{"id":15769,"date":"2026-04-10T00:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=15769"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:29:40","slug":"big-change-to-us-draft-rules-could-impact-millions-of-young-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=15769","title":{"rendered":"Big change to US draft rules could impact millions of young men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new federal plan will automatically register eligible men for the Selective Service starting in December 2026, replacing the current system that requires individuals to sign up themselves. Supporters say it will improve efficiency and save money, while critics worry it may fuel fears about a future draft. Officials say there are no current plans to reinstate conscription, but the change will affect millions nationwide.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new federal plan will automatically register eligible men for the Selective Service starting in December 2026, replacing the current system that requires individuals to sign up themselves. Supporters say it will improve efficiency and save money, while critics worry it may fuel fears about a future draft. Officials say there are no current plans &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":15770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}