Reports Say the US and Israel May Restart Bombing Campaign in Iran

FDA Grants Quick Review Psychedelic Drugs, First Approvals Could Come As Soon As Summer The FDA announced new steps to speed up research on psychedelic treatments for serious mental health conditions, following an executive order from President Donald Trump directing agencies to expand access to emerging therapies, CNBC and NBC reported this morning: In a press release Friday, FDA commissioner Marty Makary said the medications “have the potential to address the nation’s mental health crisis, including conditions like treatment resistant depression, alcoholism and other serious mental health and substance abuse conditions.”...

GOP Blocks Congressional Democrats Attempt At Iran War Powers Vote (Update 1245ET): House Republicans thwarted Democrats’ attempt to unanimously restrict President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, declining to recognize the lawmaker who sought to offer it during a pro forma session Thursday. As Bloomberg reports, the forced-adoption attempt was destined to fail, but it previewed Democrats’ focus on rebuking the war in Iran when the chamber returns to session next week. Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) asked for unanimous consent to advance the Iran war powers resolution during a pro forma, or...

Hungary announced that it was ending diesel fuel shipments to Ukraine, and Slovakia said it could also cut energy shipments. Hungary and Slovakia are taking the step because Ukraine is blocking Russian oil shipments to the Eastern European nations. “Today we decided to suspend diesel fuel deliveries to Ukraine. Shipments will not resume until oil […]