Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman (R): "Nassau [County] can detain immigrants for a maximum of 72 hours, but... county officials held hundreds of people for up to six days, and 16 people for a week or longer. Of the 366 immigrants held for longer than the legal limit, more than 60% had no criminal record."
Blakeman Created Private Militia
US President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not yet "capitulated" in the face of Washington's military build-up in the Middle East, the US president's special envoy Steve Witkoff has said. Witkoff told Fox News on Saturday that Trump was "curious" about Iran's position after he had warned of a limited military strike if a deal was not reached on Tehran's nuclear programme. Read more
Let's be honest with each other for a minute and look at the landscape of American politics in this, the year of our Lord 2026. We aren't just fighting over marginal tax rates or parts per billion of carbon in the atmosphere, or whether we should build a bridge to nowhere anymore.
When Congress debates whether to send U.S. forces into harm's way, the financial discussion typically centers on near-term operational costs: troop deployments, weapons systems, logistics, and sustainment. Two veteran lawmakers argue this framing leaves out one of the most predictable and enduring consequences of war: the obligation to care for those who return home. Their proposal, the Full Cost of War Act, seeks to hardwire that obligation into the earliest stages of any future conflict decision.
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The reports failed to be independent of political consideration,' according to agency Read more
Just like that, San Francisco's teachers strike appears to be over. The San Francisco school district's 50,000 students, many still struggling to recover from years of school closures and learning loss during the pandemic, will be back in classrooms next week after a tentative agreement was reached early Friday between district officials and United Educators of San Francisco - which represents 6,000 teachers, aides, nurses, counselors, security guards and other workers
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A state legislator's former chief of staff faces charges of child sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking. Federal agents arrested Craig Scott Valdez, 36, early Friday in Juneau, according to court documents. Valdez is an Anchorage resident listed as having served as Republican Wasilla state Sen. George Rauscher's chief of staff since November. Valdez was terminated Friday hours after the charges were made public, according to a press secretary for the state Senate minority caucus, of which Rauscher is a member. Valdez was also elected as chair of the Anchorage Young Republicans in January 2025 and became the group's state committee chair last month, according to social media posts. A grand jury on Tuesday indicted Valdez on charges of sex trafficking a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor " for both allegedly producing and receiving child sexual abuse material " and coercion and enticement of a minor.
Lynch, who often makes controversial remarks about his bandmate in the press, continued, "I always say Don has the same exact personality traits and character as [Donald] Trump, except Trump's a better singer." Read more
At least ten people have been killed in IDF air strikes on eastern Lebanon. Despite a deal between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah following 13 months of war, Israel has carried out near-daily strikes on Lebanon. The IDF also killed two Palestinians with drone strikes in the Gaza Strip and Israeli Settlers murdered American citizen Nasrallah Abu Siyam (19) in the West Bank.
Israel: Main Source of Instability in the Middle East
A federal grand jury indicted USAF SSG Richard Stefon Ramroop (35) and his spouse Manuel George Madrid (32), charging them with defrauding US Department of War of millions of dollars and using the illicit proceeds to curate and maintain a luxurious lifestyle.
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Let's be honest with each other for a minute and look at the landscape of American politics in this, the year of our Lord 2026. We aren't just fighting over marginal tax rates or parts per billion of carbon in the atmosphere, or whether we should build a bridge to nowhere anymore.
The Los Angeles Fire Department attempted to shield Mayor Karen Bass and other top brass from "reputational harm" caused by the city's handling of the devastating Palisades Fire that burned 23,448 acres and killed 12 people, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. The department tried to shape news media coverage with a plan formulated ahead of the release of the high-profile After Action Fire Report on the Palisades Fire, including efforts to "minimize tough Q&A" by asking to hold closed-door briefings with the Fire Commission and City Council, according to The Times, which obtained a 13-page city document through a California Public Records Act request. Read more
because so little of their life feels tangible'
By Michael Liedtke and The Associated Press February 20, 2026, 12:02 PM ET
There seems to be a deep-seated association between sounds and shapes.
The French security outlet Intelligence Online has reported that a squadron of veteran U.S. Air Force and Royal Netherlands Air Force pilots are flying F-16 fighters for the Ukrainian Air Force.
A shortage of trained Ukrainian pilots was identified at an early stage as the main obstacle to integrating F-16s into the Air Force, which has throughout its history operated only Soviet origin fighter types.
