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What to know about Trump’s order seeking to relax federal drug policies for marijuana

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work as quickly as possible to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Trump’s executive order Thursday does not legalize mar...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in fe...

DATE: Dec 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Man suspected in shooting at Brown University found dead in New Hampshire, officials say

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a un...

DATE: Dec 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews and congressional approval for ballroom project

President Donald Trump was sued Friday by preservationists asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approva...

DATE: Dec 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Washington flooding forces an entire city to evacuate as rivers top historic highs

BURLINGTON, Wash. – National Guard troops went door-to-door early Friday to evacuate a farming city north of Seattle as severe flooding throughout Western Washington stranded families on roo...

DATE: Dec 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

What to know about Somalia as Trump wants Somalis in the US to leave

U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States “garbage” and wants them to leave, claiming without evidence that “they contribute nothing.” The crude la...

DATE: Dec 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump ventures deeper into anti-immigrant language by calling people from Somalia ‘garbage’

He said it four times in seven seconds: Somali immigrants in the United States are “garbage.” It was no mistake. In fact, President Donald Trump’s rhetorical attacks on immigrants have been ...

DATE: Dec 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Zelenskyy says Ukraine faces a stark choice and risks losing American support over US peace plan

KYIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his country in an address Friday that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump, Harris and big money transform Tennessee special election into marquee contest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For weeks, a Tennessee special election was flying under the radar in a heavily Republican congressional district. But now funding from President Donald Trump’s allies and...

DATE: Nov 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate approves bill to end shutdown, sending it to the House

41-day disruption could last a few more days as members of House return to Washington to vote

DATE: Nov 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

GÜIRIA, Venezuela – One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luc...

DATE: Nov 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. travelers scramble to adjust as airlines cut flights because of shutdown

Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. on Friday as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration’s unprecedented order to reduce service nationwide beca...

DATE: Nov 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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