Special operations approved: Army tests new sniper ghillie suit

Last month, snipers from across the U.S. Army gathered to test the new Improved Ghillie System (IGS). The IGS is currently in the development phase. Numerous versions are being evaluated to determine which is the most effective. During this evaluation process, the gathered snipers tested the visual attributes of the ghillie suits. Snipers wearing different […]

Could one graph be predicting a coming US recession?

The US Treasury yield curve — the graphical representation of the relationship between bond maturities and their yields — is flattening. Some maturities, such as yields on two to five-year bonds, has already inverted. An inversion of the two and the ten-year maturities, recognized in the financial world as a warning sign of coming recession, […]

The Pic of the Day: North American presidents sign USMCA

President Trump delivers remarks with Canadian President Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, at the signing the USMCA trade agreement on November 30, 2018.   State Department photo/ Public Domain   Watch a live stream of all three presidents signing the agreement below:  

Ohio allows businesses to pay taxes in bitcoin, but how many will choose to do so?

This past week, State Treasurer Josh Mandel partnered with Bitpay to make Ohio the first state to accept cryptocurrency for business taxes. Treasurer Mandel told CNBC the move was designed “to plant the flag in Ohio as a national and international leader in blockchain technology,” adding that it increases “options and ease” for taxpayers and […]

Prison inmates used nude photos of women to extort $560k from US service members

The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that a coordinated criminal investigation across multiple military law enforcement organizations has resulted in a series of arrests tied to a sexual extortion ring that targeted some 442 American service members. “Too many service members from throughout the armed services have fallen victim to this scam, and these actions detract […]

Climate change blamed for threatening critical US Navy infrastructure

The U.S. Navy’s greatest threat might not be coming from either the Russian or the Chinese fleets. Natural disasters, events suggest, could be more threatening. Extreme weather phenomena, such as rising water levels, unseasonal hurricanes, and excessive rainfall — arguably caused by climate change — are jeopardising critical Navy infrastructure, and thus pose a national security […]