The Democrat-majority Virginia state Senate voted to up their salary significantly even as Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) has claimed she is working to make her state more affordable.
State senators may see their salary nearly triple if a provision in their final budget makes it to the governor’s desk, Fox News reported on Friday:
The United Nations will convene an emergency Security Council meeting on Saturday over strikes against the Islamist regime in Iran by the United States and Israel, which U.N. leaders were quick to condemn.
According to the Reuters news agency, the United Nations Security Council will gather on Saturday at around 4 p.m. to discuss Operation Epic Fury, launched by U.S. President Donald Trump to disable the Islamic nation’s missile programme and potentially overthrow its Islamist government.
A pair of guests at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, report that a park tree fell on them during a windstorm on Tuesday.
The couple, Wanda and Mark Joseph, say they were sitting at a table near the Little Red Wagon corn dog cart, between the Plaza Point shop and Plaza Inn restaurant, at about 11:40 p.m. on February 17 when the tree snapped and fell to the ground on top of them, the Orange County Register reported.
Governor Maura Healey’s (D) Massachusetts is bleeding residents which has brought trouble for its economy, a report from the Pioneer Institute showed.
The “domestic outmigration” that occurred from April 2020 through July 2025 resulted in about 182,000 residents fleeing the state, the Institute said February 12.
The dark side of green energy is being revealed near Sweetwater, Texas, where authorities allege more than 3,000 giant wind turbine blades have been illegally dumped. In early February, the Texas Attorney General’s Office filed a civil lawsuit against those allegedly responsible.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered the “complete and immediate cancellation” of all Department of War attendants at universities “like Princeton, Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown and Yale, and many others.”
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), one of Israel’s strongest supporters in Congress, expressed full support for President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran as lawmakers reacted to “Operation Epic Fury.”
“Negotiations have never worked [with Iran],” Fetterman told Fox and Friends Weekend in an appearance Saturday morning. “Sometimes you have to take action to create peace.”
The United States military reportedly deployed Tomahawk missiles and new “one-way” attack drones during its opening strikes against the Islamist regime in Iran on Saturday.
NEW details on US military strikes targeting Iran:
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) February 28, 2026
The US military used some new capabilities in these strikes: for the first time they used “one way attack drones” in combat.
The US military has been focusing on “high value targets”: IRGC significant facilities and…
On NewsNation on Saturday, Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) stated that it’s not clear what the end goal of the strikes in Iran are and right now is the best chance for Iranians to have a different path, but “that will require support. That will require rebuilding a country and institutions. That has not always gone well for us.”
The Department of Education (ED) in Washington, D.C., gilded its building with banners on Saturday in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States.
The banners will honor “visionary leaders whose contributions have shaped the future of education for generations,” including the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, ED Press Secretary Savannah Newhouse exclusively told Breitbart News.
The Chinese Defense Ministry on Saturday denounced the United States as a “war addict” for launching strikes on Iran, while more temperate Chinese government organs called for an immediate cease-fire.
CHINA:
— China pulse 🇨🇳 (@Eng_china5) February 28, 2026
"The US is a war addict. Throughout its over 240-year history, it has been at war for all but 16 years.
The US has 800 overseas military bases in over 80 countries and regions.
The US is the main cause of international disorder, global turbulence, and regional… pic.twitter.com/0iwS8mqds0
Friday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was “mistreated” by Republican representatives during a deposition about Jeffery Epstein.
Host Anderson Cooper said, “Yesterday, Secretary Clinton was saying that some of the questions she started to get toward the end were, you know, about UFOs and Pizzagate. Did that happen again today?”
