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Trump To Reclassify Weed

President Trump is set to reclassify weed from a schedule 1 drug to a schedule 3 drug. Mike and Mark discuss how they feel about the move and what it means for Trump's legacy.

DC Residents Protest as White House Says Federal Agents Will Be On Patrol 24/7

Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock. After law enforcement set up a vehicle checkpoint Wednesday along the busy 14th Street Northwest corridor, hecklers shouted, “Go home, fascists” and “Get off our streets.” Some protesters stood at the intersection before the checkpoint and urged drivers to turn away from it. The action intensified a few days after President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his administration would take over the city’s police department for at least a month.

Israel Announces a Settlement That Critics Say Will Effectively Sever the West Bank in Two

Israel’s far-right finance minister has announced approval of contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state by effectively cutting the West Bank into two separate parts. The announcement comes as many countries said they would recognize a Palestinian state in September. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says the "reality finally buries the idea of a Palestinian state, because there is nothing to recognize and no one to recognize.”

Trump asked Norwegian minister about Nobel Prize, newspaper says

“Out of the blue, while Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called,” Dagens Naeringsliv reported, citing unnamed sources.

Trump says Congress needs to pass crime bill, including 30-day extension of D.C. takeover

“We’re going to be asking for extensions on that, long-term extensions, because you can’t have 30 days,” Trump said at the Kennedy Center after he announced the 2025 honorees.

Trump says he is willing to meet Democratic leadership ahead of September funding deadline

“I will, I guess, but it’s almost a waste of time to meet, because they never approve anything,” Trump said.

Putin appears ready to test new missile as he prepares for Trump talks, researchers say

Russia appears to be preparing to test its new nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to two U.S. researchers and a Western security source.

Free Speech In The UK vs The US

Free Speech In The UK vs The US With Writer and Social Scientist, Kay Smythe-Hill.

The Trump-Putin Summit And Israel's Latest Actions In Gaza

The Trump-Putin Summit And Israel's Latest Actions In Gaza With Victoria Coates — Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation

The latest On Obamagate And Democratic Government Weaponization

MUST WATCH: The man behind paid protests

Adam Swart is the founder of Crowds on Demand. His company works with organizers and individuals to have paid protesters attend events and voice dissent.

Trump's Friendly-to-frustrated Relationship With Putin Takes the Spotlight at the Alaska Summit

President Donald Trump’s meeting in Alaska with Vladimir Putin could be a decisive moment in the war in Ukraine and in the U.S. leader’s anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart. Trump has long boasted that he’s always gotten along well with Putin and spoken admiringly of him, even praising him as “pretty smart” for invading Ukraine. But in recent months, he’s expressed open frustrations with Putin and called him “CRAZY” while threatening to impose sanctions on Russia. Still, Trump’s self-imposed deadline for sanctions came and went without any announced penalties or explanation from the White House and the Republican president, tempering expectations for their Friday summit.