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President Joe Biden’s administration is moving forward with plans to reclassify cannabis (or marijuana) under the 1971 Controlled Substance Act (CSA) schedule, potentially easing federal regulation around the psychoactive plant.…
The U.S. State Department has concluded five Israeli military units are responsible for various human rights abuses, but the U.S. won’t cut these units off from military assistance at this…
The volume of gunfire that occurred during the 2021 Kabul airport bombing attack may have been higher and more consequential than U.S. military investigators have let on, according to new…
President Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign team said it will continue to use the TikTok social media app, even after Biden signed legislation on Wednesday that will force TikTok to part…
Multiple United Nations officials expressed dismay at reports of mass graves at two different hospitals in the Gaza Strip, and called for an independent investigation on the matter. Reports first…
The U.S. government’s 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices contains no mention of Gonzalo Lira, an American citizen and political commentator detained in Ukraine last year for speech-related offenses…
A top Israeli intelligence official is stepping down over what he views as his leadership shortcomings related to the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks across southern Israel. Maj. Gen. Aharon…
Sitting Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) referred to his Republican primary opponent, a firearms YouTuber named Brandon Herrera, of being a “known neo-Nazi” in a new interview. Sitting down with CNN’s…
The U.S. Department of Justice has told Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and John Boozman (R-AR) that federal agents were not wearing body cameras when they raided the home of Arkansas…
An artificial intelligence (AI) program has begun piloting a live aircraft in aerial combat scenarios, according to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a U.S. military research and development…
Officials in Iran have reported the country’s air defenses destroyed multiple objects operating in its airspace early on Friday morning, amid simmering tensions with Israel. Iranian Major General Seyyed Abdulrahim…
References by Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) to neo-Nazis within Ukrainian society and military ranks led to a back-and-forth exchange during a Wednesday House hearing, in which Democrats accused the Georgia…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned that his country would carry out a “fierce response” if Israeli forces attack its territories or interests and continue a cycle of tit-for-tat strikes. Iranian…
The Democrat-led U.S. Senate voted to dismiss two impeachment articles against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the impeachment case without a Senate trial for the first time in…
The ISIS suicide bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021, was not preventable, according to a newly completed U.S. military review. Last September,…