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Housing cost burden (HCB), the share of a household’s income dedicated to housing and related expenses, is a useful metric for understanding housing insecurity trends. The share of veteran households experiencing HCB—a spending ratio greater than 30 or 50 percent on housing needs—is considerably less than that of nonveterans, potentially because of the additional income veterans receive as compensation for their service, such as disability compensation, pensions, and so on. Research on HCB typically considers an aggregated measure of household income from all sources. This article uses the Survey of Income and Program Participation to understand how the share of…

As Europe confronts its most unstable security environment since the Cold War, defense planners are recognizing that advanced, dependable, and flexible Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) are central to a force structure that can compete and prevail in today’s battlespace. Europe’s proximity to major conflicts demands that it strengthen its defenses to deter threats. The primary danger comes from adversaries with sophisticated battlefield technologies, such as integrated air defenses and long-range weapons, paired with the industrial capacity to sustain multi-year campaigns. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is responding to this new era with its next-generation Gambit family of autonomous fighters,…

BERLIN — A group of defense companies led by Airbus has submitted a position paper on a sixth-generation fighter jet project to the German government, signaling an industry push to shape Europe’s future combat jet program amid uncertainty about its direction.The group, dubbed “Team Gen 6,” comprises Airbus Defence and Space, Autoflug, Diehl Defence, Hensoldt, Liebherr, MBDA, MTU Aero Engines and Rohde & Schwarz.The companies drafted the paper outlining their potential contribution to the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a Hensoldt spokesperson said.The Financial Times first reported the paper.Industry sources said the move did not amount to an attempt to…

What if a rifle could replace a machine gun, not by firing more bullets, but by making every shot count more?That question sits at the heart of the M27 IAR story. When the U.S. Marine Corps began searching for a new infantry automatic rifle, many expected another heavier, higher-capacity weapon.Instead, Marines chose a rifle built around precision, mobility, and reliability. It was a decision that surprised observers across the military world and sparked years of debate.The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) was developed from the Heckler & Koch HK416 platform and initially entered service as a squad-level support weapon. Unlike…

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – MAY 09: Sean Strickland reacts after a split-decision victory against Khamzat Chimaev of Russia in the UFC middleweight championship fight during the UFC 328 event at Prudential Center on May 09, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC)

Decolonial international relations (IR) scholarship has proliferated, yet the colonial nature of knowledge production has persisted. This paradox raises two fundamental questions: how do we understand decolonial theory and what should be expected of it? Epistemological decolonization has taken off in the last three decades (Sen 2023, Lugones 2016, Mignolo 2007, Quijano 2000), though its roots date back over fifty years in non-Western social sciences circles (Ake 1979, wa Thiong’o 1986). Since then, contemporary works have compellingly contended why IR requires decolonial approaches in research (Sharma 2021, Blaney and Tickner 2017, Acharya 2014, Krishna 2012), in the classroom (Sharma 2024,…

Editor’s note: This is a developing story.Two U.S. Army soldiers were brought to safety by a drone on Monday after their AH-64 Apache helicopter went down near the coast of Oman, in what may mark the services’ first unmanned vessel rescue. “The surface drone that assisted in last night’s rescue of the Apache crew off the coast of Oman was a U.S. Navy Corsair unmanned surface vessel operated by U.S. 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59,” Capt. Tim Hawkins, a U.S. Central Command spokesperson, said in a statement Tuesday. ”The Task Force began fielding these drones in theater in late March,”…

NEW DELHI — Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered India joint production of the country’s most advanced fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, the Su-57, and said Moscow was willing to cooperate without “limitations.”His comments were made during an interaction with journalists at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday.India and Russia had initiated a joint program in 2007 to co-develop a fifth-generation fighter, but a decade later, in 2018, New Delhi withdrew from the project due to concerns over issues such as costs, technology access and the aircraft’s stealth capabilities. Russia went on to develop it independently.Offering technology transfer and…

The United States on Tuesday launched strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening doubts about prospects for peace between the two countries. “The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” U.S. Central Command said on X. Trump earlier said the two U.S. pilots involved in the incident were uninjured but that the United States would respond to the attack. The Apache was brought down by a one-way Iranian attack drone, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Iran’s Foreign…

Published Jun 9, 2026, 4:19 PM EDT A cozy day-one title reaches Xbox Game Pass alongside one other game, plus a surprise soulslike that’s returning to the service after 16 months. Credit: Dominik Bošnjak / Game Rant | Source images: Xbox, Cyberwave / Rokaplay, Metaroot Originally published by  Game Rant Solarpunk is now available on Xbox Game Pass, having joined its library as a day-one title. Apart from the cozy survival game, the service also received two other titles in the 24-hour period ending June 8, one of which reached Xbox Game Pass completely out of the blue. The surprise addition is…