Preemptive War, Permanent Emergency: The Real Cost of Trump’s Iran Strike

The head of the Iranian negotiating team says Tehran will not engage with Washington in peace talks until the US abides by its commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that current negotiations are focused on implementing the MOU, and not a peace deal to bring the war […]

I can’t help but laugh every time I read an account in the mainstream press about how a big drug kingpin has just been killed or captured. Mainstream-press reporters and editorial writers get so excited over the death or capture that they become almost giddy. Their mindset is: “Finally — finally! — we are making […]

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...