Biden administration begins formal rulemaking process to downgrade marijuana to less dangerous drug
The Biden administration on Thursday submitted a proposal seeking to begin the formal process of reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Attorney General Merrick Garland submitted the proposal to the Federal Register, with the intent of having the drug dropped to a Schedule III drug from Schedule Read More
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, officer who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.
Biden campaign high on DOJ’s marijuana shift, ‘smokes’ Trump for inaction during his term
EXCLUSIVE: The Biden campaign is taking aim at former President Trump following the administration’s move to ease federal marijuana restrictions. President Biden announced the “monumental” shift in marijuana policy on Thursday in a video posted on social media, kicking off a process to reclassify the drug from a Schedule I restricted substance to a Schedule Read More
Senate GOP probes Trump prosecutor Fani Willis’ office for alleged ‘misuse’ of funds
Two Republican lawmakers are opening a second congressional investigation into embattled Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis for alleged misuse of federal grant funding. Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., in a letter to Willis Wednesday alleged funds granted to the Fulton County District Attorney’s office by the Justice Department Office of Juvenile Justice and Read More
Republican Senators blast ‘lawless’ Biden admin over COVID spending: ‘Time to stop’
An effort to save American taxpayers over $13 billion dollars by reigning in wasteful spending has failed after Senate Democrats voted down Senator Eric Schmitt’s, R-Mo., disapproval resolution. “Today, Senate Democrats chose to continue their effort to shelter unelected bureaucrats from any sort of accountability and embolden the Biden Administration’s disastrous efforts to waste more Read More
NPR chief works to clean up public image with extra editorial review, meeting with GOP senator
Controversial National Public Radio (NPR) chief Katherine Maher met with a Republican senator and the organization rolled out a new layer of editorial review on Wednesday in response to the fallout from a former senior editor’s scathing essay alleging significant bias at the outlet. “She acknowledged the problem, which I think is a pretty good Read More
House Judiciary votes to hold AG Garland in contempt over audio of Biden’s Hur interview
The House Judiciary Committee advanced a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s failure to produce the subpoenaed audio recording of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. The House Judiciary Committee considered a resolution to hold the attorney general in contempt during a mark-up session Read More
Catholic groups pummel HHS secretary after heated exchange with GOP rep on transgender surgeries
Catholic groups and other conservative organizations are going after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra after a GOP lawmaker accused him of withholding federal funds from hospitals that do not perform transgender surgeries on religious grounds. Rep. Mary Miller, R-N.Y., clashed with Becerra at a heated House hearing on Wednesday, demanding that he Read More
Johnson rebukes Biden, Schumer over blocked Israel aid as House votes to force bomb deliveries
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday hammered President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., over blocked U.S. military aid for Israel with the House expected to vote on a bill to force bomb deliveries to the Jewish state amid its war against Hamas. On the steps of the Capitol, Johnson also drew a Read More
‘Hit on my chest’: AAP MP Swati Maliwal’s shocking revelations in her complaint against CM Kejriwal’s aide
Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Bibhav Kumar in connection with the alleged assault case.