The Biden administration announced Thursday that it's officially moving forward with a proposal to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. read more
Australia's richest woman, Gina Rinehart, a mining magnate with an estimated fortune of $22 billion, has called for the removal of her portrait, currently on display as part of an exhibit at the National Gallery of Australia. read more
Israel's soldiers are sharing footage of Palestinian detentions in the occupied West Bank, despite the army's pledge to act on previous misconduct revealed by the BBC. Legal experts say the filming, and its posting online, could be a war crime. read more
Media Matters for America: Trump's promise to repeal climate action and solicitation of campaign donations from oil executives is vital information for voters read more
Ken Makin: On the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, our commentator weighs the promise that decision still offers for students against the realities of what their schools look like today. read more
The Daily Beast: While America's eyes are focused on the ever-evolving life and alleged crimes of Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is eroding democracy and the U.S. justice system. read more
Laurent Belsie: By rolling out AI Overview, Google is in effect competing with its own internet search results. This comes as lawsuits and AI rivals threaten Google's dominance. read more
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Missing Link) derailed a House Oversight Committee meeting Thursday by insulting Rep. Jasmine Crockett's (D-Texas) "fake eyelashes." Attacking the physical appearance of another member is against House rules, but the committee's Republican chair ruled to allow it, leading Crockett to respond, "I'm just curious, just to better understand your ruling. If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody's bleach blonde, bad built, butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?" read more
Third Way, a centrist think tank, is targeting former President Trump over his past comments about defendants not testifying because he has yet to take the stand in his New York hush money trial. In an ad dubbed "Coward" released Friday, Third Way dares Trump to take the stand in Manhattan, where he faces 34 felony counts for falsifying business records related to a payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter. read more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding mechanism is not unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. read more
Tired of being underserved and overbilled by [less than optimum] regional broadband monopolies, back in 2002 a coalition of local Utah governments formed UTOPIA -- (the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency). The inter-local agency collaborative venture then set about building an "open access" fiber network that allows any ISP to then come and compete on the shared network. read more
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza from a newly built floating pier anchored in the Mediterranean began arriving on the Gaza shore Friday morning, the Pentagon said, a day after the U.S. finished constructing the quay. read more
Taylor Swift's global dominance is such that even the NFL, which will happily overpower other sports on days previously sacred to them -- the NBA on Christmas Day and college football on Black Friday -- has to yield when it comes to her return to the United States to wrap up her "Eras Tour." read more
Are tacos and burritos sandwiches? A judge in Indiana thinks so. The ruling stems from a legal battle that started in 2022, when Martin Quintana, a developer, unveiled plans to open his restaurant, "The Famous Taco Mexican Grill," on a strip mall in Fort Wayne, Indiana. read more
Inflation slowed last month, offering a note of relief to cash-strapped shoppers after three months of bigger-than-expected price increases. read more
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