Rubio Says the US Launched a War With Iran Because Israel Was Planning To Attack

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has called an ongoing settler siege of Palestinian homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank village of Qusra an “act of terror,” though he has defended the borader settler movement and the IDF despite its failure to end the siege after five days. Starting on Sunday, Jewish settlers set up […]

Will AI Devalue The Real World? Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times, Economic reality embeds many paradoxes, unexpected outcomes that go the opposite direction of what you might intuitively predict. The best example concerns a new innovation that seems to make more efficient use of existing resources. Intuition might suggest that the result will be less resource use but reality often goes in the other direction. DimaBerlin/ShutterstockThis is called the Jevons Paradox and it is based on a famous debate over the steam engine which made coal power far...

Inside California's Battle With The Marijuana Black Market Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times, A convoy of sheriff's deputies heads into a vast network of illegal marijuana grow operations in the foothills of Mount Shasta in California's Siskiyou County. They drive into a dusty encampment strewn with garbage and piles of empty plastic fertilizer containers, a blight on the otherwise scenic landscape. Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue participates in marijuana enforcement operations outside Montague, Calif., on June 4, 2026. The sheriff's department is spread thin, with limited staff to cover nearly...