• Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as less-dangerous drug

    Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as less-dangerous drug

    Apr 23, 2026 02:24 PM EDT

    ... Any marijuana-derived medicine approved by the Food and Drug Administration is similarly listed in Schedule III, it said. WATCH: What the federal marijuana policy shift means for cannabis use and research The order represents a major policy shift for the U.S. government, which has continued its longstanding marijuana ...

  • Fed nominee Warsh questioned on independence from Trump and personal wealth

    Fed nominee Warsh questioned on independence from Trump and personal wealth

    Apr 21, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... staff and the other members of the Fed Policy Committee, like, I think you did a lot of wrong things, but I want you to work with me. So I think it's all part of the same pattern. Some of it, I don't quite understand the logic of ...

  • OpenAI focuses on business users amid competition with rival Anthropic

    OpenAI focuses on business users amid competition with rival Anthropic

    Apr 16, 2026 04:17 PM EDT

    ... based job tasks. “It’s really clear to me that companies are past the experimentation phase and they’re into using AI to do real work,” Dresser said. “Leaders at companies are recognizing that AI is probably the most consequential shift of their lifetime.” But those leaders also have a ...

  • U.S. wholesale prices surged 4% last month during the Iran war

    U.S. wholesale prices surged 4% last month during the Iran war

    Apr 14, 2026 02:17 PM EDT

    ... February and 3.8% from a year earlier. The gains in wholesale prices were smaller than economists had forecast. The surge in prices complicates the work of the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve, who have faced intense pressure from President Donald Trump to lower their benchmark interest rate. But ...

  • After election win, Magyar says he’d ask Putin to end the Ukraine war: 'It would be nice to end the killing'

    After election win, Magyar says he’d ask Putin to end the Ukraine war: 'It would be nice to end the killing'

    Apr 13, 2026 09:56 PM EDT

    ... bid and even dispatched U.S. Vice President JD Vance to Budapest last week to stump for the incumbent. Magyar's victory might signal a shift in European politics that has been dominated by a far-right shift over the past decade. Magyar comes from a right-wing background but ...

  • Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats

    Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats

    Apr 09, 2026 04:12 PM EDT

    ... didn't stop after his announcement of a ceasefire. “Temporary ceasefire or not, Trump already committed an impeachable offense. Congress needs to get back to work and remove him from office before he does more damage to our country and the world,” said Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, a veteran ...

  • Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

    Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

    Apr 08, 2026 09:29 PM EDT

    ... money it raised for reconstruction. That would upend decades of precedent treating the strait as an international waterway that was free to transit. Such a shift would likely be unacceptable to the Gulf Arab states, which also need to rebuild after repeated Iranian attacks targeting their oil fields. Iran’s ...

  • TSA workers finally paid after 44 days, but challenges continue

    TSA workers finally paid after 44 days, but challenges continue

    Mar 30, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... other income and that other work. And where would you have time to do that when you are already pulling a 10-to-12 hour shift and with one day off a week trying to cover for those that couldn't come to work. William Brangham: Right. Can you give ...

  • Idaho bill aims to criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses

    Idaho bill aims to criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses

    Mar 27, 2026 12:32 AM EDT

    ... have to accept that someone’s presence alone is traumatizing and harmful enough to criminalize.” It could also make it difficult for transgender people to work, said Boise resident Laura Volgert. “People might be able to hold it for an hour if they're at a restaurant for lunch or ...

  • WATCH: Senate passes deal to fund TSA, DHS

    WATCH: Senate passes deal to fund TSA, DHS

    Mar 26, 2026 02:54 PM EDT

    ... Trump’s proof-of-citizenship voting bill in a subsequent legislative package. Republicans said after a private lunch meeting that there were other options to shift money than invoking the national emergency. The GOP’s big tax cuts bill that Trump signed into law last year funneled billions to DHS ...