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Change in how feds see marijuana could mean big tax cut for pot retailers
Anton Petrus/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is rethinking how it classifies marijuana under a federal list of drugs, a move that could allow the cannabis industry to save potenti...
Aug 31, 2023
McConnell medically cleared by Capitol physician after apparent freeze episode
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office on Thursday released a statement from the Capitol attending physician after an alarming episode Wednesday when h...
Aug 31, 2023
Clarence Thomas discloses 2022 private flights from Harlan Crow, defends past omissions
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he accepted five private jet flights from personal friend and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow last year, according to ...
Aug 31, 2023
Trump, after entering not guilty plea, seeks to sever his Georgia election interference case
Scott Olson/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Hours after entering a plea of not guilty in the Georgia election interference case, former President Donald Trump has filed a motion to sever his case from other ...
Aug 31, 2023
Trump inflated his net worth by $2.2 billion, New York AG says in filing
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump routinely overstated his net worth -- sometimes by more than $2 billion -- during years when the actual values of his real estate h...
Aug 31, 2023
Trump attorneys oppose DA's request to try all 19 Georgia election defendants together
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump's attorney filed a motion Wednesday opposing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' new request to try all 19 defendants in h...
Aug 31, 2023
Judge says former Trump adviser has failed to show Trump asserted executive privilege
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The judge overseeing Peter Navarro's contempt of Congress case ruled in a pre-trial hearing Wednesday that the former Trump adviser "has not met his bur...
Aug 31, 2023
McConnell appears to freeze again during press conference
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images(COVINGTON, Ky.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday appeared to freeze again during a news conference in his home state of Kentuc...
Aug 30, 2023
Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy for role in Jan. 6 attack faces sentencing
ftwitty/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and a top associate are set to be sentenced Wednesday following their convictions last May on charges of seditious conspir...
Aug 30, 2023
Trump campaign says it has raised more than $9 million since mug shot
Fulton County Sheriff's Office(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump's campaign now says it has raised a total of $9.4 million since the release of his mug shot. The figure has been revised sin...
Aug 30, 2023
