Month: February 2025
February 14, 2025
Politics
NY may allow even more pot shops in neighborhoods but some merchants say change would put them out of business
The new rule proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul's cannabis regulators is provoking outrage from current marijuana merchants who worry the change could put them out of business. The new...
February 14, 2025
Congress
Murkowski introduces bill to rename mountain Denali — countering Trump’s executive order
Sen. Lisa Murkowski rolled out legislation on Thursday to formally rename North America’s highest mountain as Denali — officially countering President Donald Trump's executive order to rename it Mount...
February 14, 2025
Politics
DeSantis signs wide-ranging immigration bill to complement Trump’s plan after rare feud with Florida legislature
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging immigration bill Thursday to compliment President Trump's efforts to address the border crisis after getting into a rare power struggle with the...
February 13, 2025
Politics
EPA head Lee Zeldin reveals no real oversight of shocking $20B Biden admin funneled through Citibank: ‘Tip of the iceberg’
A $20 billion Biden administration green-energy slush fund was collecting interest at a private bank and is being distributed without proper oversight, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin reveals...
February 13, 2025
Politics
Trump would ‘love’ to have Russia back in the G7: ‘Mistake to throw them out’
President Trump wants Russia to get back into the Group of 7 economic forum of top democratic economies from which it was suspended following the 2014 annexation of Crimea....
February 13, 2025
Health Care
Judge blocks Trump order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
The nationwide restraining order seeks to restore access to health services for transgender patients 19 years and younger that had been disrupted by a Trump executive order. The nationwide...
February 13, 2025
Politics
House Republicans demand Columbia turn over records on ‘pervasive antisemitism’ on campus
House Republicans are demanding disciplinary records about ongoing incidents of "pervasive antisemitism." House Republicans are demanding disciplinary records about ongoing incidents of "pervasive antisemitism."
February 13, 2025
Politics
Trump admin prepares to change conditions of CHIPS Act and its $39B subsidies: sources
One of the sources said the White House is also frustrated by companies that accepted CHIPS Act subsidies and then announced significant overseas expansion plans, including in China. The...
February 13, 2025
Politics
Linda McMahon outlines plans to dismantle Department of Education, faces WWE taunts at lively confirmation hearing
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon faced hecklers who invoked her WWE days and tough questions about her plans to abolish the department as she entered the political arena Thursday...
February 13, 2025
Congress
Mitch McConnell’s party of one
The former Senate GOP leader is lonely in opposition to key Trump nominees.