#federal-policy

#federal-policy

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the rescheduling of marijuana 'allows for research on the safety and efficacy of this substance, ultimately providing patients with better care and doctors with more reliable information.' This marks a significant shift in the federal approach to medical marijuana.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the decision in a post on X, noting that the DOJ would immediately move state-licensed marijuana and FDA-approved marijuana products to Schedule III alongside Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, and steroids.

The White House Council of Economic Advisers built a model to test the claim, and the results are striking. Simply put, 'a yield prohibition would do very little to protect bank lending, while forgoing the consumer benefits of competitive returns on stablecoin holdings.'

The president was very enthusiastic about this idea, very enthusiastic. The plan would be one of the biggest federal investments in housing in 50 years if it comes to fruition. Mamdani's team presented Trump with a custom fake front page of the New York Daily News reading Trump to City: Let's Build and Backs New Era of Housing, referencing the famous 1975 front page where President Ford rejected New York's bailout request.

This is not a problem with the people of Minnesota, it's a problem with the leadership of Minnesota and other states who do not take Medicaid preservation seriously. We will give them the money, but we're going to hold it and only release it after they propose and act on a comprehensive plan to address fraud.

A s a Quebecer living just on the other side of the river from the Ottawa Bubble, I know how little attention is generally paid to Quebec's provincial politics. Our language, history, and culture make Quebec notoriously hard to grasp for decision makers in the nation's capital. This is not a critique, simply a fact. And while concern about the separatist movement in Alberta has led to the federal government making some questionable policy choices (yes, memorandum of understanding, I'm looking at you),

The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science are beyond anything we've ever seen,

Over the past year, a wave of high-profile development proposals - from oil fields and mining roads to timber projects - has reshaped a fast-moving debate, propelling Alaska into the center of the national conversation over how to balance energy production with conservation. These projects have revived long-running tensions over what the state's public lands are for, and who they ultimately benefit.

There were 25 traffic deaths in 2025 compared to 43 in 2024, largely due to recent initiatives, including daylighting and speed cameras. Nineteen of last year's deaths occurred on the city's Vision Zero High Injury Network, and 16 of the 25 deaths were pedestrians. [SFGate] Instagram users reported receiving mysterious password reset messages Thursday and Friday, either due to a glitch or a recent data breach of over 17.5 million users.

This December, Americans are coming together with their loved ones to celebrate what really matters: Toyotathon. During the holidays, when car companies offer sales to clear out their leftover inventory, "well-qualified buyers" can find some of the year's best deals. You can have yourself a Happy Honda Days, make the most of the Chevy Red Tag Savings Event, or splurge during Lexus December to Remember.

Hunger, sadly, is as American as apple pie: a crisis we seem to revisit each budget cycle but never resolve. With the record-breaking federal government shutdown finally over and access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) no longer in enteringthe Supreme Court's domain, millions of Americans have been once again caught in the crossfire of political brinkmanship. The country's food safety net - already in tatters - has been grievously abused.

Tom Lopach, president and CEO of the Voter Participation Center, a nonprofit focused on registering people of color, unmarried women, and young voters-three groups that make up what the organization calls the New American Majority-described the severity of the situation to NPQ: "We've seen an unprecedented effort to reduce access to voting on so many levels." He noted that executive orders, federal and state legislation, court rulings, and policy and staffing changes across government agencies form "a multi-pronged attack on voting."

Extending the program would have required approval from Congress and President Trump. "A Trump traffic jam is on its way to California and other states - all because Republicans in Congress decided to let a wildly successful bipartisan program expire," Newsom said in a statement. "That's Trump's America: more traffic, more smog and a government more committed to slashing proven programs than solving real problems."

A U.S. District Judge has barred federal agents from conducting detention stops in Southern California without reasonable suspicion of immigration law violations. Agents cannot rely solely on factors like race, ethnicity, or language.