Europe is in a profound state of crisis. Luckily, we know what to do | Nathalie Tocci and Anu Bradford

We assembled a group of the continent’s leading thinkers to assess the threats: their warnings are stark, but the remedy is within reach Caught between Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Donald Trump’s US and Xi Jinping’s China, Europe appears in a state of profound crisis, the narrative about its future often filled with fatalism. There is a … Read more

Trump Cabinet member scraps Obama-era gender identity housing rule, cites ‘biological reality’

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner has ordered an immediate halt to enforcement of a key Obama-era housing rule tied to gender identity, directing the agency to operate programs based on biological sex. The directive stops any pending or future enforcement of HUD’s 2016 Equal Access Rule, which expanded gender identity as formally … Read more

Trump says he’ll renovate ‘filthy’ reflecting pool on National Mall

President Donald Trump touted plans Thursday to coat the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in an “American flag blue” hue, one of the president’s latest construction efforts to refashion government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C.Trump said he was inspired to oversee renovations after a friend visited from Germany and noted its decay.”He said, ‘it’s filthy, … Read more

Federal government eases regulations on medical marijuana

The Justice Department says it is reclassifying medical marijuana under federal law, meaning it’ll no longer be regulated like heroin or LSD. Researchers say the change will give them more opportunities to better understand how the drug impacts medical issues. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports.

Dems jockeying for Newsom endorsement give passing grades on issue that ignited ‘poop map’ crisis

None of the Democratic candidates running to replace outgoing California Governor Gavin Newsom gave him below a “B-minus” grade on combating homelessness — a moment that Republicans sharing the debate stage on Wednesday evening called a laughable evaluation of the state’s problem. “My goodness, of course it’s an F,” Republican candidate Steve Hilton, a former … Read more