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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! UNITED NATIONS: Romania’s foreign minister told Fox News Digital that Bucharest answered the Trump administration’s call for allied support in the Middle East by allowing the use of Romanian military bases for “defensive activities” related to tensions with Iran and efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.”We have allowed for access to defensive activities, such as air refueling, for example, because we do believe allies need to rely on each other,” Romania’s interim Foreign Affairs Minister Oana-Silvia Ţoiu said in an exclusive interview at the United Nations.”We’re not part of the war,…

VILNIUS — The future presence of U.S. troops in Lithuania is “under review”, the Baltic country’s defense minister said on Tuesday, adding that although Washington had assured him new rotations would arrive, he did not know when and at what strength.The U.S. is withdrawing thousands of troops based in Germany and Poland as the rift between the administration of President Donald Trump and its NATO allies and partners in Europe over the Iran war widens.In Lithuania, U.S. troops presently stationed in the country are now leaving as expected, but the next scheduled group is not arriving, Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas…

This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News.  Americans owe a record $1.25 trillion on credit cards, up 5.9% from a year ago. 13.12% of credit card balances are at least 90 days delinquent, the highest since the 2008 financial crisis. Average credit card interest rates have reached 21%, up from 14.6% in February 2022. Nonprofit credit counseling agencies report a 24% increase in clients seeking help. More than half of consumers carry balances to cover essential expenses like groceries and utilities. American households now carry a record $1.25 trillion in credit card debt, with delinquency rates…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! By the time a debt collector calls or a lender rejects your loan, an identity thief may have been using your information for months. The warning signs often arrive much earlier.They may show up as a small card charge, a strange IRS letter, a missing bill or an Explanation of Benefits for care you never received. Each one can look like routine mail or another account notice.That is exactly what identity thieves count on. Here are 6 quiet signs of identity theft to check before the damage spreads.Join CyberGuy Live: Lock Down…

It started as a routine transfer. Following an asset transfer from Korea, maintainers at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, accepted and processed an A-10 Warthog. Soon, staff at the base recognized that they had an opportunity to link past and present. So began the process of transforming the A-10 into a piece of visual history, tracing its lineage to the famous Flying Tigers squadron of World War II.“If the original Flying Tigers hadn’t been successful, we wouldn’t be here today carrying that name and history,” Staff Sgt. Tucker Lee, 23d MXS noncommissioned officer in charge corrosion control, said in a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A store owner in South Carolina who spent three years in jail before his trial was acquitted of a murder charge after shooting and killing an armed teen outside the store in 2023.A jury in Richland County found Rick Chow not guilty Monday in the shooting death of 14-year-old Cyrus Cormack-Belton.On May 28, 2023, Chow and his son, Andy Chow, pursued Cormack-Belton out of their Columbia, South Carolina, convenience store after suspecting him of shoplifting. The father and son duo chased the teen about 100 yards before Chow shot him in the…

May the best Unmanned Surface Vessel win. The U.S. Navy announced Friday that it selected seven companies to compete for the service’s Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel contract.At-sea testing of the vessels is slated to begin next month, with companies whose MUSVs successfully complete the trials set to receive $15 million and be eligible for “follow-on production,” according to the Navy.Testing is set to wrap up by October of this year. The companies chosen to for the trials include Sea Machines, Leidos, Saronic Technologies, Galliano Marine Services, PacMar Technologies, Birdon and Huntington Ingalls Industries. This announcement comes as the Navy seeks…

My passion has been collecting and acquiring representative United States Service rifles. That includes items like the 1898 Krag-Jorgensen, 1903 Springfield (and its variants), the M1 Garand and the M1 Carbine. However, one of my favorites in that collection is the Springfield Model 1884 Trapdoor Rifle. Why? Because it’s such a strange gun! It’s a rifle of two eras — muzzleloading and breechloading. It’s such an oddity in the development of military arms. According to the author, the manual of arms for the Trapdoor rifle is simpler than it may seem. Here, he is demonstrating how to reload it. While…

The United States ruler, Donald Trump, believes that peace talks with Iran are continuing at a “rapid pace”, while Iran says it has suspended talks after a violation of the ceasefire agreement. Trump oddly made the comments just hours after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had made its statement about a suspension of peace talks. Israel, The United States, Iran, and Russia All Move Even Deeper Into World War III Trump also said “all shooting will stop” between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, after the president said he spoke with officials from both sides of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chicago high school’s decision to eliminate its Arabic language program due to low enrollment and budget constraints has sparked backlash from community members who argue the course is vital for inclusion and diversity.Lincoln Park High School (LPHS) announced it will no longer offer Arabic to incoming freshmen. The decision comes as Chicago Public Schools (CPS) grapples with a projected $732.5 million deficit, forcing district-wide cuts to teaching and administrative staff, according to a new report by The Chicago Tribune.LPHS Principal Eric Steinmiller defended the decision during a May 21 local school…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding answers from the Pentagon after U.S. Central Command disclosed it had received multiple threat reports indicating foreign adversaries were exploiting commercially available location data to target or surveil American military personnel overseas.In a letter to War Department Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies, lawmakers led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., warned that the Pentagon “has not taken basic steps to protect U.S. military personnel from the serious counterintelligence and force protection threat posed by the collection and sale of personal information,…