Politics

Before heading on a trip abroad that will take him to the G-7 summit in Canada on Friday, and then to Singapore to meet with Kim Jong-un early next Tuesday, President Trump hinted that he is likely to support a bill introduced Thursday that would protect state marijuana laws from …

Update:The White House has released a second statement about the event. *** One of the unique perks to winning a major national sports title used to be traveling to the White House to meet the president. This hasn’t been the case since Trump took office, though, and what used to …

Over the past decade, marijuana legalization has happened at break-neck speed at the state and local level. And yet, pot-related reforms have moved glacially at the federal level, especially since prohibitionist Jeff Sessions was confirmed as attorney general. But his staunch opposition and attempt to roll back Obama-era protections for …

Don’t let all the chaos and scandals of the Trump administration distract you from one of their most stunning successes: They’ve utterly changed the conversation in Washington when it comes to drug crimes. While a few prominent voices on Capitol Hill continue to call for doing away with mandatory minimum …

Not even their wives want to see Joe Biden and Donald Trump measure dicks. Every time that men like them go off about how they’d beat each other up in a physical fight, it is a reminder of why we need more women in office. Their particular brand of pugilistic …

“False flag” allegations in the aftermath of mass shootings have become something of an Alex Jones franchise. His conspiracy theories about the massacres at Tucson, Arizona; Aurora, Colorado; andNewtown, Connecticut were broadcast on terrestrial radio, streamed on Jones’ website, and, most importantly from an audience standpoint, chopped into bits for …

Vermont made history today, becoming the ninth state to legalize marijuana and the first to do so through the legislative process. Last week, both houses of the state legislature passed H. 511, a bill that made it legal for adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of …

Former White House chief strategistSteve Bannon,who served as the executive chairman of Breitbart News Network since 2012, will step down, according to theNew York Times. “Steve is a valued part of our legacy, and we will always be grateful for his contributions, and what he has helped us to accomplish,” …

Like a hurricane or a trip to the frontlines of a war, seeing an oil spill up close is something you never forget. In 2010, a few days after the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that sent 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf, I boarded …

Should a society that values tolerance tolerate intolerance? In a world committed to non-discrimination, can a state discriminate against those who discriminate? Those mind-bending questions are behind thecase of the same-sex couple and the religious baker that the Supreme Court heard Tuesday. The facts are quite simple: A gay couple …