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High court sides with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on funding
The case is among several challenges to federal regulatory agencies on the docket this term for a court that has been open to limits on their operations,
Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah
U.S. will still supply Iron Dome rocket interceptors and other defensive arms.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
Medicare, Social Security go-broke dates pushed back by strong economy
Medicare’s go-broke date for its hospital insurance trust fund was pushed back five years to 2036, Social Security’s trust funds run into trouble in 2035.
By Fatima Hussein and Tom Murphy
Biden, Trump worlds apart on most issues, including federal workforce
Trump vows an overhaul of the federal bureaucracy, which he has long blamed for stymying his first term agenda.
What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
The Justice Department proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis, but wouldn’t legalize it for recreational use.
FEMA Administrator Criswell surveys damage in wake of Oklahoma tornado
The National Weather Service rated the tornado as an EF4 with wind speeds of up to 170 mph (274 kph).
US drug control agency to reclassify marijuana in historic shift
The move would acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the most dangerous drugs but would not legalize marijuana outright.
Opinion
Can the federal government be a standard bearer for responsible AI?
Malicious actors can “use access to bulk data sets to fuel the creation and refinement of AI and threaten national security."
By Jim Richberg
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
The move effectively reinstates a net neutrality order the commission first issued in 2015 during the Obama administration.
By David Hamilton
Sullivan urges Israeli restraint on Rafah, stresses Ukraine munitions
Discussing Biden's foreign aid package, the national security adviser urged Israel against invading Rafah and stressed the need to boost arms to Ukraine.
Opinion
How the government came to embrace good-faith hacking of its networks
Federal agencies are inoculating public IT infrastructure by not only listening to the Internet’s Immune System, but proactively inviting healthy input.
By Casey Ellis