The Iran war has cost the Defense Department $37.5 billion to date, Secretary Pete Hegseth told senators Tuesday during a hearing to request emergency funding for the ongoing conflict.Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Caine testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee to seek $67.1 billion in supplemental money for the war and other DoD expenses, such as munitions, drones and the Army and National Guard deployments to the southern U.S. border and Washington, D.C. Given that the department has $75 billion in its coffers from the $156 billion it received last year in reconciliation funding…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog.  I really don’t understand the tremendous apathy that I am witnessing right now. Everyone can see that commercial oil inventories are rapidly being depleted. As I discussed yesterday, the global oil market had about 400 million barrels of excess inventory before the war, and now we have “close to nothing”. But at least we still have the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, right? Yes, that is true, but that is being rapidly depleted as well. In fact, when you add the dwindling commercial oil inventories in the U.S. to the oil…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Visitors to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are being urged to come forward if they had contact with a wild bat after the animal tested positive for rabies.A deceased wild bat was recovered outside the Oasis on the Rocks restaurant on July 11. It later tested positive for rabies, according to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.”Safari Park visitors who had no physical contact with the bat are not at risk for rabies,” the park told Fox News Digital.’UNSUPERVISED’ CHILD AT HERSHEYPARK ZOO INJURED BY WOLF AFTER CRAWLING UNDER SAFETY BARRIERCounty…

Charter Arms has just launched the ultra-compact rimfire Walker revolver series.Not everyone who carries a gun for defense wants to lug a big pistol around, and many people can’t handle the recoil of larger calibers. For those who need a simple, easy-to-shoot defensive handgun that’s small enough to fit in a pocket, Charter Arms’ new Walker series is worth taking a look at. These are ultra-compact 8-shot rimfire revolvers, and they’re available in .22 LR and .22 WMR in a variety of finish options.The Charter Arms Walker revolvers feature an aluminum frame and a weight of just 15 ounces. They…

Planning on heading out into the woods this summer or fall? Then the July Buck of the Month may be of interest to you, as it is a souped up version of one of the company’s classic outdoors fixed blades, the 102 Woodsman. You just never know what you’re going to get with the Buck of the Month. Sometimes, they are baroque, extravagant, deviating significantly from their source material in dramatic ways. Other months, they are sensible, no-nonsense upgrades – and that’s what this 102 Woodsman is. It makes sense, as the Woodsman has a long history as a workhorse…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The California singer accused of grooming a 14-year-old girl only to murder her when she threatened to expose him and then dismembering her remains with a chainsaw appeared in front of a Los Angeles judge Tuesday for the first day of a preliminary hearing expected to clear the way for the case to go to trial.David Burke, who performs under the name “D4vd,” is accused of killing a teen girl named Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose unrecognizable remains prosecutors say were found chopped up and decomposing in the trunk of his Tesla, abandoned…

Hanwha Philly Shipyard has been tapped to build two Missile Range Instrumentation Vessels for the Pentagon to the tune of $2 billion, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought announced Friday.The declaration came during the christening of the Department of Transportation’s fourth national security multi-mission vessel — Lone Star State — which will be used to train the next generation of merchant mariners at Texas A&M Maritime Academy, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation release. The shipyard, in collaboration with TOTE Services, has delivered four NSMVs to the department’s Maritime Administration. A fifth is scheduled to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig appeared stumped by a basic question on sex and gender from Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.During a House hearing on alleged “extreme political activism” on display at the Smithsonian, Mace asked Hartig, “Do you believe that men can become women?”Hartig hesitated before answering, “Ma’am, as the director of the museum, that’s not relevant in this case.””It’s very relevant,” Mace shot back. Motioning to images of Smithsonian displays featuring drag queens, Mace continued, “You’ve got men dressed up as women, and you have them on…

A Navy submarine that is believed to have played a notable part in the early stages of the Iran war was presented with a prestigious military award commemorating its heroism in combat.Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao presented the Navy Unit Commendation to the crew of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Charlotte, according to an X post from the secretary.“The most powerful weapons in our Navy are often the ones never seen—and never heard,” Cao said. “This recognition reflects their professionalism, discipline, and unwavering dedication to the mission.”The Navy Unit Commendation is conferred on any ship, aircraft or unit of…

United States ruler Donald Trump is backing his war-mongering efforts by saying things went worse in other wars. His full retreat into “whataboutism” is nothing more than a defensive coping mechanism designed to rally the base and save face. Trump already all but surrendered in the war he started jointly with Israel when signing the Memorandum of Understanding. Iran declared it a “record of US failure.” Iran Declares Memorandum of Understanding A “Record of US Failure” Not long after the media in the US noticed that the MoU was mostly a US surrender, Washington reignited the war with Iran while…

We’ve all heard the stories about a spark, a one thing leading to another scenario that takes two people not looking for romance on a journey to its front door anyway. It’s a tale as old as time.That’s what is alleged to have taken place last year in Lake County, Florida, between a former police chief, who resigned in June after being placed on administrative leave in May, and a suspect’s wife.One day, Michael Giddens, then a lieutenant with Howie-in-the-Hills Police Department, is tracking down leads in a potential contractor fraud case. A few months later, he’s facing allegations of…