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President Trump on signing an executive order to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug: “I want to emphasize that the order I am about to sign is not the legalization; it doesn’t legalize marijuana in any way, shape, or form, and in no way sanctions its use as a recreational drug.”

President Trump announces he is signing an executive order rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III controlled substance. “We have people begging for me to do this. People that are in great pain.”

Trump: We have a problem. The insurance companies own the Democrat party… they give a lot of money to Democrats, very little to Republicans by the way.

The White House has announced that the “John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” will be renamed to the “Trump-Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,” following a unanimous vote today by the Kennedy Center’s Board of Trustees.

Sec. Duffy: Oftentimes we get weather that happens this time of year, so there gets to be some disruption. I just hope people pack their best attitudes and best spirits as they go to the airport.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “Putin has to know that after a peace deal, if he would try to attack Ukraine again, the reaction will be devastating. And this is exactly how we are designing these security guarantees.”

MSNBC: Why does Trump constantly exaggerate about the economy instead of just being straight with the American people? HASSETT: The president spent a lot of time with our team preparing slides that showed the data for what he was talking about in the speech. He had documentation.

About half or more of the roughly $18 billion in claims paid out by Medicaid to Minnesota-run programs may have been fraudulent, and at least 14 programs were likely exploited, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson said the scale of fraud in Minnesota outpaces that of other states and puts […]

Rainfall on Iran’s Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its famed Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as red soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of deep red. The beach is known for its vivid red sand and cliffs, created by high concentrations of iron oxide. When […]

Sorella, who runs a Chabad center in Sydney and is a friend of the family of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, H’yd, described the dilemma she faced following the massacre at Bondi Beach on Sunday to Sherri Markson of Sky News. She said that her traumatized children insisted that they turn off the menorah, frightened that their […]

Many people have been enraged by Candace Owen’s theorising on the assassination of her friend Charlie Kirk, but even more have been captivated by her real-time investigation into a colossal cover-up of his murder by his own organization Turning Point.

Is Candace searching for truth… or is it all a cynical ploy to exploit the most emotive and consequential story of the year for money and clout?

Charlie’s widow Erika Kirk issued a firm message to Candace: “Stop.” And the pair have since had a private four-hour meeting, which is now the catalyst for frenzied speculation that Candace may be having second thoughts.

Piers Morgan finds out more about what happened; and asks Candace – who’s releasing a new book called Make Him A Sandwich – if she ever will stop with the conspiracy theories.

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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 13,000 last week, remaining in the same historically healthy range of the past few years even as concerns grow about the health of the labor market. The number of Americans applying for jobless claims for the week ending Dec. 13 declined by 13,000 to 224,000 from the previous […]

The Dirshu revolution is coming to the Far Rockaway/Five Towns community! Dirshu already has had a presence in the community for many years, with numerous Amud HaYomi and Daf HaYomi B’Halacha shiurim held in a number of battei medrash, and many participants who learn on their own and take monthly tests. On Sunday, 16 Teves/January […]

Avishai David, the father of hostage survivor Evyatar David, who spent 738 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, is firmly opposed to the left’s push for the establishment of a state‑appointed commission to investigate the Oct. 7 massacre, criticizing the judiciary system for “political bias going back decades.” His comments came amid reports that the […]

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two judges of the International Criminal Court, sharply escalating its confrontation with the Hague-based tribunal over its actions targeting Israel. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. is sanctioning ICC judges Gocha Lordkipanidze of Georgia and Erdenebalsuren Damdin of Mongolia, accusing them of directly participating […]

ISIS has praised the deadly Chanukah event massacre on Bondi Beach in Australia as a “source of pride,” as investigators probe the attackers’ apparent ideological ties to the terror group after an ISIS flag was discovered in the shooters’ vehicle. The terror group lauded the massacre Thursday on its Telegram channel, stopping short of formally […]

Belgium insisted on Thursday that its European Union partners must provide ironclad guarantees that it will be protected from Russian retaliation before it would back a massive loan for Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for a decision now to keep Ukraine afloat in the new year. At a summit in Brussels with exceptionally high stakes for […]