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Biden further stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin was indeed not kidding when he speaks about the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons, and ...

“How does he find his way out?” Biden inquired. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 is a 13-day of eyeball-to-eyeball diplomacy between the former Soviet Union and the United States that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war before a settlement was reached to remove missiles. United States President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that the world was at the highest risk of nuclear ‘armageddon’ ever since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 as Moscow talks openly about the possibilities of using a nuclear weapon in the Ukraine conflict.

'Long overdue' move could herald federal legalization. Plus, mother of dead Iranian schoolgirl accuses authorities.

At an official preparatory meeting in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wednesday, speakers roundly echoed Aboulmagd’s frustration. The organisers have strengthened security: spectators are barred, a new metal detector to frisk players has been introduced and there will be a 30-minute delay before the games are displayed to online viewers, writes Leonard Barden. Known as agvet companies, they fund government bodies, including – most controversially – providing 90% of the budget of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, which operates on a user-pays basis, writes Anne Davies. A class action is now under way involving 700 people who have used glyphosate and who allege it caused their cancer. Biden said the world was the closest to nuclear catastrophe since the Cuban missile crisis. The scale of the crackdown by the Iranian authorities is becoming clear. Business ethics in Ukraine long under scrutiny. [to try to win the war in Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/07/biden-warns-world-would-face-armageddon-if-putin-uses-a-tactical-nuclear-weapon-in-ukraine). It could herald federal legalization and even set in motion a wider reappraisal of drug prohibition. [authorities said](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/07/easter-island-fire-causes-irreparable-damage-to-famous-moai-statues). Racial disparity in conviction rates for people of color. Last Friday, security forces opened fire on protesters in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, killing, according to Amnesty International, 87 people.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of "simple possession" of ...

The move also fulfills one of the top priorities of the Democratic nominee in one of their party’s most critical Senate races, as Pennsylvania Lt. “In coming days, the Office of the Pardon Attorney will begin implementing a process to provide impacted individuals with certificates of pardon.” Biden says the move reflects his position that “no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana.” He says his action will ease the consequences for “people who have prior Federal convictions for marijuana possession, who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result.” He is also calling on governors to issue similar pardons for those convicted of state marijuana offenses, which reflect the vast majority of marijuana possession cases. “This action from President Biden is exactly what this work should be about: improving people’s lives. The move by Biden puts the federal government on course with other big cities like New York that have been moving toward decriminalizing low-level marijuana arrests for years. “This is incredibly long overdue,” said Frederique. He paid a $3,000 fine and spent two years on probation. The White House did not set a timeline for the review. “My action will help relieve the collateral consequences arising from these convictions.” without legal status at the time of their arrest. Biden is also not pardoning non-citizens who were in the U.S.

President Biden warned of the prospect of "Armageddon" due to Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats.

Where does he find himself in a position that he does not - not only lose face but lose significant power within Russia?” Where does he find a way out? “I don't think there's any such thing as the ability to easily (use) a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon.”

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, ...

The White House had been avoiding applying the “war criminal” label to Putin, because it requires investigation and an international determination. Last month, Biden, in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview, said that “U.S. There’s some concern in the administration that Russia has determined it can use its nuclear arsenal in a manner short of a “full-blown” nuclear attack on Ukraine and face only limited reaction from U.S. The White House said after the interview that U.S. and when the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, to protect Russia and our people, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal,” Putin said. We are going to keep cool heads and we will, each time, denounce the irresponsible character of these threats.” “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis,” he added. “I have always refused to engage in political fiction, and especially ... when speaking of nuclear weapons,” Macron said at a EU summit in Prague. She told reporters: “Russia’s talk of using nuclear weapons is irresponsible and there’s no way to use them without unintended consequences. The president’s grim assessment, delivered during a Democratic fundraiser on Thursday night, rippled around the globe and appeared to edge beyond the boundaries of current U.S. [strategic setbacks on the battlefield](/article/united-nations-general-assembly-russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-d1355f7c528a10c872e2a26b9d532e16).

President Joe Biden's announcement Thursday that he pardoned federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana could help more than 6,500 people obtain ...

They also decriminalize the substance. Earlier this year, Biden granted nine people with federal marijuana offenses clemency. Racial disparities in drug arrests persist even as the legal marijuana industry remains dominated Some Republican lawmakers criticized the president's plan. Greg Abbott said: "The governor of Texas can only pardon individuals who have been through the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles system with a recommendation for pardon." “Just as no one should be in a federal prison solely due to the possession of marijuana, no one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either,” Biden said.

