Just days after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals struck down New Jersey’s ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines, a three-judge panel on the First Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an even broader ban in Massachusetts. The panel concluded that First Circuit precedent forecloses any challenge to the gun ban. Last year, in a case known as Capen, the First Circuit upheld an earlier version of the state’s semi-auto ban using some downright tortured logic. As the panel explained on Tuesday in Recchia v. Campbell:Specifically, we considered (1) how the predecessor law’s…
The Starter Edition of Xbox Game Pass has expanded to more players through a new partnership that bundles it with eligible Meta Horizon+ memberships. Xbox Game Pass has recently been changing its subscription offerings and prices as new leadership at the company works to restructure the business. Microsoft first introduced Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition through its partnership with Discord Nitro in May 2026. Designed to lower the barrier to entry for Xbox Game Pass, eligible Nitro subscribers could link their Xbox accounts and get access to the base version of the game subscription service, featuring only a fraction of…
This article was originally published by Kevin Duffy at Natural News. Over the weekend, I traded notes with Marc Faber—global investor and editor of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report. One snippet from our chat set the tone: At major market tops, it isn’t uncommon to see the formation of anti-bubbles alongside bubbles. And those anti-bubbles can bottom when the bubbles peak. In fact, some of the greatest buying opportunities can take place at major tops such as 2000. If you look at some of the Old Economy rejects, the cheapest many of them ever got over the past 30 years was…
There’s no doubt that The Trace was less than pleased about the Third Circuit ruling overturning New Jersey’s ban on so-called assault weapons. The opinion made it pretty clear that, under Bruen, there’s no judicial ground for such a thing. That’s the good news, even if some people aren’t interested in listening.Over at The Trace, they opted to tell us how they really feel, including where they think it’s going to go from here.For the first time, a federal appellate court has struck down a state assault weapons ban on Second Amendment grounds. On July…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States on Wednesday carried out another wave of strikes on Iran, where air defenses opened fire over the capital, Tehran. Iran launched a missile attack on a Jordanian city on Israel’s doorstep, and alerts were issued in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The 11th night of American airstrikes on Iran came as diplomatic efforts have shown little public sign of progress. Officials on both sides have dug in on their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for global energy that remains largely closed because of Iranian attacks. Iran has avoided…
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Nearly 8 in 10 veterans believe that government shutdowns are harmful to national security, according to a new poll published amid concerns that the U.S. federal government is headed for another lapse of funding this fall. Polling of 800 military veterans and active military members by YouGov found that 77% hold this negative view about a shutdown, which occurs when Congress does not pass funding bills and causes non-essential government services to close. Another 47% said a shutdown was very harmful, while 30% said that it was somewhat harmful for national security. Just 4% said it was either somewhat helpful…
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in his opening remarks during a congressional hearing Tuesday that not fully funding the Department of Defense (DOD) to the tune of $1.5 trillion is the “greatest threat” the United States faces at home and abroad. Hegseth made the remarks while testifying today before the Senate Appropriations Committee, as the White House is requesting an additional $87.6 billion for “urgent needs” regarding the United States’ ongoing military operations in Iran. He was joined in the hearing by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. That approximate $87.6 billion…
It’s been 18 years since the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms, and in the nearly two decades since the Court has only taken up six cases directly related to those rights. Five years after Heller, SCOTUS struck down Chicago’s ban on handguns, and in 2016 the justices issued a per curiam opinion that Massachusetts’ justification for banning stun guns did not comport with Heller or McDonald. It took another six years for the Court to conclude that the right to bear arms was violated by…
