Like a “candle in the wind,” Elton John extinguished the contemporary positive chatter surrounding marijuana legalization in an interview with Time Magazine published last week. He claimed efforts to legalize the drug were a huge societal error. Apparently, he finally realized what anti-weed proponents have known for quite some time: Marijuana is harmful.  “I maintain […]

Two Republican senators are efforting quick passage of their bill to ensure the military is paid in the event of a partial government shutdown.

A racist pro-Trump message found at a Tennessee college is the latest example of a fraudster seeking to stoke fear by perpetrating a fake hate crime.

President-elect Donald Trump says any shutdown in federal operations should begin immediately under President Biden and not when he takes charge at the White House.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Friday that he had another plan to avert a partial government shutdown after his previous two went up in smoke.

Some federal workers are "secretly hoping" for a government shutdown in the coming weeks, figuring it will earn them extra time off.

A group of Americans with family members stranded in Gaza sued President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday, alleging they've deserted their relatives in the war-torn territory and violated their constitutional rights.

President-elect Donald Trump says the European Union must buy more oil and gas from the U.S. or face sweeping tariffs on products they send to the states.

A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, over concerns that he might impose travel bans like he did during his first administration.