ON OCTOBER 6TH President Joe Biden made good on a campaign promise to pardon people convicted of marijuana possession by the federal government.

That may change if the drug is rescheduled, subjecting the industry to a mountain of rules it has so far avoided. The president favours decriminalising the use of the drug over legalising the entire industry. But treating cannabis like alcohol or cigarettes may be a step too far for the Biden administration. It is legal in most states but not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because, officially, it has no medical use. ON OCTOBER 6TH President Joe Biden made good on a campaign promise to pardon people convicted of marijuana possession by the federal government. Because there was so little research on cannabis, it joined heroin and LSD as a Schedule I drug, meaning it had no known medical use at the time.

Joe Biden issues executive order pardoning all Americans who have been federally convicted of “simple possession of marijuana”...

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President Biden issued an executive order Friday expanding privacy protections for data transferred between the United States and Europe, a move aimed at ...

The order also sets up a secondary independent review process through a data protection court within the Justice Department, staffed by nongovernmental appointees, who can also issue binding rulings. “The E.U.-U.S. officials have sought for years to come to terms on a legal mechanism to replace Privacy Shield, a data pact that allowed businesses to safely transfer data across the Atlantic that was struck down by European courts in 2020 over U.S. The order bars U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, who is authorized to issue a binding decision to remedy the situation. But a deal proved elusive, even as businesses clamored for clarity around the legality of data flows.

The new Privacy Shield seeks to address European concerns of surveillance by U.S. intelligence agencies.

It will assess the sufficiency of the data protection measures in order to restore the data transfer mechanism. BEUC, a European consumer group, said in a release that the framework "is likely still insufficient to protect Europeans' privacy and personal data when it crosses the Atlantic." [Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube.](https://www.youtube.com/c/CNBC?sub_confirmation=1) [WATCH: Why the U.S. The new framework will allow individuals in the EU to seek redress through an independent Data Protection Review Court made up of members outside of the U.S. and EU agreed in principle to the new framework, the White House said in a It also instructs the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent agency, to examine those updates and conduct an annual review of whether the intelligence community has fully adhered to binding redress decisions. "committed to implement new safeguards to ensure that signals intelligence activities are necessary and proportionate in the pursuit of defined national security objectives." intelligence community to update policies and procedures to fit the new privacy protections in the framework. That body "would have full authority to adjudicate claims and direct remedial measures as needed," according to the March fact sheet. In March, after the U.S. [letter](https://www.commerce.gov/about/letter-deputy-assistant-secretary-james-sullivan-schrems-ii-decision) shortly after the decision. had too great an ability to surveil European data transferred through the earlier system.

What to know: Most cannabis companies are unable to use federally chartered banks, largely owing to the Schedule 1 designation, and instead are relegated to ...

The data through late August of this year was a bit more modest, with around $900 million for 109 companies. What they're saying: "This is massive. [Biden to pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession](/2022/10/06/biden-to-pardon-all-prior-federal-offenses-of-simple-marijuana-possession) [President Biden said](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/10/06/granting-pardon-for-the-offense-of-simple-possession-of-marijuana/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery) Thursday he will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple [marijuana](https://www.axios.com/2022/10/05/legalized-marijuana-pot-coresight-research) possession and will call on governors to pardon simple state possession offenses. "People have been waiting for this ever since Biden took office." Other impacts: Removing the Schedule 1 classification also could help more cannabis companies move public stock listings from Canada to the U.S., and also better enable federally funded researchers to study the plant's medicinal benefits. - A proposed bill called The SAFE Banking Act would help remedy this situation, but Biden's move could help set the conditions for passage.

President Biden put the nation on red alert Thursday, announcing nuclear "Armageddon" is a real possibility given Russia's recent setbacks in its 8-month ...

"Where does he find himself in a position that he does not not only lose face but lose significant power within Russia?" Biden went on to say, "We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis." Where does he find a way out?"

President Joe Biden is declaring that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials ...

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said last week that the U.S. “I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction … “Where does he find a way out?” Biden asked. The 13-day showdown in 1962 that followed the U.S. Biden was conveying that the White House sees Putin’s rhetoric as “reckless and irresponsible” and is taking it seriously, the official said. intelligence assessments that in recent weeks have shown no evidence that Putin has imminent plans to deploy nuclear weapons, according to U.S.

