A group of 21 Democratic lawmakers urged the Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday to “promptly” remove marijuana from the federal government’s list of restricted drugs, where it currently sits in the same category as heroin. “Though marijuana is widely used and … associated with fewer adverse outcomes than alcohol, it remains in the most restrictive … Read more
The Biden administration on Thursday cracked down on planet-warming emissions and other pollution from power plants, aiming to make these power sources more environmentally friendly. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday it had finalized a suite of rules that aim to cut the plants’ pollution. One such rule, which regulates greenhouse gas emissions … Read more
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor identified a key contradiction underlying former President Donald Trump’s defense at Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing on whether he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The discrepancy lies in Trump’s legal team arguing that presidents can’t be … Read more
College students demonstrating their support for Palestinians on campuses across the country are shaking up the political debate on Capitol Hill, pitting Israel’s closest allies in both parties against more liberal Democrats siding with the protesters in accusing the country of orchestrating a genocide in Gaza. The battle has emerged as a major election-year challenge … Read more
Centrelink payments could be made sooner than expected, according to the government agency. A backlog of more than one million claims made to Services Australia is set to return to normal levels by the middle of the year following a mass recruitment drive. Figures have shown more than 500,000 Centrelink and Medicare claims have been … Read more
In shocking arguments Thursday before the U.S. Supreme Court, at least five conservative justices suggested that they would create a new rule providing some form of immunity from criminal prosecution for former presidents and require lower courts to hold additional hearings to judge whether the indictment of former President Donald Trump for trying to overturn … Read more
(The Hill) – Kim Kardashian joined Vice President Harris at the White House on Thursday for a roundtable on criminal justice reform that highlighted President Biden’s use of pardon power. A White House official said Kardashian, a reality television star who has become an outspoken advocate for criminal justice reform in recent years, attended the … Read more
Business groups that represent employers are not pleased with the Federal Trade Commission’s new ban on noncompete agreements and have already gone to court seeking to block it. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joined by the Business Roundtable and the Texas Association of Business, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Texas arguing that … Read more
(NewsNation) — A Department of Homeland Security branch is rebranding to distance itself from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Homeland Security Investigations changed its website Tuesday from being associated with parent agency ICE, adjusting its URL to just HSI.gov, according to ABC News. Where is Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs? HSI Executive Associate Director Katrina Berger told ABC … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada on Thursday joined the United States and United Kingdom in laying additional sanctions on Iran over its unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel earlier this month. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced Ottawa was sanctioning Iran’s defence minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, the general staff of the … Read more
