Often overshadowed by the .44 Magnum for its beefy payload and Hollywood-inspired reputation, the .44 Special is best known for delivering practical, controllable performance.The recoil is manageable, the concussion won’t rattle your fillings loose, and the heavy-for-caliber bullets still get the job done.That is to say, the .44 Special isn’t…
If you have multiple service-connected disabilities, you’ve probably done the mental math: A 50 percent rating plus a 30 percent rating should equal 80 percent. It does not. The VA does not add disability ratings together. It uses a formula many veterans have never had explained to them, and the…
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Summer has always held a special place in the American story and the celebration of democracy and freedom.As the days grow longer and families gather for barbecues, road trips, range days, and other holiday traditions, we’re also reminded of something much bigger than fireworks and backyard cookouts.Independence Day celebrates the…
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with additional context reflecting developments since the report’s publication in October 2025. The report’s $21.7 billion estimate covers U.S. military assistance provided through September 2025. WASHINGTON — The United States under the Biden and Trump administrations has provided at least $21.7 billion in…
Fundamentals Series — Part 6In Part 5, we discussed how vision drives the gun.Now we take that concept one step further.At Valiance Firearms Training (VFT), we teach that vision should not simply drive the gun, it should drive the entire process. High-level shooters are constantly solving the next problem before…
Loving the idea of Slate’s affordable electric truck but not the idea of electric power? A company called REO Industries is looking to challenge the Slate with something nearly as basic for even less money. REO’s slogan is “build it like it used to be” and that’s exactly what it…
This year’s scholarships awarded by the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (MCSF) set a pair of records. The national nonprofit in existence for more than six decades announced that $12.635 million in post-secondary educational scholarships were awarded to 2,906 students nationwide for the 2026-27 academic year—representing both the largest scholarship investment…
Every genre has a few shining stars that stand above the rest, demonstrating a level of excellence that may never be reached again. Furthermore, in some cases, these incredible games are so much better and more engaging than their genre contemporaries that the rest of the space feels lackluster by…
Published Jun 25, 2026, 10:01 AM EDT Trump kicks off America’s 250 celebrations with a rally on the National Mall. Read the full article here
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans who were berated by President Donald Trump over opposition to his war in Iran held a late-night vote Wednesday to try to appease him, rejecting a war powers resolution a day after a similar measure passed. Trump harangued GOP senators face to face earlier in…
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran has handed over its latest proposal for negotiations with the United States to mediators in Pakistan, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. The U.S. and Pakistan did not immediately confirm receiving the new proposal. There was no word on what details are included in the…
2026 is almost halfway done, and now is as good a time as any to start thinking about which game is going to take the coveted Game of the Year award in December. In just a few short months, the gaming world has become incredibly stacked in just about every…
A British diving team has located a Coast Guard cutter wreckage that occurred over a century ago, with officials reminiscing on the lives sacrificed that fateful day. The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the cutter Tampa was located and confirmed by the British technical diving team Gasperados, at a site…
Few studios have built their reputation on community trust the way Unknown Worlds, the developer of Subnautica 2, has. Since Natural Selection 2, the developer has treated early access as a foundational part of how its games are made — a collaborative process between the people building the game and…
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President Trump’s April 21 decision on to extend his original two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than 12 hours after he expressed reluctance to do precisely that, is giving the U.S. and Iran more time to salvage a diplomatic process defined by misleading statements, rhetorical chest-thumping, and conflicting agendas.While shooting has stopped for…
A woman who was allegedly assaulted by sailors and had videos of her naked self disseminated online has filed a $7 million legal complaint against the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense. The victim, identified only as Jane Doe in the Federal Tort Claims Act administrative complaint filed Wednesday, alleges…
MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted Friday in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during the first Trump administration. Jurors found Republican David Rivera and an associate, Esther Nuhfer, guilty on…
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Seven leading AI developers have deals to install tools in classified Defense Department networks, a wide spread meant to prevent “vendor lock,” Pentagon officials said Friday.Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Reflection, and SpaceX are cleared for Impact Level 6 and Impact Level 7 network environments, part of a bid to streamline data synthesis,…
