President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon focused on speeding up the reclassification of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III and driving new research into the medical uses of hemp-derived THC and CBD products. Trump had vowed to reschedule marijuana on the 2024 campaign trail, an initiative started by President Joe Biden‘s […]

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani defended his policy for free bus transportation, citing a lower assault rate on bus drivers. Mamdani appeared on the podcast What’s Next? With Trevor Noah on Tuesday, roughly three months after his yearlong pilot of free bus routes ended in New York. Five routes reached all the boroughs, which didn’t […]

The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted unanimously on Thursday to change the venue’s name to the “Trump-Kennedy Center.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the renaming. “I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from […]

The State Department is slapping sanctions on two International Criminal Court judges for the “illegitimate targeting” of Israel. The ICC has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and issued arrest warrants for top officials such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is aiming the sanctions at ICC judges Gocha Lordkipanidze […]