When you’re humping a ruck through non-cooperative terrain and you run face-first into an entrenched bunker, fortified machine-gun nest or enemy light armor, your options for immediate heavy fire support are painfully thin. You can’t drag a 70-ton M1 Abrams through every swamp or up every mountain, and waiting on close air support or artillery when rounds are actively snapping over your head is a luxury combat rarely affords. The Army needed a vehicle that could cast a wider net without encountering the logistical hurdles of other…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ankit Gupta, a general partner at the influential Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator, drew criticism from Trump administration officials after mocking Vice President JD Vance’s call to prioritize American workers over hiring cheaper foreign labor.The controversy began after the Trump administration proposed a $103,265 fee for many new H-1B visa petitions. As it stands, the H-1B visa program allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers for specialty occupations and is overwhelmingly used by the tech industry. However, it has long been controversial among some conservatives, who say it is abused by…

It doesn’t take long to spot a Kyle Busch fan at Daytona International Speedway.In fact, drive under the tunnel and into the infield, and a “Rowdy Forever” banner is the first thing that greets you. It’s not the only one. Not even close.They’re everywhere this weekend. Of course, that’s expected.This is the first NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona since Busch’s stunning death in May. The Coke Zero Sugar 400 is set to close the regular season later tonight — a little over three months since the sport lost its modern day Dale Earnhardt.For better and for worse, those two…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! America’s national debt is climbing higher with few solutions in sight. Total public debt outstanding exceeded $40 trillion for the first time in history — that’s nearly $300,000 per household. This figure should alarm every American, yet years of political promises of easy fixes have dulled the public’s sense of urgency.As America races past the grim, $40-trillion milestone, it is essential to confront why such a high debt is an existential threat to our republic and what realistic solutions remain.The most common benchmark is the debt-to-GDP ratio. Total U.S. public debt now…

He may only be heading into his third NHL season, but San Jose Sharks star Macklin Celebrini is already on the cusp of being one of the league’s highest-paid players by AAV ever.The five-year, $94 million extension he signed this summer kicks in for the 2027-28 season and will see him making an AAV of $18.8 million per season.Sharks GM Mike Grier was no doubt more than happy to pay this, but what’s wild is that Celebrini left a nice chunk of change on the table.SHARKS STAR MACKLIN CELEBRINI JUST MADE AN IMPRESSIVE BIT OF NHL AND VIDEO GAME HISTORY…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court says decades-old Supreme Court precedent forced it to protect the in-home possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, as judges warned that rapidly advancing technology has complicated legal lines drawn nearly 25 years ago.The ruling exposes a widening gap between Supreme Court precedent and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. The Seventh Circuit said it was bound by a 2002 Supreme Court decision that rejected restrictions on sexually explicit depictions of fictional children when no actual child was involved in their creation. But two judges warned that modern AI can…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Despite Minnesota’s fraud scandal exploding onto the national scene and costing taxpayers billions, there are growing concerns that the state has still not done what’s necessary to root out the problem.”We have not slowed down, there is no sense in which the fraud has been stopped in Minnesota,” Bill Glahn, a policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, told Fox News Digital.Glahn has been warning on social media that Minnesota’s rapid growth in provisional assisted-living licenses, most for small facilities, may be outpacing state oversight. In a recent article, Glahn…

Former NBA player Royce White brought his WNBA Draft campaign directly to an arena Friday night, just days after Enes Kanter Freedom was thrown out of a game. Both White and Freedom have declared for the next WNBA Draft as males.White attended the Indiana Fever’s game against the Connecticut Sun at Gainbridge Fieldhouse wearing a long blonde wig, as seen in photos and video obtained by OutKick.The former first-round NBA pick could be seen inside the arena wearing the wig as the Fever prepared to take on Connecticut. He was greeted with a friendly welcome by fans, as multiple people…

We take a quick look at 7.63 Mauser, a very early automatic pistol cartridge.The 7.63 Mauser cartridge (aka .30 Mauser or 7.63x25mm) was developed by German gun designer Hugo Borchardt for the first successful commercial, automatic pistol of the same name. The Borchardt pistol was made by Ludwig Loewe & Co. (later DWM) of Berlin, Germany. Both the pistol and cartridge were introduced in 1893.The Borchardt automatic pistol was later redesigned, emerging as the well-known Luger pistol. This cartridge was adopted by Paul Mauser for his famous Model 1896 pistol, though with increased power for his more rugged design. It…

The America First Policy Institute has launched an investigation into Enes Kanter Freedom’s removal from a Chicago Sky game and his subsequent ban from Wintrust Arena.AFPI filed a six-page public-records request Friday with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the government entity that owns the arena. The request was submitted on Freedom’s behalf under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.”Enes Freedom exercised his constitutional right as an American when he attended the WNBA game in Chicago,” AFPI chief legal affairs officer Leigh Ann O’Neill said in a statement. “Today, we launched an investigation, seeking critical documents that will assist in…

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