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Federal government eases regulations on medical marijuana

Apr 23, 2026Center Left

The Justice Department says it is reclassifying medical marijuana under federal law, meaning it'll no longer be regulated like heroin or LSD. Researchers say the change will give them more opportunities to better understand how the drug impacts medical issues. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.

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Restrictive Medication Abortion and HPV Vaccine Laws Take Effect in 3 States

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Restrictive Medication Abortion and HPV Vaccine Laws Take Effect in 3 States

In Hawaii, provisions strengthening the state’s existing shield laws also take effect July 1.

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Longtime Dem insider was FBI mole within Newsom’s inner circle amid federal investigation

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Longtime Dem insider was FBI mole within Newsom’s inner circle amid federal investigation

A longtime Democratic political insider secretly served as an informant for the FBI while working for California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Alexis Podesta, who was appointed by Gov. […]

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Judge Orders USDA to Restore $127 Million in Federal Grants to Farmers

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Judge Orders USDA to Restore $127 Million in Federal Grants to Farmers

The Trump administration had yanked the money away from organizations led by and in support of Black farmers.

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‘Libelous’ NYT report tying Trump family to government-backed deal sparks legal demand

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‘Libelous’ NYT report tying Trump family to government-backed deal sparks legal demand

The Trump Organization demands The New York Times retract a story allegedly linking Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to a Kazakhstan tungsten deal.

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Government warns Trump's fireworks display will make air quality 'hazardous'

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Government warns Trump's fireworks display will make air quality 'hazardous'

President Donald Trump's own government is warning residents in the Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland area that the July 4 fireworks display will likely cause air quality to reach the worst safety ratings on the scale.Politico's E&E News reported on Thursday that, ahead of the "massive" fireworks display, the president's planned activities for Saturday are likely to cause “hazardous” conditions.The National Park Service included the detail in a draft analysis given to Politico, saying that the 35- to 40-minute program will deploy more than 850,000 fireworks shells. That's more than 100 times what is typically launched on Independence Day, which shoots off 17,000 to 20,000 shells, said Northern Virginia Magazine. The usual event is touted as among the largest in the country each year. This year, Trump wants to set a record for the most fireworks ever used. The current record is 810,904, held by Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) in the Philippines. It was set on New Year's Eve in 2016, according to Guinness World Records.The “worst-case” scenario, the National Park Service estimated that the explosions that are set to go off in 10 different locations will "create more than 2,000 micrograms of fine particulate matter — PM2.5 — per cubic meter on the National Mall." It's the kind of air quality seen during the 2023 wildfires in Canada, which blew smoke into the Northeast US. Los Angeles air quality has long been the worst air quality in the U.S. and at no point in the past 20 years has it reached the level that Washington will on the 4th, the American Lung Association data shows. A similar comparison would be Loni, India, is the worst and most polluted in the world currently, the "Live Air Quality Map" shows. In their case, the micrograms of fine particulate matter reach approximately 46.6 µg/m³. On the evening of the 4th of July, the Washington metro area will be approximately 4,190 percent worse than the most polluted city in the world. "The Capital Weather Gang," the irreverent local weather outlet for the city and the immediate area of the National Mall, will be the worst of the worst as the wind blows the smoke to the east. It means that southeastern Washington will get the brunt of the blast. Dr Tracey Lynn Perez Koehlmoos commented that those wards of Washington have "the worst pediatric asthma population in the U.S." The second-worst or "very unhealthy" category level will cover the lower half of the entire district. The northern part of the district and all of the northeast Virginia suburbs and Maryland east of the district, will likely be exposed to particulate matter that could be bad for those with existing breathing problems like asthma. That part of Maryland that is farther north of D.C. will have "moderate" air quality. According to the Washington Post, neither the Interior Department nor the National Park Service responded to questions about the warnings.

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AB Hernandez’s SoCal school district hit with federal complaint over over trans access to locker rooms

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AB Hernandez’s SoCal school district hit with federal complaint over over trans access to locker rooms

A male who identified as a girl accessed the girls' bathrooms and locker rooms, violating President Trump's executive order, the complaint said.

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Federal judge blocks Postal Service from carrying out Trump mail-in ballot order

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Federal judge blocks Postal Service from carrying out Trump mail-in ballot order

A federal judge blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing President Donald Trump's executive order on mail-in ballots nationwide, citing a 2020 agreement.

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