Here is a list of the confirmed deaths of U.S. military service members killed in the Iran war. The following is a list of the confirmed deaths of U.S. military service members killed in the Iran war, numbered approximately, to the best of our knowledge, and displayed newest to oldest. For deaths that take place on the same day, we alphabetize according to the first letter of the service member’s last name; that means the chronological number next to a service member’s name may change after the Pentagon announces more identities. Because of the timing of a service member’s promotion…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has confirmed its open beta dates, revealing two weekends of early playtests, with an early access beta that will run from August 21 to 25, while the open beta is from August 28 to September 1. Infinity Ward has also teased what fans can expect from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’s beta, including new and returning game modes. The next entry in the Modern Warfare series, scheduled for launch on October 23, has already become one of the most anticipated games of fall 2026. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has been steadily…
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. I really don’t understand the tremendous apathy that I am witnessing right now. Everyone can see that commercial oil inventories are rapidly being depleted. As I discussed yesterday, the global oil market had about 400 million barrels of excess inventory before the war, and now we have “close to nothing”. But at least we still have the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, right? Yes, that is true, but that is being rapidly depleted as well. In fact, when you add the dwindling commercial oil inventories in the U.S. to the oil…
These are not the best of times for the gun control lobby. With the election of Donald Trump in 2024, anti-gunners lost their office at the White House and their partnership with an administration willing to use federal agencies for a whole-of-government attack on gun owners and the Second Amendment. Now we have the DOJ suing state and local governments for violating our Second Amendment rights, and an ATF that is repealing the Biden-era restrictions and modernizing the agency’s rules over the objections of groups like Everytown, Giffords, and Brady. In the past few weeks,…
CAIRO (AP) — A declared blockade of Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has the potential to widen the Iran war and further disrupt global oil supplies and international trade. The rebels say they have closed the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to Saudi-linked shipping in retaliation for the kingdom’s blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on the international airport in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa. The Houthis claim to have forced six ships to reroute on Tuesday, but there was no independent confirmation. Bab el-Mandeb, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is a vital shipping chokepoint, connecting the Red…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the nation’s intelligence agencies, along party lines. The 9-8 vote came after some Democrats had praised Clayton and indicated that they might vote for him. But that shifted after a contentious hearing last week in which Clayton repeatedly refused to say that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the panel, said during the hearing that he was “bitterly disappointed” in Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New…
Hawaii’s “vampire rule” prohibiting concealed carry on all private property open to the public was always an outlier law, with only a handful of states attempting to impose similar restrictions after the Supreme Court struck down “may issue” concealed carry licensing in Bruen back in 2022. In the wake of the Court striking down Hawaii’s law in Wolford a few weeks ago, there’s been some grumbling from the gun control lobby about SCOTUS supposedly making us less safe, but there’s been at least as many complaints about how the Court reached its decision. New York University law professor…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon “a lot” during a White House meeting on Tuesday with the country’s leader, Joseph Aoun, who came to push for long-term calm after months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. The U.S. has championed peace in Lebanon but also has been increasingly distracted by a new round of escalation with the war in Iran, which has destabilized much of the Middle East. Trump says he now has little interest in talks with Iran’s leader to end the war — at least for now. In the meantime,…
United States ruler Donald Trump is backing his war-mongering efforts by saying things went worse in other wars. His full retreat into “whataboutism” is nothing more than a defensive coping mechanism designed to rally the base and save face. Trump already all but surrendered in the war he started jointly with Israel when signing the Memorandum of Understanding. Iran declared it a “record of US failure.” Iran Declares Memorandum of Understanding A “Record of US Failure” Not long after the media in the US noticed that the MoU was mostly a US surrender, Washington reignited the war with Iran while…
Standup paddleboards offer freedom and flexibility for exploring coastlines, lakes, or whitewater. SUPing involves standing (or sitting or kneeling) on a rigid or inflatable that’s tapered at both ends. We focus on inflatables here: The designs are more durable, lighter, easier to transport, and more budget-friendly. When deflated, they easily fit in a closet, trunk, or on airplanes. Over the past 12 months, Senior Editor Morgan Tilton and professional athlete Dane Tudor tested six SUPs on dozens of miles of waterways. Their adventures ranged from Colorado’s rockier, shallower routes to deeper, wider bends of British Columbia and ocean swells of…