(Bloomberg) -- The European Union and U.S. moved a step closer to securing the privacy of transatlantic data flows as President Joe Biden moved to end years ...

Schrems said on Friday that his privacy group, Noyb, will analyze the package of measures proposed by the US toward a third deal “in detail.” The order is designed to address concerns about the ability of American spies to access EU data, which led to two previous data transfer accords being struck down by the bloc’s top court. While EU judges upheld a separate contract-based system to keep transferring data, the doubts they expressed about American data protection made this a shaky alternative too. The EU Court of Justice in 2020 toppled the so-called Privacy Shield over concerns that user data wasn’t safe from prying eyes once on US soil. Biden signed an executive order Friday that’ll create an independent court system in the US for EU citizens who think their data was unlawfully accessed or used by intelligence agencies. (Bloomberg) -- The European Union and U.S.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to implement a European Union-United States data transfer framework announced in March that ...

Judges with experience in data privacy and national security will be appointed from outside the U.S. The U.S. agencies "outlining the operation and enforcement of the EU-U.S. data flow systems, said he still needed to analyze the package. Office of the Director of National Intelligence will investigate complaints and make decisions. data privacy framework" that "will form the basis for the European Commission's assessment in a new adequacy decision," she said. Biden's order adopts new safeguards on the activities of U.S. The White House said Biden's order bolstered current "privacy and civil liberties safeguards" for U.S. The White House said "transatlantic data flows are critical to enabling the $7.1 trillion EU-U.S. "Maybe the third attempt will be the good one." administration, which the EU court rejected. "We have a real improvement relative to the Privacy Shield....

The decree represents the next step in creating a new transatlantic mechanism to send reams of information across the Atlantic.

More importantly, the officials said they felt the new framework would also withstand any legal challenges that would force the U.S. The decree will now be sent to Brussels where the European Commission — alongside input from the bloc’s privacy agencies and politicians, as well as EU countries — will transpose the text into its own rules. The order will create a new body within the U.S. It will also give new powers to the civil liberties protection officials within the U.S. U.S. The judges’ concerns focused on how U.S.

The order will set surveillance limits and establish a new court for European citizens to redress privacy concerns with US intelligence agencies.

More importantly, the officials said they felt the new framework would also withstand any legal challenges that would force the U.S. The decree will now be sent to Brussels where the European Commission — alongside input from the bloc’s privacy agencies and politicians, as well as EU countries — will transpose the text into its own rules. The order will create a new body within the U.S. Senior Biden administration officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said they were confident the White House executive order and the Department of Justice’s new regulations would satisfy the Commission’s concerns. US intelligence agencies are required to update their policies and procedures to align with the order’s guidelines. It will also give new powers to the civil liberties protection officials within the U.S.

New rules include measure to exclude China from using semiconductor chips made anywhere in world with US tools.

The expansion of US powers to control exports to China of chips made with US tools is based on a broadening of the so-called “foreign direct product rule”. In a briefing with reporters on Thursday previewing the rules, senior government officials said many of the rules sought to prevent foreign firms from selling advanced chips to China or supplying Chinese firms with tools to make their own advanced chips. On Friday, US officials removed nine such firms, including China’s Wuxi Biologics, which makes ingredients for AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine.

My intent is to pardon only the offence of simple possession of marijuana in violation of federal law ... and not any other offences related to marijuana ...

“For nearly two years, NORML has called upon the Administration to fulfil the President’s campaign promise to provide relief to those stigmatized with a low-level cannabis conviction. “No one deserves to be in jail for a joint. [Senator Tom Cotton called Biden’s action](https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1578116642969714688) “a desperate attempt to distract from failed leadership.” [Gallup poll](https://news.gallup.com/poll/356939/support-legal-marijuana-holds-record-high.aspx) found that 50 per cent of Republicans support cannabis legalization, not everyone reacted positively to the news. Senate and a signatory on the letter sent to Biden in July, senators sent a letter to President Biden, In July, a group of U.S. and not any other offences related to marijuana or other controlled substances,” he added. President Joe Biden has finally taken steps toward fulfilling his campaign promises of overhauling U.S. Nearly two years into his first term, and just weeks ahead of the November midterm elections, U.S. Article content and not any other offences related to marijuana or other controlled substances'

President Joe Biden and other Democrats are considering a range of actions to blunt the impacts of OPEC's decision to cut oil shipments — though none of ...

