(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, despite many Republican lawmakers urging him not to.
"I want to emphasize that the order I am about to sign is not the legalization ...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Good news! The federal budget deficit shrank substantially in November. Bad news! Uncle Sam still ran a significant budget shortfall in November, despite a massive surge in tariff revenue.
The November deficit came in at $173.28 billion. Through the first two months of fiscal 2026 (Oct-Nov),...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The House on Wednesday voted down a War Powers Resolution meant to block President Trump from launching a war with Venezuela without congressional authorization, as required by the Constitution.
The bill failed in a vote of 211-213, with nine representatives not voting. Just three Republicans joined Democrats in...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Education Secretary Linda McMahon demanded on Monday that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz step down over allegations that his administration allowed millions in taxpayer money to be stolen by “ghost students.”
McMahon’s scathing letter, published on X, came after the Education Department reportedly uncovered at least 1,834 fraudulent college applicants in...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Connecticut judge disbarred Hunter Biden on Monday, citing the disgraced former first son’s violations of state rules of professional conduct.
The disbarment order, signed by Judge Patrick Carroll III, followed a complaint filed in September by the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel and came nearly five years after...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Efforts to investigate the Russia-gate hoax during the first Trump administration may have been derailed by one of the members of the notorious “Seditious Six,” according to a prominent Russia-gate victim and Soviet scholar.
https://twitter.com/RealSLokhova/status/1999336939271651402
Svetlana Lokhova---who was falsely smeared as a Russian honeytrap to Lt. Gen....
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The fragile legacy of former President Barack Obama took another hit last week when an apparent surprise visit to a Chicago library to meet an elementary school class failed to capture the students’ attention.
Decked out in a Santa hat, Obama strolled into the room with...
(Dave Mason, The Center Square) Democratic attorneys general from California and 18 other states sued the Trump administration Friday over its new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas.
President Donald Trump imposed the rule Sept. 19 for new petitions for the nonimmigrant visas, which allow U.S. employers to hire temporary, foreign...
(Headline USA) The Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys pushed to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.
Defense attorneys also revealed that they will seek to disqualify the Utah County Attorney’s Office from handling the case. According...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On the heels of two train stabbings—one of them deadly—the Charlotte City Council has approved a $3.4 million contract for a Texas-based public relations firm to improve the image of its public transportation system.
The city council voted anonymously Monday to approve the contract for the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The DOJ announced Tuesday the launch of an investigation into the safety conditions within Colorado prisons, following a reported attack against Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk imprisoned over 2020 election-related charges.
Peters, the only Republican serving a prison sentence for objecting to the 2020 election, faced...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021, is seeking an interview with the woman who discovered a pipe bomb near the Democratic National Committee headquarters that day.
The interview request comes on the heels of the FBI arresting Brian J. Cole Jr.,...