NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday the U.S. is nearing the “finish line” in its conflict with Iran, while warning that Tehran was seeking to become the next North Korea.Rubio told “Hannity” Tuesday that Iran was pursuing intercontinental missiles capable of striking the United States and would have achieved those objectives if President Donald Trump had not launched Operation Epic Fury.”They were aiming to become the next North Korea, except not a North Korea run by a regime that is troublesome and hard to understand, but an Iran run by radical Shia clerics with intercontinental missiles that could reach the mainland of the United States eventually,” the Secretary of State said.”That’s what they would have ultimately achieved… had President Trump not taken these steps that he’s taken.”CRUZ SAYS TRUMP’S MOVE TO STRIKE IRAN ‘MOST CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION’ OF HIS PRESIDENCY Rubio accused Iran’s regime of misleading the public about its ballistic missile capabilities, saying officials “denied” their missiles could reach as far as London.”[Abbas] Araghchi, their foreign minister, this guy is a liar,” he told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “This guy was on television like a week ago – two…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Todd Monken was really looking forward to his first picture day as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns, when all 32 coaches were scheduled to appear in Phoenix at the NFL annual league meeting this week. However, Monken never made it to the group photo, and Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot found out a haircut was to blame. Monken set up a haircut specifically for the photo Monday, and he believed he timed the situation perfectly, writing in his agenda that the photo was scheduled for noon Pacific time in Phoenix.  But when Monken ran into Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen, he learned the photo was already taken. It wasn’t that Monken was late. Instead, a coaches meeting, which he skipped, let out early, and they decided to take the photo with all the coaches assembled. Well, not all the coaches. BROWNS OWNER GIVES OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK FOR INJURY-RIDDLED DESHAUN WATSONMonken wasn’t the only coach not in the photo, though. Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay was also absent from the photo. While Monken may have missed the picture, he hasn’t missed sharing his thoughts about his quarterback depth chart heading into his first season on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order targeting mail-in voting and voter eligibility, calling the move a major step toward restoring confidence in U.S. elections.Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said the order is focused on “voter integrity and Mail-In ballots” and on “stopping the massive cheating that’s gone on.””We’re going to be signing an executive order,” Trump said. “It’s, I believe it’s foolproof… I think it’s very obvious what’s said.”The order directs federal agencies to work with states to compile lists of eligible voters using federal citizenship and identity data, while also instructing the U.S. Postal Service to develop new safeguards for mail-in ballots, including barcode tracking and verification measures.TRUMP REVEALS TOP ISSUES GOP SHOULD FOCUS ON TO SECURE MIDTERMS VICTORY: ‘I’VE NEVER BEEN MORE CONFIDENT’ Under the order, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) working with the Social Security Administration and other federal databases, will create and share “State Citizenship Lists” with state election officials. The lists are intended to identify individuals confirmed to be U.S. citizens who will be at least 18 years old by the time of a federal election and who reside in that state.Those…

The chief of naval operations said Tuesday that he was confident in the U.S. Navy’s mine countermeasure capabilities in the face of potential mine warfare in Iran.Adm. Daryl Caudle championed the effectiveness of the Navy’s three Independence-class littoral combat ships with the mine countermeasures mission package during a discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.“When the capability embarked on an LCS is full up, it’s a very, very good package,” Caudle said. The U.S. Navy previously saw four Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships forward-deployed in Bahrain, but they were decommissioned in 2025 and replaced with three Independence-class littoral combat ships equipped with a mine countermeasures mission package.The package includes an attached Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk — which deploys its own suite of mine hunting and minesweeping technologies — and an unmanned surface vehicle that destroys mine threats with acoustic and magnetic generators. Unlike the Avenger-class minesweeper, which is made of wood and can wade inside or near a mine-threat zone because of its low-magnetic signature, the LCS with the MCM mission package must remain outside mine-infested waters due to its aluminum construction.RELATEDThe CNO’s comments come several weeks after the Pentagon’s testing wing published a March 13 report saying…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Costco shoppers are hopping into a debate over an oversized Easter treat that’s far too big to fit in any basket.Members have been buzzing about the wholesale giant’s chocolate Easter bunny. It’s a seasonal sweet priced at $112.97 online and up to $140 in some stores, depending on location — and it comes with instructions to smash it apart using a hammer, mallet or rolling pin.The 10-pound giant bunny is being sold as an oversized Easter centerpiece and shareable dessert. COSTCO DEBUTS NEW SUNDAE — BUT SHOPPERS CALL IT A ‘SLAP IN FACE’The semi-solid bunny is made with milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate, according to the packaging, and contains 151 servings.The box also details how to actually eat it. Shoppers can either smash the bunny by wrapping it in a towel and giving it “one bold whack” with a hammer, mallet or rolling pin — or slice it using a warmed serrated bread knife, according to package instructions shared online.The product, nicknamed “Pete the Bunny,” according to the box, quickly sparked reaction across social media, where commenters have debated everything from the price and chocolate quality to whether anyone could actually…

Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net.A Department of Defense suicide report found that 471 service members died by suicide in calendar year 2024, down from 531 in 2023, according to the report released Tuesday.In the Department of Defense’s seventh-annual report on suicide in the military, the department found that even though the total force suicide rate decreased by around 11% for 2024’s calendar year, suicide rates have gradually increased in the active component from 2011 to 2024.The department began collecting data on service members’ suicides in 2011 when the Defense Suicide Prevention Office was established. After accounting for age and sex, the increase in active component suicide rates from 2011 to 2024 reflects the increase in U.S. population suicide rates, the report says.“Overall military suicide rates have not differed meaningfully from those of the U.S. population for most years since 2011,” the report states.“This result indicates that the military suicide rates resemble trends in the country as a whole,” the report continues. Like previous years, the majority of the active-duty service members…

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This article was originally published by Frank Shostak at The Mises Institute.  Some commentators are of the view that one cannot trust the market economy, which is seen as inherently unstable. If left free, the market economy could lead to self-destruction. Hence, there is a need for the government and the central bank to manage the economy. It is held, in this framework, that successful management could be achieved by influencing overall expenditure; it is expenditure that generates income. An expenditure by one individual becomes the income of another individual. Hence, the more that is spent, the higher the overall income will be in the economy. What drives the economy, then, is spending. Whenever the overall income in the economy starts to weaken because consumers lower their expenditure, it is then the role of the government to step in and increase its expenditure, thereby generating support for the overall income and thus for overall economic growth. If, for whatever reasons, demand for produced goods is not strong enough, this results in a partial use of the existing labor and capital goods. Thus, in this framework, it makes a lot of sense to increase the government expenditure in order to strengthen the…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Guatemalan national in the U.S. illegally — who authorities say entered as a “gotaway” and had never been encountered by federal immigration officials — has been charged in a fatal stabbing in Fairfax County, Virginia, Fox News has learned.Fairfax County Police said Monday that Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, 38, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, adding that he is being held without bond.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sources confirmed to Fox News that Chavarria Muy has no alien registration number, indicating he had not previously been encountered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and is believed to have entered the U.S. illegally at an unknown time and location. ICE has lodged a detainer with Fairfax County authorities.Officers responded to a reported stabbing just before 9 p.m. Sunday and, upon arrival, located a man inside a residence with multiple stab wounds to the upper body.VIRGINIA PROSECUTOR’S RECORD ON VIOLENT OFFENDERS SCRUTINIZED AFTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED IN MOM’S MURDER Officers immediately performed life-saving measures until Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department personnel took over and transported the man to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.The suspect left the…