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FBI Raids Office And Cannabis Dispensary Of Virginia State Sen. L. Louise Lucas Federal agents from the FBI executed court-authorized search warrants Wednesday morning at the Portsmouth legislative office of longtime Democratic Virginia State Sen. L. Louise Lucas and at an adjacent cannabis retail business she co-owns, as part of an ongoing federal corruption probe tied to marijuana dispensary operations. Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) listens to debate on the state Senate floor in Richmond, Va., on Feb. 17, 2026. Ryan M. Kelly/AP Photo The raids, which also extended...

"Regime Must Be Relegated To Dustbin Of History": Florida Congressman Erupts After Cuba Attacks U.S. Speedboat Update (1605ET): Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez blasted the Cuban regime shortly after news hit the wires that Cuban border guards aboard a vessel had fired on and killed four people and injured six on a U.S.-linked speedboat off Cuba's north coast. The Cuban Embassy in the U.S. did not specify the exact timing of the incident in its X post. "The dictatorship in Cuba has just attacked a boat from Florida & murdered those on...