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President Barack Obama says though he doesn’t think legalizing marijuana will end America’s drug problem, he believes pot should be regulated the same way cigarettes and alcohol are regulated. Obama, in an interview with Rolling Stone published Tuesday, said regulating marijuana is a much smarter way to handle the issue that continuing to treat it

LOS ANGELES — The Breitbart News Network is seeing some of its advertisers head for the exit doors and is responding in typical Breitbart fashion: by going on the counteroffensive, labeling one of them as “un-American” and calling it a war on conservatism. Since Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Los Angeles-based Breitbart has

Washington (dpa) – US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named two former investment bankers to key administration positions dealing with economic issues. Steven Mnuchin, who spent 17 years with Goldman Sachs, will serve as Treasury Secretary, while billionaire Wilbur Ross has accepted the job of Commerce Secretary, Trump’s transition team said. “I understand what needs

WASHINGTON — When Donald Trump is sworn in as the nation’s 45th president, his complex business empire will immediately be subject to an audit by the Internal Revenue Service. Thanks to an obscure provision in the IRS manual, Trump and his vice president, Mike Pence, will each be under a mandatory audit annually. “The requirement

Angry veterans descended on a Massachusetts college campus over the weekend to protest administrators’ decision to remove the American flag. Hampshire College has been embroiled in a flag controversy of its own making since the Nov. 8 presidential election victory of Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton. A stolen flag, a burnt replacement, and

The creator of a YouTube video that speculated whether 10-year-old Barron Trump is autistic has apologized to the Trump family in a new video posted Tuesday afternoon. YouTube user James Hunter issued the apology after news broke that Melania Trump was threatening a lawsuit over the video. In a letter obtained by Us Weekly, Mrs.

DETROIT — It’s official: The campaign of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has requested a recount of the nearly 4.8 million ballots cast for president in the state of Michigan. So why is she doing it? The number of blank ballots in Michigan’s presidential election results was a “red flag” to her. “In part,

WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi will remain as the House minority leader after surviving a generational challenge from younger Democrats frustrated with repeated election losses and a leadership team top-heavy with liberal senior citizens. Pelosi, of California, kept the position on a secret 134-63 vote on Wednesday morning, defeating an underdog challenge from 43-year-old Rep. Tim

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he would “leave” his business operations “in total to fully focus on running the country.” Trump’s vast interests in real estate and other ventures have raised unprecedented concerns about the potential for conflict of interest, both at home and internationally. In one of a series of

“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday. “If they do, there must be consequences—perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” What many many not know is that a decade ago, Hillary Clinton called for a similar punishment. Then a United States Senator for New York, Clinton