Schumer Proposes Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana

Schumer Proposes Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana

By Nicholas Fandos, NY Times WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Schumer of New York proposed ambitious legislation on Wednesday to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, putting his weight as majority leader behind a growing movement to unwind the decades-old war on drugs. The draft bill, called the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, would remove marijuana from […]

How Garcia, Wiley and Morales Gave Their Male Mayoral Rivals a Run for Their Money

How Garcia, Wiley and Morales Gave Their Male Mayoral Rivals a Run for Their Money

By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Mayoral candidate Eric Adams notched another $1.3 million in taxpayer-footed public matching funds Thursday — but the latest campaign finance numbers show how his top female primary rivals gave him a run for his money. The five men among the top eight Democratic candidates outpaced the women in garnering the […]

Garland Reverses Trump-Era Immigration Order in Move That Will Cut Huge Backlog of Asylum Cases

The move will cut the ballooning backlog of 1.3 million immigration cases in the U.S. It is Garland's third such reversal of Trump policy.

Garland Reverses Trump-Era Immigration Order in Move That Will Cut Huge Backlog of Asylum Cases

A Border Patrol agent takes a Central American couple who crossed the Rio Grande River illegally to seek asylum into custody. – Hidalgo, TX, USA – May 26, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Julia Ainsley, NBC News WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday reversed an order from Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions that barred immigration […]