New Restrictions On SNAP Purchases To Take Effect In More States In April

Pot Stocks Soar As DoJ Reclassifies Medical Marijuana As Less Dangerous Drug Pot stocks are moving higher in premarket trading in New York after the Justice Department and DEA announced that FDA-approved marijuana-based drugs and state-licensed medical marijuana products will be moved immediately from Schedule I to Schedule III. This is a major shift in how the federal government classifies these types of cannabis products. *DOJ RECLASSIFIES MEDICAL MARIJUANA AS A LESS-DANGEROUS DRUG: AP — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 23, 2026 The classification is designed to expand access to approved therapies, support state-regulated...

National Guard Deployment To DC Will Continue Until Trump's Term Ends A new extension of the National Guard’s deployment to Washington will keep guardsmen in the nation’s capital until President Donald Trump’s term ends in more than two years. The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the mission for which National Guard troops were deployed will continue until Jan. 20, 2029, or until the president terminates it. The extension would allow National Guard members to remain in Washington until the next president is inaugurated, unless Trump ends the deployment early. The deployment was previously...

US Jobs Jump 115K, Smashing Estimates; Umemployment Rate Unchanged At 4.3% In his preview of today's NFP report, Goldman's Delta One head wrote that "NFP almost feels like a sideshow at this point. You can argue weak labor data gives a Warsh led Fed enough cover to cut, but with oil and input inflation still elevated there’s also an argument that a weakening labor market alongside a constrained Fed is actually the more difficult combination for risk assets." With that in mind, moments ago the BLS reported that in April the...