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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.
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.
Supreme Court to hear another major veterans benefits case this fall
The high court will consider whether VA officials are properly reviewing benefits decisions that deny veterans medical help.
Opinion
NOAA’s budget is too small. That’s costing the US billions of dollars
With a fiscal year 2024 budget of $6.3 billion, the nation’s leading weather and climate agency remains significantly underfunded.
By Scott Rayder
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
Senators push to update nuclear military might in defense bill
The Restoring American Deterrence Act focuses on deploying additional ICBMs, uranium enrichment and Defense Production Act grants for industry.
Opinion
Why every federal agency needs independent ombudsman on sexual assault
They should possess the same autonomy and authority as special prosecutors or attorneys general to carry out their duties without fear of interference.
By Ting Cui and Robert Weiner
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