If you’re a military spouse with little or no credit history, the fastest way to start building credit is usually to get added as an authorized user on your service member’s credit card. It doesn’t require an application, hard credit inquiry, or income verification. Once the card issuer starts reporting the account, that card’s payment history, credit limit, and account age appear on your credit report and start working in your favor. Key Takeaways Get added as an authorized user to rapidly build credit without a hard inquiry or application. Confirm issuers report authorized users and add your SSN so…
If you’re shopping for a home and you’re not finding anything on the market that fits your needs, you might consider building your own house. While a VA loan can be used to finance the construction of a brand new home, it can be difficult to find a lender that will issue one. In this guide, we’ll explain how you can use a VA loan to fund a new-home build, how the process works, and how to find a lender that will offer VA-approved financing. Construction Basics When you decide to build a house, you’ll need a construction loan. And…
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has fired a rhetorical shot across the bow of San Jose’s City Hall, warning officials that a lawsuit is coming if the city doesn’t take immediate steps to bring down the outrageously high fees the city charges residents applying for a concealed carry license. Constitutional rights aren’t for sale. Charging $1,600 to carry a firearm outside the home is unconscionable and unconstitutional. The @CivilRights Division is working hard to protect San Jose’s residents from Second Amendment violations! pic.twitter.com/fo6PWRZGcY— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) September 9, 2026In her letter to Mayor Matt Mahan, SJPD…
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We’ve been waiting for years for something like Viramontes to come before the Supreme Court. While a few years ago, the outcome might have been more in doubt, the Supreme Court of today looks little like the one that decided Heller and McDonald, and that’s not a bad thing. While both of those cases are important and clearly benefited us, the Court was a less certain place for Second Amendment issues, and they were almost never heard. We went more than a decade before we got another gun case.Today, though, we’re finally getting what we…
A new letter written to the heads of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees calls for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide more thorough explanations for promotions and demotions. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot who lost both her legs in the Iraq War, sent the letter Thursday morning to SASC Chair Roger Wicker, a Republican, and Ranking Member Jack Reed; as well as HASC Chair Mike Rogers, a Republican, and Ranking Member Adam Smith. It urges the committee leaders to retain Sections 501 and 502 of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act…
Michael Barasch has been one of the staunchest advocates on behalf of roughly 500,000 civilians, law enforcement and first responders who have suffered from countless diseases correlated to the World Trade Center attacks 25 years ago. Barasch, an attorney at the New York City-based law firm Barasch & McGarry, was instrumental in working on behalf of more than 140,000 survivors and first responders who have benefited over the years from World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) funding approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that included victims at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa. WTCHP is defined by the…
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A $533 million artillery factory built to help replenish America’s supply of 155 mm shells instead became plagued by robot fires, malfunctioning equipment and production failures, ultimately failing to deliver a single usable shell, according to a ProPublica piece. Outside of Dallas, the General Dynamics facility was intended to become a central piece of the Army’s effort to dramatically expand artillery production following the ammunition that has been lost in recent world events. Instead, the Army halted two of that facility’s three production lines in Aug.2025 after General Dynamics missed eight deadlines. As reported by ProPublica, inside the plant, there…
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We still haven’t seen any recent polling out of TX-23, but the prediction markets still favor Brandon Herrera to win the district over his Democrat opponent this November. Democrats, though, have added TX-23 to their “Districts in Play,” and are publicly optimistic (if not particularly confident) about flipping the seat on Election Day. That’s not because Katy Padilla Stout, the Democrat nominee, is performing well on the campaign trail or proving to be a fundraising powerhouse. In fact, when the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee sent out a press release proclaiming that TX-23 is in play,…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is allegedly analyzing Americans’ financial data to conduct traffic stops of drivers, some of whom were never flagged of committing any crimes. DHS is allegedly conducting operations through a U.S. Border Patrol program that feeds intelligence to local police who then pull drivers over, according to an investigation by 404 Media, a news technology outlet. The units are reportedly called Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams, or PITT, revealing the program’s name for the first time. They are allegedly run by Border Patrol, part of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) within the DHS framework, according to…
Most Navy ships carry the name of a state or city as a matter of tradition. The USS New York carries something more literal in its hull. The amphibious transport dock ship’s bow stem, the structural spine that cuts through the water at the leading edge of the vessel, contains 7.5 tons of steel recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, melted down and recast to build the ship, according to its shipbuilder, Northrop Grumman. A Governor’s Request The ship’s origin traces to a letter New York Gov. George Pataki sent to then-Secretary of the Navy Gordon England…
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared sites. Western officials suspect that the traces could provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program until 2003. Iran says that it’s not pursuing nuclear weapons, and that its program is entirely peaceful. Reporting Iran to the Security Council opens the country to possible sanctions and asset freezes, though such punitive measures are unlikely because Iran’s…
A woman has been indicted in connection with the deadly shooting of a veteran. Bonita Yvette Brown, 64, of Birminghan, Ala., was accused last year of murdering 64-year-old Thomas Williams. She was indicted Aug. 28 by a grand jury, according to court records cited by AL.com. The two were reportedly dating and Brown allegedly told police at the time of her arrest that she had been meeting him in a park to engage in sex. She alleged that Williams, who previously served in the U.S. Army, ended their relationship after they copulated. She then shot him three times. Jefferson County…
A St. Louis, Missouri man says he was evicted from his government-run apartment complex after using a legally owned firearm in self-defense in the apartment’s lobby. Torrey Holliday says CCTV footage from the lobby of the Euclid Plaza Apartments shows that he was not the aggressor in the incident, and according to Fox 2 in St. Louis, MO, Holliday wasn’t charged with any kind of criminal offense in connection with the incident. So why was he booted from his home?The lease termination letter says Holliday was captured on front lobby video shooting someone. “They charged…
