Study: Smoking Marijuana Increases Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Study: Smoking Marijuana Increases Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Smoking marijuana is widely regarded by many to be safe, but research this week revealed that using the drug can be associated with having a higher risk of heart attack or stroke.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:48:39 EDT
Report: CNN Set to Cut Costs, Employee Salaries

Report: CNN Set to Cut Costs, Employee Salaries

CNN is reportedly set to deploy a series of cost-cutting measures, while simultaneously trimming the pay of network employees.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:01:39 EDT
Israel, Iran Launch New Strikes in Week-Long Conflict

Israel, Iran Launch New Strikes in Week-Long Conflict

Israel and Iran traded strikes a week into their war on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed U.S. military involvement and key European ministers meeting with Iran's top diplomat in Geneva scrambled to negotiate a diplomatic solution to the...

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:01:03 EDT
Judge Orders Release of Pro-Palestinian Activist Khalil

Judge Orders Release of Pro-Palestinian Activist Khalil

A U.S. judge ordered on Friday that Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil be released from immigration custody, a major victory for rights groups that challenged what they called the Trump administration's unlawful targeting of a pro-Palestinian activist.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:57:16 EDT
Kari Lake Slashes 1400 Jobs at U.S. Agency for Global Media

Kari Lake Slashes 1400 Jobs at U.S. Agency for Global Media

Kari Lake, the senior advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, said they have eliminated 1400 positions, an 85% reduction in personnel since March. In a statement posted to X, Lake said the moves were part of President Donald Trump's...

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:43:58 EDT
Supreme Court Declines to Speed Up Tariffs Review

Supreme Court Declines to Speed Up Tariffs Review

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to speed up its consideration of whether to take up a challenge to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs even before lower courts have ruled in the dispute.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:35:12 EDT
James Carville: Dems Acted Like Trump Voters 'Didn't Exist'

James Carville: Dems Acted Like Trump Voters 'Didn't Exist'

Longtime Democrat strategist James Carville said his party's defeat in the 2024 presidential election partly was due to ignoring President Donald Trump's strongest supporters. On the latest episode of his "Politics War Room" podcast...

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:56:58 EDT
Ohio Man Arrested for Road Rage Assault on Rep. Miller

Ohio Man Arrested for Road Rage Assault on Rep. Miller

A suburban Cleveland man was arrested in connection with Thursday's road rage assault on Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:56:43 EDT
Senate Parliamentarian Rules Out Some OBBB Provisions

Senate Parliamentarian Rules Out Some OBBB Provisions

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has nixed several key provisions from President Donald Trump's megabill, saying they violate the upper chamber's rules for the budget reconciliation process, reports The Hill.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:24:09 EDT
ICE Unveils New Policy for Congressional Visits

ICE Unveils New Policy for Congressional Visits

New guidelines have been issued limiting congressional access to Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities following several recent dustups, Axios reported.The new policy requires members of Congress to give 72 business hours' notice before they visit an ICE...

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:32:23 EDT
Poll: Majority Backs RFK Jr.'s Core MAHA Effort

Poll: Majority Backs RFK Jr.'s Core MAHA Effort

Many Americans support key parts of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s desire to "make America healthy again," according to new Axios/Ipsos survey results.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:39:03 EDT
VP Vance Heads to Troubled Los Angeles

VP Vance Heads to Troubled Los Angeles

Vice President JD Vance has a series of stops planned in Los Angeles on Friday as he visits the city at the forefront of the administration's immigration enforcement efforts. A federal appeals court on Thursday handed the administration a win over California Gov. Gavin...

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:48:25 EDT
MIT Study: ChatGPT Use Might Harm Critical Thinking

MIT Study: ChatGPT Use Might Harm Critical Thinking

As the use of artificial intelligence increases, a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggested that ChatGPT use can harm the ability to think critically over time.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:48:41 EDT
FCC Probes Cyber Trust Mark Program's China Ties

FCC Probes Cyber Trust Mark Program's China Ties

Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr said Friday that he ordered a review of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program over "potentially concerning ties to the government of China."

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:30:01 EDT
Texas Alters Early Voting Period to Increase Access

Texas Alters Early Voting Period to Increase Access

Texas lawmakers approved several measures they hope will improve access to early voting in the state.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:11:47 EDT
LA Archbishop 'Deeply Disturbed' by ICE Raids

LA Archbishop 'Deeply Disturbed' by ICE Raids

Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez criticized the Trump administration's wide-sweeping immigration raids and called for a more careful approach in an opinion piece released this week.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:37:30 EDT
Trump: Special Prosecutor Should Probe 2020 Election

Trump: Special Prosecutor Should Probe 2020 Election

President Donald Trump called for a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 presidential election because an alleged stolen outcome "cannot be allowed to happen again."

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:39:01 EDT
Supreme Court Upholds Law on Suing Palestinian Authorities

Supreme Court Upholds Law on Suing Palestinian Authorities

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a statute passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks abroad as plaintiffs pursue monetary damages for violence years ago in Israel and the West Bank.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:43:36 EDT
Stocks Drift up After Trump Gives Hope on Iran

Stocks Drift up After Trump Gives Hope on Iran

U.S. stocks are drifting higher Friday in their return to trading following the Juneteenth holiday.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:21:22 EDT
Report: Rand Paul Pushed Aside on Megabill Talks

Report: Rand Paul Pushed Aside on Megabill Talks

Sen. Rand Paul's call to cut the Trump administration's request on border security spending for the president's "big, beautiful bill" has left him on the sidelines for negotiations on the megabill, even while, as chair of the committee, he would technically be in charge.

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:04:49 EDT