The U.S. military can tell commanders how many troops are deployable, how many aircraft are mission-capable and how quickly units can mobilize for combat.As military leaders prepare for wars shaped by drones, artificial intelligence and rapidly shifting battlefield conditions, however, defense experts say the Pentagon still struggles to answer a more difficult question: How do you know whether a force can adapt when the unexpected happens?Future conflicts are widely expected to unfold faster and with greater uncertainty than the wars the United States has fought in recent decades. Communications may be disrupted, battlefield conditions may shift rapidly and long-held assumptions…

This article was originally published by George Ford Smith at The Mises Institute.  If you read enough commentary, you’ll find various versions of the idea that our ruination is the result of powerful private interests driving government decisions that benefit them at our expense. Simply put, rich guys can buy votes that favor them, and only them. In some cases, they augment their bribes with blackmail. Does the problem lie with the billionaires or the government? One way a person can become a billionaire is by providing people with a product or service they want. As various economists have pointed…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sam Neill, the 78-year-old New Zealand actor best known for his role in Jurassic Park, died on Monday after contracting pneumonia, a co-star said.Rima Te Wiata, a Kiwi actor who appeared with Neill in the 2016 comedy “Hunt for the Wilderpeople,” told The New Zealand Herald that he was “a very steady, peaceful, grounded man.”In an interview with the outlet, Te Wiata recounted times when Neill told the press that he wasn’t afraid of death but that he’d be “annoyed” by it.Neill’s death came after he said he was cancer-free in April,…

Paige Bueckers once again advocated for Black women in women’s basketball. The Dallas Wings superstar made viral comments at a postgame press conference on Sunday after defeating the Chicago Sky, when she was asked about the number of Black female coaches in the WNBA.There are currently no Black female head coaches in the league.CAITLIN CLARK VS PAIGE BUECKERS: HOW TWO WHITE WNBA STARS WOUND UP WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS “I’m for equal opportunity, no discrimination based on what you look like, who you like and anything of that nature. I grew up with a lot of prominent Black women…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In 2015, Sen. Lindsey Graham called Donald Trump a “jackass” and warned Republicans that nominating him would be a disaster. Trump responded by reading Graham’s personal cellphone number aloud during a campaign rally, encouraging supporters to call the South Carolina senator.Few political rivalries seemed less likely to evolve into one of Washington’s most consequential foreign policy partnerships.Trump rose to power promising to end America’s “endless wars” and challenging decades of Republican foreign policy orthodoxy. Graham, by contrast, remained throughout his three decades in public service an unabashed advocate of projecting American power…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Dave Matthews, lead singer of the Dave Matthews Band, condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as “a–holes” during a Friday concert.”I don’t know why we let people make excuses for why we should kill each other, you know?” Matthews said. “There’s always reasons that we should kill each other. They tell our children and use their words when they — when they grow up. I wonder what’s wrong with us. I don’t know why we lost our way. So it feels — but maybe we’ve always been like this, we just…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Deputy U.S. Marshal was shot and killed on Monday while serving an arrest warrant in Alexandria, Louisiana, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office said the incident happened at around 3 p.m. in the Rutland Road area, where authorities were attempting to arrest a wanted fugitive.”Sheriff’s Detectives, along with members of the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender Task Force, were conducting a law enforcement operation in the Rutland Road area to arrest a wanted fugitive where an Officer Involved Shooting occurred,” the sheriff’s office said.SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY GUNS DOWN DEPUTY…

CNBC faced a wave of online mockery Monday after releasing its annual quality-of-life rankings, which exclusively placed conservative red states in all 10 spots of the “worst places to live” — even as official U.S. Census data shows some of those states are leading the nation in population growth.Critics quickly took to social media to call out the outlet for what they alleged as blatant liberal bias embedded in its ranking criteria.Counting down from the tenth-worst place to the first, CNBC ranked the bottom ten states as Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Missouri, Utah, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee. All 10…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A dog accidentally turned on a toaster inside a home in Maryland, igniting a fire and killing three other pets in the home, according to officials.Fire crews responded to a house on 4319 Foxglove Court in Belcamp for a single-family dwelling fire shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the Abingdon Fire Company.The crews were able to control the blaze in about 20 minutes.MASSIVE FIRE RIPS THROUGH PUB, KILLING AT LEAST 27 AS PATRONS FLEE SMOKE-FILLED VENUE The owners were not home at the time of the fire, and no people…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! St. Louis Cardinals budding star Jordan Walker broke the hearts of the Philadelphia Phillies faithful on Monday night, defeating Kyle Schwarber on a walk-off blast to win the 2026 Home Run Derby.Walker hit 12 home runs in his final round, edging out Schwarber’s 11 in a new format from MLB. With his parents watching, Walker’s final home run hit the left field seats and he celebrated in the only way you do when you win the Home Run Derby to be crowned the league’s best slugger during All-Star weekend.Once again, MLB introduced…

The Pentagon said the suspension of Apache pilots involved in a beach flyover last week has been lifted after videos of the helicopters flying low over a beach packed with onlookers circulated online and local news reported that the soldiers were subject to an investigation. In a statement on social media, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said “carry on Patriots,” after announcing that “the suspension of all involved South Carolina pilots has been lifted.” Late Thursday evening, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted “We’ll fix this. Carry on, Patriots,” in response to a video of the incident posted by a social media…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ATLANTA — The FBI and Atlanta Police Department are getting ready for a massive security operation ahead of the World Cup semifinals between England and Argentina at Atlanta Stadium. Both agencies have used drones to search for potential threats on the ground and in the sky. The FBI is enforcing the Federal Aviation Administration’s Temporary Flight Restrictions around the venue. The FBI has confiscated more than 600 drones nationwide since the World Cup began. Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Atlanta Field Office Marlo Graham said 86 of those drones were seized in…