As the April 15 tax filing deadline looms, troops and their families should be aware of some tax law changes this year that affect them. The Trump administration’s tax and spending package, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law last summer, “was significant tax legislation,” Susan Mitchell, executive director of the Armed Forces Tax Council, told Military Times. “It’s vital that service members understand these tax changes, especially because many deal with the unique circumstances of military life, and there are unique tax rules that apply to them,” she said. Mitchell highlighted some of the changes…

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PARIS — France will send the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and its strike group to the Mediterranean as war expands in the Middle East, President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech on Tuesday night.With the Strait of Hormuz closed and the Suez Canal and Red Sea threatened, France is also working on a coalition to pool assets, including military, that will allow shipping traffic to resume, Macron said in the televised speech.“Faced with this unstable situation and the uncertainties of the days ahead, I have given orders for the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, its air assets, and its…

House and Senate members, along with prominent veterans’ organizations, hope 2026 will be the year Congress passes legislation to give 54,000 wounded veterans their military retirement pay and Veterans Affairs disability compensation — without one offsetting the other. In the past two weeks, veterans groups, including Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars, lobbied lawmakers for passage of the Major Richard Star Act, a bill that would allow medically retired U.S. military personnel to receive both their full retirement pay and VA disability compensation. While the legislation has been a major focus for advocates since 2020, concerns about the…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Olive A. Fredrickson wrote six stories for Outdoor Life about her life as a homesteader, trapper, and subsistence hunter in Canada. Eventually, she turned her experiences into a novel, The Silence of the North, which was co-written with former OL staff writer Ben East and ultimately made into a movie in 1981. This was her first magazine story, published in May 1967 under the title “I Had To Have Moose.” The canoe was a 30-foot dugout that the local tribe had…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court expressed skepticism Monday about the federal government’s law banning people with a “habitual use” of marijuana from legally possessing a firearm, a Second Amendment case that could test the limits of creating exceptions to gun ownership.But in two hours of spirited oral arguments over “guns and ganja,” several justices — while seeing marijuana smokers as potentially less serious — expressed concern about allowing drug addicts and other illegal substance users who might pose a danger to society to have those weapons.A narrow ruling appears likely and might apply only…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics Wisconsinite Alan Hintz has been ice fishing for more than 50 years, and he’s fished a lot of places in that time: from small ponds in the Midwest to Canadian rivers to the famed waters of Lake Erie. Over the weekend, Alan and his brother Dale traveled to North Dakota, where they booked a trip on Devil’s Lake with Perch Patrol Guide Service. “It was kind of a slow day to be honest,” Hintz tells Outdoor Life. “We were fishing Pelican Bay for most of the…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. If you’ve hunted turkeys long enough, you know that no two ornery gobblers are alike. The same probably holds true for most turkey hunters when it comes to their tactics, calling strategies, and even their clothing or gear. While some hunters view turkey vests as equally important as their calls, others opt for fanny packs or no vest at all out of minimalism or downright rebellion. With that in mind, I tested the best turkey vests (and non-turkey vests) to suit…

United States ruler Donald Trump claims that the U.S. can wage war “forever” with an “virtually unlimited” supply of weapons and ammunition.  Trump made the claim in a post to Truth Social on Monday. In the post, Trump dismissed concerns over the U.S.’s alleged limited munitions availability. Military analysts have claimed that the concern is over air defense missiles, and they claim it is a limiting factor in the ongoing U.S.-Israeli campaign aimed at toppling the Iranian government. “Wars can be fought ‘forever,’ and very successfully, using just these supplies (which are better than other countries’ finest arms!),” he wrote. The president…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The father of a Georgia high school shooting suspect was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter on Tuesday.Colin Gray, the father of accused Apalachee High School mass shooter Colt Gray, has been found guilty by a jury in Barrow County.Colt Gray allegedly killed two 14-year-old students and two teachers during the September 2024 shooting in Winder.  The father was found guilty on all counts, meaning he is facing 180 years in prison. He will be sentenced at a later date.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP Gray could be seen…

The U.S. Air Force updated its physical fitness program and score charts for the fitness tests to boost the long-term health of airmen.The modernized program utilizes a more thorough assessment model to strengthen warfighter readiness by motivating airmen to build more sustainable fitness habits for the duration of their careers, according to a Feb. 27 release.“This update is not just about increasing the physical fitness test standards; it’s about ensuring our warfighters are fit, ready, and prioritizing their long-term health,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach said in the memo.The updated score charts will have increased minimums for…

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BERLIN — Greece has dispatched two frigates and four F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus following a drone strike on RAF Akrotiri, the British military’s main hub for Middle East aerial operations, as the Iran conflict threatens to spill into the Eastern Mediterranean.A Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicle reportedly struck the British base’s runway a few minutes past midnight on March 2, causing what the U.K. Ministry of Defence described as “minimal damage” with no reported casualties. Two additional drones targeting the base were intercepted on March 2, according to Cypriot authorities.The strike is widely believed to have been carried out by…

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics For decades, California was hailed as the big bass bait capital. It was here where anglers first adopted the Japanese practice of using monster swimbaits to imitate large forage like adult trout. During the 1990s, these tactics were turning heads and producing huge bass, and my friend and well-known angler, Oliver Ngy, was on the ground floor of that movement as a kid. Fast forward to 2026, however, and it’s hard to miss that the big-bait craze is sweeping the nation. Sure, it’s always been there,…

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This article was originally published by Christopher Day at The Mises Institute.  Let us imagine for a moment that we are in a museum. In one wing, the great achievements of government intervention are shown: highways, dams, public schools, and countless other ingenious designs, organizations, and feats. Things that we use in our everyday lives, which, for better or worse, supposedly ensure the smooth flow of society. Plaques and posters on the walls of this wing boast of the millions of jobs and trillions of dollars created by the state, and list the many ways by which it has contributed…

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