Donald Trump’s Pot Shot
What A Day19 Des 2025

Donald Trump’s Pot Shot

On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III substance. Trump's order continues an effort begun by former President Joe Biden to change how the federal government views marijuana. Previously, under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, marijuana had the same classification as LSD and peyote – drugs that the federal government argues have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. And because of its classification, scientists who wanted to investigate medical uses for marijuana had to jump through significant hoops – and couldn’t get federal research dollars. Once marijuana is reclassified, that will change. However, if you’re a recreational marijuana user, Trump did not, in fact, just legalize weed. So to learn more about what the executive order means, we spoke with Jeremy Berke, editor-in-chief of Cultivated Media, an outlet covering the business, policy, and culture of cannabis.

And in headlines, the Labor Department releases inflation numbers likely skewed by the government shutdown, the deadline to release the Epstein files is here, and House Speaker Mike Johnson sends representatives home for the holidays, failing to address the upcoming expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Show Notes:

Episoder(1562)

Rep. Jamie Raskin On Project 2025

Rep. Jamie Raskin On Project 2025

House Democrats on Tuesday launched an official task force to take on the far-right agenda Republicans envision under a second Trump presidency. The group of Democrats aims to directly counter the pla...

13 Jun 202419min

Hunter Biden's Guilty Verdict

Hunter Biden's Guilty Verdict

A Delaware jury on Tuesday convicted Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, on three federal felony gun charges. The verdict makes Biden the first member of a sitting president’s immediate family to...

12 Jun 202420min

How Climate Change Is Impacting Reproductive Health

How Climate Change Is Impacting Reproductive Health

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Justice Department to weigh in on two cases that deal with whether cities and states can hold fossil fuel companies responsible for the effects of climate c...

11 Jun 202416min

Israel Hostage Rescue Mission Kills Scores of Palestinians

Israel Hostage Rescue Mission Kills Scores of Palestinians

Benny Gantz, a key member of Israel’s war cabinet, resigned from his post on Sunday. His announcement came one day after Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas in an operation that killed ...

10 Jun 202421min

Why Is the SAT Back (Again)?

Why Is the SAT Back (Again)?

Until recently, many people—and colleges—rejected the SAT as a racist and classist metric that perpetuated social divides. But now it’s being championed as a tool for closing some of those same gaps! ...

8 Jun 202430min

SCOTUS Holds Off On Big Case Decisions... Again

SCOTUS Holds Off On Big Case Decisions... Again

Thursday was a bit of a letdown for Supreme Court watchers. The justices issued opinions in three smaller cases, but we’re still waiting for decisions in more than two dozen others with just a few wee...

7 Jun 202416min

Harris, Trump Head To California To Court Big-Money Donors

Harris, Trump Head To California To Court Big-Money Donors

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign rode his felony conviction to a banner fundraising day last week, raking in more than 50 million dollars within 24 hours of the verdict, according to aides. Tr...

6 Jun 202417min

Sen. Alex Padilla: Biden's Border Plan Is "Unconscionable"

Sen. Alex Padilla: Biden's Border Plan Is "Unconscionable"

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will severely limit the number of migrants who can claim asylum at the border. Flanked by high-profile Democrats at a press conference Tuesday, Biden...

5 Jun 202417min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
forklart
popradet
stopp-verden
det-store-bildet
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
rss-gukild-johaug
fotballpodden-2
dine-penger-pengeradet
nokon-ma-ga
rss-ness
i-retten
hanna-de-heldige
aftenbla-bla
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-dannet-uten-piano
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
rss-utenrikskomiteen-med-bogen-og-grasvik