NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Several immigrant business owners are preparing to sue New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his plan for city-owned grocery stores, Fox News Digital confirmed on Wednesday.The New York Post first reported on Tuesday that the Multicultural Business Coalition’s (MBC) board voted to file a lawsuit against the city over Mamdani’s plan to open five taxpayer-funded grocery stores that will sell food at prices up to 30% below traditional retailers.According to MBC Chairman Frank Garcia, the MBC is now planning to send a letter to Mamdani’s office in the coming days detailing its upcoming legal plans to protect competing stores, bodegas and other small businesses. If Mamdani does not respond or meet with the organization within the next three weeks, the group plans to take further legal action.MAMDANI CONFRONTED ON FAILED CITY-RUN GROCERY STORE ATTEMPT IN KANSAS CITY, CLAIMS HIS PLAN WILL WORK “The [New York City] commissioner said this administration is open to speak to everybody, and they want to hear from everybody,” Garcia said. “So I’ve been waiting for a meeting for a couple of months. Why aren’t they having me?”He added, “We are ready to file the lawsuit if…

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 billion to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, as conflicts in Iran and Ukraine strain U.S. weapons stockpiles.The U.S. has supplied large quantities of ‌weapons to allies while also using munitions in its own military operations in Iran, raising concerns about inventories of key air defense and precision-guided weapons.The Lockheed award converts a previous one-year deal worth $4.7 billion awarded in April into a seven-year draft agreement, creating a multiyear procurement plan for the interceptors from fiscal 2026 through 2032, the Army said.Pentagon negotiators ​are pressing contractors to move much faster, with tentative production agreements struck earlier this year at the center of efforts to increase missile output. The administration of President Donald Trump has also steadily increased pressure on defense contractors to prioritize production over shareholder payouts. Trump signed an executive order in January to identify contractors deemed to be underperforming on government contracts while continuing to distribute profits to shareholders.Industry executives have welcomed the production agreements, but said Congress must first appropriate funding before companies can invest more heavily in components and production capacity.Exact terms and delivery dates for many Pentagon munitions deals…

“Practically every one of our dead was found with his rifle torn down next to him where he had been trying to fix it.” — Excerpt from a letter written by Marine in 1966 to his family after a firefight in Vietnam. A U.S. serviceman in Vietnam with an early M16. There were many stories of soldiers and Marines having problems with the earliest models of this rifle in the field. Was it the design’s fault? Parts of this Marine’s letter was read by Rep. James J. Howard (D-N.J.) to the House. At first, there were reports circulating in the military that the newly developed M16 rifle jammed frequently in combat. We could send astronauts off into space, but our government couldn’t field a reliable service rifle? In May 1967, those reports were made public. It took a Congressional Committee to right the M16 rifle program. Background Advisors were initially sent to Vietnam as early as 1955, and then in 1965 the U.S. was all in and officially committed combat troops to Vietnam in 1965. M14 rifles were originally issued to troops bound for Vietnam, but the rifle was deemed too long, heavy, had too much recoil and was uncontrollable…

The United States has resumed its bombing of Iran after a “surprise attack” on American forces. US President Donald Trump had warned earlier on Wednesday that Iran was about to face a harsh response, reportedly telling Fox News: “We’re going to beat the f***ing s**t out of them.” The renewed strikes marked the first US attacks inside Iran since Trump paused the bombing campaign Friday. The halting of attacks came after 13 consecutive nights to allow diplomacy another chance; however, Iran continued to say that negotiations were not underway. Trump: US And Iran Engaged In “Very Friendly” Talks During the pause in fighting, reports started to surface saying that the US was low on missile defense systems and other weapons it would need to finish off this war it started with Iran. The ruling class allegedly halted weapons shipments to Ukraine, as its own military stockpile plummeted. US Halting Some Weapons Shipments To Ukraine As Own Military Stockpiles Plummet Iran’s missile launch was said to be the reason that a brief pause was ended and both countries have now returned to fighting, with direct exchanges occurring between Washington and Tehran. CENTCOM described Tuesday’s missile launch against the US as an attempted “surprise…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Bryan Kohberger, whose murder case has reportedly cost taxpayers more than $8 million, has been appointed a new taxpayer-funded attorney as he seeks to withdraw his guilty plea in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.Ada County District Judge Steven Hippler on Wednesday granted Kohberger’s request for court-appointed counsel, directing the Idaho State Public Defender to appoint an attorney to represent him in all post-conviction proceedings.The order comes just days after Kohberger filed a handwritten petition for post-conviction relief seeking to withdraw the guilty plea he entered last year in exchange for prosecutors dropping the death penalty.KAYLEE GONCALVES’ MOTHER SAYS FAMILY READY FOR TRIAL AFTER BRYAN KOHBERGER SEEKS TO WITHDRAW GUILTY PLEAIn the petition, Kohberger claimed he was “convinced to falsely confess” and alleged his defense attorneys – Anne Taylor, Elisa Massoth and Bicka Barlow – failed to disclose what he described as “exculpatory discovery,” referring to evidence discussed in the recent book “Broken Plea” that was never examined in court. Kohberger previously said he was entering the plea knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily and that no one had coerced him or promised him anything beyond the terms of the agreement. His new…

