NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Coast Guard will be ending admissions for college students wanting to commission as officers that take race into consideration as part of the Trump administration’s continued anti-diversity, equity and inclusion initiative, Fox News Digital has learned.”The Trump Administration is more focused than ever on eliminating unconstitutional DEI policies like this one,” DHS General Counsel James Percival said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital on Friday.He added, “Racial quotas, like those included in this program for students who want to enlist and commission as officers in the U.S. Coast Guard, are a direct violation of the United States Constitution’s equal protection requirements. By getting rid of these unconstitutional diversity quotas, we are returning the Coast Guard’s focus to military readiness, upholding the law, and making America a safer place.”The College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI), program previously included a preference for students from schools that had met quotas for including students from specific racial groups.PETE HEGSETH DIRECTS MILITARY ACADEMIES THAT ALL FUTURE ADMISSIONS WILL BE BASED SOLELY ON MERIT The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced at end to those requirements on Thursday.”Eliminating racial quotas in federal programs remains…

The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX an over $4 billion contract for a program designed to track and target airborne threats globally from space.The $4.16 billion agreement is meant to boost the delivery timeline of a “space-based sensing layer” as part of the Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator, or SB-AMTI, project, according to a Friday Space Systems Command release.“By focusing these capabilities to the space domain, we are providing the Joint Force with sustained battlespace awareness of contested airspace,” Col. Ryan Frazier, acting Space Force portfolio acquisition executive for Space Based Sensing & Targeting, said in the release.By 2028, the award is projected to field a constellation of satellites to assist the Joint Force in eliminating operational blind spots.The release states that traditional military airborne platforms to trace moving targets are confronting challenges as adversaries develop anti-access/area-denial systems, or A2/AD, propelling the need for more resilient tracking structures. The Space Force anticipates operating second- and third-generation SB-AMTI systems by 2035.The SB-AMTI program represents a “deeper collaboration” within the government space industrial base as it utilizes space-based sensors, secure and quick communication connections and ground processing, the announcement reads.“We will not leverage any one single provider; instead, we are partnering with…

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This article was originally published by Lance D. Johnson at Natural News.  The United States and Israel have spent years assuming they can strike Iranian targets with impunity, violating ceasefire agreements and assassinating officials without consequence. That assumption just exploded along with a U.S. airbase near Bandar Abbas. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck back at 4:50 a.m. Thursday, targeting the American base it identified as the “origin of the aggression.” The IRGC’s warning was stark: Aggression will not go unanswered, and any repeat attack will draw a “more decisive” response. Key points: Iran struck a U.S. airbase in retaliation for a U.S. attack near Bandar Abbas airport. The United States and Israel are learning a hard lesson in the Middle East: not every nation will bow to airstrikes and broken agreements. The IRGC warned that any repeat aggression will draw a “more decisive” response. The attack occurred amid ongoing U.S. ceasefire violations in the region. Tensions have been building since Israel’s airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus in April. Iran has framed its actions as “legal, rational, and legitimate” self-defense. The U.S. and Israel now face a far more capable adversary than in previous conflicts. The breaking point:…

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Novak Djokovic looked to have a manageable path to a record-breaking 25th major title after world No. 1 Jannik Sinner’s historic collapse at Roland-Garros, also known as the French Open, but 19-year-old Brazilian João Fonseca had other plans.  It was an incredible five-set comeback victory over Djokovic, which may be remembered as one of the defining changing-of-the-guard moments in modern tennis. The 19-year-old Brazilian rallied from two sets down to defeat the 24-time Grand Slam champion 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. The loss was especially shocking because Djokovic had rarely squandered two-set leads in Grand Slam play, making Fonseca’s victory one of the biggest upsets of the season, and the earliest round exit at Roland-Garros for Djokovic since 2009. Before today’s match, Djokovic was 301-1 when leading two sets to none in his career. Even more historic, this was the first time he had lost to a teenager in his career. He was 18-0 against teenagers heading into Friday’s match.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!The significance of the result extends far beyond a single match, though. At 39-years-old, Djokovic entered Roland-Garros chasing history, hoping to move ahead of Margaret Court’s all-time…

Congressional Republicans and Democrats included a short provision in proposed defense legislation on Tuesday that provides more clarification on what is needed for the construction of Trump-class battleships.Lawmakers in the House Armed Services Committee announced their $1.15 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, stipulating that the new battleship built in the president’s name will not begin construction until the munitions packages onboard are sound enough to deploy.The NDAA provides a foundational sum of money for the Trump administration’s proposed $1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 Defense Department budget.“The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a contract or other agreement that includes a scope of work for the construction of the lead ship of the battleship program until the date on which the secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that the weapon systems planned for inclusion in such lead ship are at a sufficiently mature technology readiness level,” the document says.The battleship will include a bevy of complex weapons systems, including hypersonic missiles, electromagnetic railguns and high-powered lasers, President Donald Trump announced in December 2025.The Navy’s hypersonic missile program is currently in its testing phase, as the service intends to field the weapon across sea-based platforms in the…

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The U.S. Air Force cut the number of specialties eligible for reenlistment bonuses offered to active-duty airmen by 73% in fiscal year 2026.The Selective Retention Bonus list contains only 24 specialties eligible for reenlistment bonuses, compared to 89 in fiscal year 2025.Last fiscal year, the career fields included were: maintenance, aircrew, cyber, medical and special operations specialty codes. There are only two maintenance fields for B-52 and B-1 aircraft and three medical specialties eligible for fiscal 2026.“The Air Force assesses manning requirements annually, updating the SRB list to retain the critical talent needed for global missions,” an Air Force spokesperson told Military Times on Friday.The Air Force spokesperson did not comment on the drop in career fields eligible from last fiscal year. Airmen whose specialty codes are included are eligible to receive the bonus upon reenlisting and extending their service within the SRB specialty code. The Air Force allotted for the addition of 4,300 airmen to the SRB program in fiscal 2026, according to budget documents — a decrease from 7,077 service members in fiscal 2025. The service estimates a small bump to 4,600 airmen for fiscal 2027.SRB zones represent the amount of years of active military service, with Zone…

When you surround yourself with college football and make it part of your livelihood, you will no doubt hear and read every narrative under the sun with regard to the world’s greatest sport.Most of them don’t even deserve a second look and are baseless conspiracy theories, but a few exist in that uncanny realm between fact and fiction.One that has caught my eye comes from the perpetrators of the “SEC is washed” crowd, more specifically those who call out the program that has ruled the conference for the first half of this decade, the Georgia Bulldogs.I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen fans on social media and even college football talking heads run with the narrative that the Dawgs have lost their edge since “paying players became legal.”HOW NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS LAWS HAVE CHANGED COLLEGE SPORTS Ignoring the fact that every power program was always paying players (you really think USC in the mid-2000s or the Urban Meyer-led Buckeyes were getting five-stars to come to their school pro bono?), let’s break down why this is a tired and hackneyed refrain to a topic that requires a bit more nuance.We can start with some dates, as the advent…