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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Virginia state bill passed along party lines directing state agencies to consider the race and sex of small businesses’ ownership when distributing discretionary funds for procurement and contracts is likely to face major legal headwinds, experts told Fox News Digital.The Small SWAM Business Procurement Enhancement Program act “provides that executive branch agencies and covered institutions are required to increase their small SWaM business utilization rates by three percent per year until reaching the 42-percent target or, if unable to do so, to implement achievable goals to increase their utilization rates,” according…

The U.S. military employed 5,000-pound penetrator weapons against underground Iranian storage facilities holding coastal defense cruise missiles and related support equipment during the latest phase of Operation Epic Fury, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine confirmed Thursday.“As reported by U.S. CENTCOM yesterday, the US military dropped 5,000 pound penetrator weapons into underground storage facilities storing coastal defense cruise missiles and other support equipment,” Caine said at a Pentagon briefing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “These weapons are bespokely designed to get through concrete and/or rocks and function after penetrating those barriers.”Coastal defense cruise missiles, which Iran has deployed along its…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 19-year-old former college student in Maine who disappeared two months ago was found dead Tuesday in a pond near his apartment complex, according to authorities.Chance Lauer was last seen Jan. 19 at the Orchard Trail Apartments in Orono, where he lived, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said in a news release during the search.At the time of his disappearance, Lauer’s wallet was found in his room and his phone was turned off, the Orono Police Department previously said, noting that Lauer did not have a vehicle.Police said officers found a…

A U.S. F-35 fighter jet was forced to make an emergency landing after flying a combat mission over Iran, U.S. Central Command confirmed on Thursday. The pilot, who was able to guide the aircraft to a U.S. air base in the region, is in stable condition, a command spokesperson said. CNN first reported the incident, with sources telling the outlet the aircraft was struck by an Iranian munition. “We are aware of reports that a U.S. F-35 aircraft conducted an emergency landing at a regional U.S airbase after flying a combat mission over Iran,” Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins said in…

The United States is dramatically underestimating the financial cost of the Iran war. The ruling class has to know that it’s lying to the American taxpayer, the people tasked with actually bearing the cost of war started by power-hungry sociopaths. The Intercept has warned that the cost of this war with Iran could balloon into the trillions of dollars over the long term, pushing many Americans past the breaking point. Affordability Crisis Worsens As 2026 Approaches At the very least, the rulers are claiming that the war is burning through between $1 billion and $2 billion per day, or roughly…

Think your favorite team has improved its Super Bowl odds through free agency? Better start saving. Many hopeful NFL fans spend the offseason dreaming about their favorite team making the Super Bowl as they monitor offseason transactions and gear up for the NFL Draft. But attending the Super Bowl in person is a bucket-list item that will never get checked off for most American sports fans. The dream is becoming more of a nightmare. The median household income was about $83,730 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. With prices of almost everything going up, the idea of the average American…

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft are now engaged in maritime interdiction operations along the southern flank of Operation Epic Fury, targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fast-attack watercraft in the Strait of Hormuz, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Thursday.“The A-10 Warthog is now engaged across the southern flank, targeting fast-attack watercraft in the Strait of Hormuz,” Air Force Gen. Dan Caine said during a Pentagon briefing on the operation. The announcement marks an expansion of the Warthog’s confirmed role in Epic Fury. On March 15, U.S. Central Command released imagery of A-10C Thunderbolt IIs…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Country music star Zac Brown traded stadium stages for the wilderness during a recent appearance on the landmark 50th season of the reality show “Survivor,” issuing a warning about entitlement among America’s youth.During his time in Fiji, where the show is filmed, Brown spoke with Rolling Stone and got personal about his own difficult upbringing and the lack of struggle for youth today.”There’s a poverty of spirit with a lot of American kids,” Brown said while on the set of the hit show.”When you don’t know how to appreciate anything you have,…

Shigeaki Mori, an atomic bomb survivor who spent decades researching the forgotten American prisoners of war killed in the Hiroshima attack, has died at age 88.The historian died on March 14 at a Hiroshima hospital, according to Japanese media reports. Mori was just eight years old when the B-29 carrying the earth shattering “Little Boy” bomb dropped on the city. Less than a mile and a half from the center of the blast, Mori was thrown into a nearby stream that protected him from the firestorm that followed. “I found myself inside the mushroom cloud,” Mori would later write. “It…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday the Pentagon will ask Congress for additional funding related to the Iran war as Operation Epic Fury continues into its third week.Speaking at a Pentagon press briefing, Hegseth said the supplemental request would help cover the costs of operations and replenish U.S. weapons stockpiles.”As far as $200 billion, I think that number could move, obviously. It takes money to kill bad guys,” he told reporters, confirming reporting from The Washington Post that the Department of War is seeking that level of funding.”We’re going back to Congress…