The House version of next year’s defense budget bill revives a push to use emerging technology to make military rations lighter and more portable. While the standard Meal, Ready-to-Eat, or MRE, delivers nutritionally complete chow in a package weighing 1.5 pounds or less, that adds up for troops on the move: more than 30 pounds of supply per service member for a week-long patrol. And amid efforts across the services to prepare to operate independently in austere environments far from resupply, cutting down the weight and volume of food is a known need.The fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act calls on the secretary of defense to boost these efforts with new partnerships to create the MREs of the future.“It is the sense of Congress that requirements for the future battlefield include dealing with contested logistics that cannot be achieved with the size and weight of currently fielded rations; and could be mitigated by incorporating within rations, components produced with emerging and innovative technologies developed in partnership with the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Research and Engineering Program,” language in the House version of the bill, passed July 22, states.It requires the secretary of defense to seek opportunities to enter contracts…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First lady Melania Trump’s office announced a fifth group of Ukrainian and Russian children that she helped reunite with their families, as five more children are now with their loved ones.”While diplomacy and peace-building are important to this effort, they are surpassed by our collective ability to place children above international disputes,” Melania Trump said in a statement. “Every reunion is a reminder that compassion, dignity, and family can transcend even the darkest of times: war. My representative and I continue working with the governments of Russia and Ukraine to safely return children to their families and communities.”The first lady’s reunification program officially began in October 2025 after she had President Donald Trump hand-deliver her note to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their August 2025 summit in Alaska. Thus far, the White House reports around 30 Ukrainian children have been reunited with their families.RUSSIA LAUNCHES BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK ON KYIV HOURS AFTER ZELENSKYY WARNS OF MAJOR STRIKE Thousands of civilians, including children, have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with last year being the deadliest year since the war began, according to United Nations figures.ZELENSKYY SAYS PUTIN ‘LOST THE…

This article was originally published by Mark Thornton at The Mises Institute.  I’m not predicting WWIII; I am certainly not calling for WWIII; I’m doing everything in my power to prevent WWIII and illuminate the causes, risks, and general results of future war. We are in a quasi-war with Russia, with Europe planning to fight. We are at war in the Middle East with no end in sight. We have stolen China’s oil source in Venezuela and threatened Denmark with our might. The last decade has seen the entire globe turn from firm allies and admirers of America to disgruntled partners and enemies ready to fight. What we do know is that this pathway to war can easily result in war itself, and once Shakespeare’s “dogs of war” have been released, that chaos and destruction follow on a massive scale and political actors are incapable of stopping it. War is harmful and provides zero benefits to the population. It only provides benefits to some politicians, the military-industrial complex, the deep state, and the global power elites, including the big bankers who finance both sides, only to be paid back by taxpayers. Citizens typically have a very narrow view of the…

We’re two days away from August, and the college football season is already starting to heat up.Sort of.New Florida Gators head coach Jon Sumrall and ESPN football analyst Dan Orlovsky have been going back and forth this week over the most offseason topic of all time: pedicures.ESPN’S DAN ORLOVSKY WEIGHS IN ON FLORIDA COACH JON SUMRALL’S PEDICURE PREFERENCES, IMMEDIATELY GETS ROASTEDThat’s right. You read that right. Pedicures.Sumrall’s wife let the cat out of the bag last week that the new UF coach has a secret passion for pedicures, saying that it’s his “favorite extra thing to do,” and that he gets one “every two weeks during football season.”Relatively harmless interview, and one that, frankly, I didn’t think would get much play given the news cycle.Boy, was I wrong.Orlovsky hopped on ESPN’s ‘Get Up’ this week, and angered America when he declared that he was “completely against pedicures for dudes.” “You’re a dude. You’re not supposed to get pedicures. I am so against this. You should not be getting pedicures… I’d rather have awful feet than get pedicures,” he continued.Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and Orlovsky made his stance clear. In turn, Sumrall took to X and stuffed the ESPN…

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton and local forces seized an estimated 2,380 pounds of suspected marijuana worth approximately $2.8 million Saturday near Great Inagua, Bahamas.The Charles Sexton crew and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force boarded a suspected drug-smuggling vessel about 80 miles southwest of Great Inagua, where they discovered 97 bales of suspected marijuana. The three people aboard the vessel were transferred to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force for prosecution along with the narcotics.“This interdiction highlights the strength of our partnership and our shared commitment to combating transnational organized crime in the region,” Lt. Peter Fager, commanding officer of the Charles Sexton, said in a statement. “Working together, we continue to disrupt illicit trafficking and protect the security and stability of our maritime borders.”The effort was carried out in coordination with the Bahamian government and U.S. Coast Guard Homeland Security Cutter-Ocean. The Homeland Security Cutter-Ocean initiative is designed to use commercially operated vessels to provide logistical support to Coast Guard cutters while they remain at sea. The initiative aims to improve fleet readiness by delivering personnel, fuel and supplies directly to cutters, allowing them to remain on station longer without returning to port.“As demands on…