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Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GENE JOHNSON
Apr 23, 2026 7:48 am - President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government.
Trump eyes Iran deal with many of the trade-offs he blasted Obama for accepting

By Michael Birnbaum
Apr 22, 2026 8:17 pm - Billions in frozen assets may be handed back to Iran. Agreements to limit Tehran’s nuclear program may eventually expire. And some of the same hard-line leaders who crushed nationwide protests in January could end up better-resourced than they were before President Donald Trump unleashed crushing airstrikes more than seven weeks ago.
Justice Department reaches $1.25 million settlement with Trump 2016 campaign aide over Russia probe

By ERIC TUCKER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Apr 22, 2026 8:05 pm - The Justice Department has settled for $1.25 million a lawsuit from an aide to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI’s Russia investigation.
Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress

By Dan Lamothe, Noah Robertson and Ellen Nakashima
Apr 22, 2026 7:58 pm - It could take six months to fully clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines deployed by the Iranian military, and any such operation is unlikely to be carried out until the U.S. war with Iran ends, the Pentagon has informed Congress — an assessment that means the conflict’s economic impact could extend late into this year or beyond.
Top GOP doctors grill RFK Jr. on vaccines

By Lauren Weber and Rachel Roubein
Apr 22, 2026 4:27 pm - Two top GOP senators who are physicians quizzed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday about his controversial record on vaccines in their first public meeting in over seven months.
CDC won’t publish report showing COVID shots cut likelihood of hospital visits

By Lena H. Sun
Apr 22, 2026 4:03 pm - A report showing the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in the agency’s flagship scientific journal, according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter.
New study finds ‘alarming’ high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Apr 22, 2026 3:51 pm - More than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding, with New York and New Orleans standing out, according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever of flood risk.
Beneath Trump's ballroom legal case: A brief history of the White House bunker

By MIKE CATALINI
Apr 22, 2026 1:23 pm - President Donald Trump’s court fight over the $400 million White House East Wing ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site. Secrecy surrounding White House security makes details hard to come by.
Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING
Apr 22, 2026 8:00 am - Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports.
Pritzker executive order bars state employees from using insider info in prediction markets

By Maggie Dougherty
Apr 21, 2026 8:00 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Tuesday barring state employees from using insider information to place bets on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.

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