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Biden HHS calls for reclassifying marijuana as a lower-risk drug

Assistant Secretary of Health Rachel Levine asked Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk drug, a move that would have major implications for the legal status of the popular drug nationwide.

WATCH LIVE: Biden speaks about response to Maui wildfires and Hurricane Idalia

President Joe Biden will speak on his administration's response to the latest natural disasters to hit the United States over the last few weeks on Wednesday.

Washington school district postpones first day of school as teachers go on strike

A school district in Washington state will not begin the school year on time, as the teachers union representing its staff announced it will go on strike Wednesday, which was supposed to be the first day of school.

Biden administration proposes extending overtime pay to millions more workers

The Biden administration announced a proposed rule on Wednesday that would extend overtime pay to 3.6 million more salaried workers.

Beshear challenger bashes governor over violent crime as police group flips support

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is challenging Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) in next month's election, attacked the governor over a rise in violent crime in the Bluegrass State as a major police group flipped its support to Cameron.

Negotiations between North Korea and Russia for weapons ‘actively advancing,’ NSC says

Russia's attempts to secure a deal for weapons from North Korea for its war in Ukraine have "advanced," according to the National Security Council.

Top pork PAC squealed at by Federal Election Commission for not disclosing donor source

The Federal Election Commission is squealing at a major pork industry political action committee for not disclosing the "anonymous" source behind thousands of dollars it raked in, documents show.

Labor Day weekend: TSA to end record-high summer of airline travel

Labor Day weekend will cap off the United States's busiest summer of air travel with more than 14 million airline passengers expected to board flights, surpassing pre-pandemic travel rates and delivering a boom for the economy.

Washington Examiner’s Sarah Bedford says southern border is ‘unmitigated disaster’

Washington Examiner investigative reporter Sarah Bedford said Tuesday night that the southern border of the United States is an "unmitigated disaster" for the Biden administration and is something more people in the United States are acknowledging.

Hurricane Idalia WATCH LIVE: DeSantis gives first update since storm hit Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) will speak on the impacts of Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall in Big Bend area on the Gulf Coast, bringing a storm surge that caused power outages for hundreds of thousands of Floridians.
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