Social Security beneficiaries, military retirees and people receiving veterans benefits will see a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, in 2027.The Social Security Administration’s COLA announcement Wednesday sets the rate of increase for about 72 million Social Security beneficiaries, but also for military retirees and people receiving veterans benefits. The increase goes into effect in January and is 0.8% higher than the 2.8% COLA in 2026. It’s the biggest increase in four years.Officials estimate that on average, the monthly Social Security benefit will increase by $75. As an example, a military retiree who receives $2,500 in retired pay will see a…

We were all waiting to see which college football programs would potentially add players to their roster during the season via a court ruling, and now we might have our answer.The Michigan Wolverines are on the cusp of dipping into the transfer portal and signing two players who could help them at multiple positions this season. Yes, I said this season.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated. This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Thanks to a…

Disrupt enemy command and control. Hit enemy forces with firepower, then assault with ground troops to finish the job. And be resilient enough to function despite what the enemy dishes out in return.That’s the essence of “How The Army Fights,” a new 46-page guide on how the U.S. Army can leverage the tactical to improve the operational. “While [How The Army Fights] is focused on the operational and strategic levels of war, it will affect how tactical units execute warfighting at echelon,” according to the guide, issued by Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve. How The Army Fights,…

The October Buck of the Month pays homage to horror movie history: it’s the latest variant of the legendary, enduring, and Ghostface-approved Buck 120. For those of you not in the know (and we would refer you to our goth sister-site HorrorNews), the Buck 120 not only enjoys a sterling reputation in the real world as a premier hunting/outdoors fixed blade, but also has won fame in Tinseltown as the preferred, um, EDC, of Ghostface, the murderous villain of the Scream franchise. In fact, if you take an amble into your local Spirit Halloween, you’re sure to find not only…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Kai Trump has undergone another wrist surgery for a recent golf-related injury.President Trump’s eldest grandchild, 19, posted an update to Instagram on Wednesday, announcing that the procedure was a success. She included a selfie from her hospital bed showing her left arm in a cast and sling.According to the statement included in the post, Trump, who is a competitive golfer on the University of Miami Women’s Golf team, underwent surgery to repair a wrist injury sustained during her first tournament of the season.KAI TRUMP RECALLS ‘A LOT OF CRYING’ WITH MOM VANESSA…

Defense companies Forterra and Hypercraft have collaborated to produce a contested-environment-ready autonomous vehicle, which they showed off for the first time at the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.Forterra installed its AutoDrive autonomy software platform that powers unmanned maneuverability onto Hypercraft’s Razorback ground vehicle, yielding a product that can withstand the punishing logistics of combat without putting soldiers at risk.“The point of an autonomous military vehicle is to deliver payloads to the point of friction,” Forterra Chief Growth Officer Scott Sanders said. “Razorback has the power, power generation and capacity to carry a wide…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A French newspaper claimed Tuesday that climate change is accelerating child marriages in developing countries, including among girls as young as 12, citing research suggesting that natural disasters are pushing impoverished families to marry off their daughters at increasingly younger ages.Le Parisien’s report, headlined “She was only 12: Climate change, a new accelerator of child marriage,” directly linked weather-related disasters to early marriages in Bangladesh, Kenya and other countries.”In Bangladesh, Kenya and elsewhere, climate disasters are worsening child marriages,” the newspaper said in a passage translated from French. “By destroying incomes and…

Protesters derailed a Washington, D.C., panel featuring U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, calling him a “war criminal” and a “Nazi.”Six people interrupted the speakers at various points during the beginning of the roughly hour-long panel, which was part of the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting. They shouted condemnations of the U.S. war with Iran and referenced the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “You’re not a warrior, you’re a coward,” one person yelled, adding, “Children in Gaza are starving!” Another shouted, “You’re killing my family.”The final protester yelled, “The world f—— hates you.” “You’re a f—— war criminal.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When Adam Carolla asked actor and comedian Jeff Garlin on his podcast last week whether there was “anything going on in Hollywood anymore,” the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star admitted that acting roles had virtually dried up for him.”I haven’t worked in almost three years since ‘Curb’ ended,” Garlin said, prefacing his remarks with uncertainty about whether he should reveal his circumstances. “…The reason that you and I do this no longer exists. It doesn’t.””We could be doing this thing in Sweden,” he added.HOLLYWOOD JOBS FLEE OVERSEAS AS CONGRESS SCRAMBLES TO STOP PRODUCTION…

A month after President Donald Trump intervened to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea, citing a desire not to upset his “very good relationship” with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the commander of Army forces on the peninsula said he’d like to go bigger – both in exercise frequency and geographic scope.Speaking at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting here Monday, Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea, said lessons from Ukraine prompted interest in changing the shape and structure of exercises there.“I think what…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico appears to be further moderating his previous left-wing stances as he slammed former President Joe Biden for ‘failing us’ on border security in a new campaign advertisement released Monday.Despite spewing a seemingly hawkish and downright right-leaning border stance in the recent ad, Talarico previously called to slash Texas’ entire border-security budget in an unearthed interview.”I called out Joe Biden for failing us on the border,” Talarico says in the opening of the ad released this week.But Talarico’s campaign couldn’t give Fox News Digital an…

The U.S. Army announced that it is awarding initial contracts to several defense technology companies to build applications for its new battlefield software.The service will pay a one-year total of $93.6 million, spread out across nine companies, to create applications for its Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, software.“While the Army is providing capability we can deploy today, we’re also providing a blueprint and reference point for how industry can integrate in the future with interoperability and speed,” said Brig. Gen. Shane Taylor, portfolio management executive for the Command and Control Information Network.The NGC2 will provide a shared network…