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WASHINGTON — The last remaining US-Russian treaty setting caps on nuclear weapons expired at the stroke of midnight, ending five decades of nearly continuous, if not always harmonious, negotiated efforts to lower the risk of Armageddon through mutual superpower restraint on the size of their respective weapons caches. And while Axios reported US and Russian officials are close to a deal to observe some of the treaty’s obligations, the formal demise of New START raises the risk of a new nuclear arms race arising between Moscow and Washington, with strategic and budgetary consequences for both, according to a number of…

The next major Real American Freestyle event is now scheduled for March 28 as RAF 7 goes down from the Yuengling Center in Tampa Bay, Fla. with the card airing live on FOX Nation.Bo Nickal makes his highly anticipated return at RAF as he defends his light heavyweight title against Olympic champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili from Georgia. After winning in his RAF debut to claim the title, Nickal was forced out of a scheduled bout against Yoel Romero this past December and then declined facing the one-time Olympic silver medalist after he badly missed weight at RAF 5 in January.Now Nickal…

Late last year, the Supreme Court blocked an attempted National Guard deployment into the Chicago area — but months earlier, far from the headlines, a federal memo was already reshaping what Guard “readiness” means at home. The Supreme Court’s order was procedural, not a final merit ruling. But it delivered a rare, immediate check on a Guard deployment that Illinois state officials argued violated the legal limits on federal power over state forces.The Chicago case matters but the more consequential development occurred months earlier, largely outside public view. In August 2025, the National Guard Bureau directed each state to establish…

WordPress.com has launched an official connector for Claude — the first of its kind for a WordPress host. This means that you can now safely connect Claude to your site and know that the integration is officially supported by both Anthropic and WordPress.com. From MCP access to an official connector A few months ago, we introduced MCP access to let AI agents work with real WordPress.com site context — something most standalone AI tools don’t have. With our recent addition of OAuth 2.1 support, those integrations became both more secure and easier to authorize using the agents you already rely…

The sled push is one of the most physically demanding elements of a HYROX race. It taxes muscular strength, anaerobic power, aerobic capacity, coordination, and mental resilience all at once. Many athletes lose disproportionate amounts of energy during this station, which then compromises performance for the remainder of the race. Preserving energy during sled pushes is not about going slower. It is about moving more efficiently, recruiting the right muscles, managing fatigue, and minimizing unnecessary physiological cost. This article breaks down the sled push from a scientific perspective and translates the evidence into practical, race-ready strategies. Every recommendation is grounded…

The Trump administration’s recent release of “365 Wins in 365 Days” offers an intriguing empirical ledger of its first year back in power, cataloguing a “New Era of Success, Prosperity” (The White House 2026). At first glance, the document appears to be a standard bureaucratic report that offers a dense list of statistical achievements ranging from “negative net migration for the first time in 50 years” to “trillions in reshored investments” and the “largest homicide drop on record”. However, a closer reading reveals that this text functions less as a neutral policy review and more as a sophisticated messaging template…

SHOT Show 26 – V.XI Line Expands at 5.11 Tactical 5.11 Tactical is expanding their V.XI line with a new plate carrier and updated clothing designs. One look at the new clothing and you’ll recognize the Beyond Clothing DNA. They’ve leveraged work done over the years for special operations units with off shore manufacturing to keen the price down for their LE customers and introduce fabrics unavailable in the domestic supply chain. Additionally, these new styles will be available in both men’s and women’s sizing. V.XI Plate Carrier This new carrier design integrates laser cut laminate as well as new…

Should the United States buy more destroyers, or would the money be better spent developing bases, munitions, or software? These are the kinds of questions the Department of Defense confronts every year when building its budget. Yet the Pentagon’s process still lacks a clear way to answer the most fundamental question: Which force structure delivers the greatest strategic effect for every dollar spent? And just as important: How should the Pentagon work with industry to generate the concepts, data, and prototypes needed to answer that question?This challenge is not the result of neglect but of how the U.S. military has…

A rematch between former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira and former featherweight titleholder and ‘BMF’ champion Max Holloway headlines the UFC 326 fight card on March 7. The symbolic ‘BMF’ belt is on the line when the two clash inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The two first fought in August 2015 in the UFC Fight Night 74 main event. The fight ended in 99 seconds with Holloway winning via TKO due to Oliveira suffering an esophagus injury.Former lightweight title challenger Michael Chandler will be watching the UFC 326 main event closely. “Iron” gave his prediction for the ‘BMF’ bout during…

Armada’s Curran Papers articles are written by electromagnetic spectrum specialists and practitioners. The series is named after Dr. Joan Curran, a Welsh physicist known for her pioneering work developing the chaff anti-radar countermeasure during the Second World War. We hope the series honours her memory by showcasing innovative perspectives relevant to Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO). Video jamming features among the most curious Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) that have emerged on the frontlines in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. Over the past 18 months, video jamming has become central to the ongoing battle in the electromagnetic spectrum.…