But in the end, he added, “federal policy is not the make-or-break thing that’s going to move the trajectory of U.S. It’s absurd and it’s really offensive to the American people.” “The U.S. “The question of an Iran nuclear deal will be once again on the table. So new tentative negotiations will probably be a focus in the coming weeks.” Taking that fuel off the global market would almost inevitably lead to higher prices and anger Europe, where a large percentage of U.S. The U.S. But enacting it and unleashing lawsuits against OPEC members would lead to a new level of antagonism between the U.S. Lifting economic sanctions that block Venezuela and Iran from exporting oil would bring more supply into the market and ease pressure on supplies, experts said. to sue oil cartels for antitrust violations, a step that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have threatened before but which the Biden administration has been wary of taking. “If anything, it might have overstated the impact of the cuts.” gasoline prices, undercutting Biden’s [risky diplomatic outreach](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/16/bidens-middle-east-reputation-00046214) to Saudi Arabia in July as well as his boast that he helped drive prices at the pump down for three straight months this summer.

Two new rules from the Commerce Department will strengthen controls on American firms exporting microchips and the equipment used to make them, while upping ...

In addition to the BIS action, the White House will likely issue an executive order strengthening federal oversight of American investment in China, as well as one limiting data collection from Chinese firms. “That is not the strategic environment we are in today,” Sullivan said. policy sought to keep the Chinese generations behind American tech capabilities, security officials now seek to bring Beijing’s technological capabilities — particularly in artificial intelligence and supercomputing — closer to a standstill. New restrictions on American chipmaking equipment will apply only to specific tools that cannot be purchased elsewhere in the world. [The new rules](https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2022-21658/additional-export-controls-certain-advanced-computing-and-semiconductor-manufacturing-items), importantly, won’t apply to foreign makers of chipmaking equipment, including leading firms in the Netherlands and Japan. But [the administration’s second rule](https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2022-21714/revisions-to-the-unverified-list-clarifications-to-activities-and-criteria-that-may-lead-to) could potentially address that by making it easier for BIS to put companies on its corporate blacklist — called the entity list — if their home governments demonstrate “sustained lack of cooperation” with U.S.

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden hailed the September jobs report, calling the numbers “an encouraging sign” the economy is moving toward “steady” growth.

Friday’s numbers are the last jobs report the Fed will see before the November policy meeting where it will consider a fourth-straight 75-basis point hike. Biden said congressional Republicans would enact policies that favored the wealthy, which he said contrasted with his vision. And more Americans are working than ever before,” Biden said Friday. Biden seized on strong jobs numbers Friday as an “encouraging sign,” arguing his economic policies are working to keep the labor market resilient. Markets fell across the board Friday anticipating that the strength of the labor market as interest rates rise means the Federal Reserve is more likely to continue hiking. That increases the odds of the economy slipping into a recession just as the Democrats head into the next presidential election.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday designed to allay European concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies are illegally spying on them.

While the U.S. The first legal challenge was filed by Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Schrems, who was concerned about how Facebook handled his data in light of 2013 revelations about U.S. Twice, in 2015 and again in 2020, the European Union’s top court struck down data privacy framework agreements between Washington and Brussels. Raimondo said the new commitments would address European Union legal concerns covering personal data transfers to the U.S. “However much the U.S. A revived framework “will enable the continued flow of data that underpins more than $1 trillion in cross-border trade and investment every year,” Raimondo said. However, the European privacy campaigner who triggered the battle wasn’t satisfied it resolved core issues and warned of more legal wrangling. That has created uncertainty for tech giants including Google and Facebook’s parent company Meta, raising the prospect that U.S. “The moment EU citizens’ data travels across the Atlantic, it will not be afforded similar protections as in the EU.” companies certified under the framework. authorities try to paper over the cracks of the original Privacy Shield, the reality is that the EU and U.S. The European Union’s executive arm, the European Commission, said the framework has “significant improvements” over the original Privacy Shield and it would now work on adopting a final decision clearing the way for data to flow freely between EU and U.S.

The President's sweeping pardon for 'simple possession' is a major step toward decriminalization, and the U.S. will now be compelled to reevaluate why ...

Senator Wyden, who applauded Biden’s action on pardoning, politely said that the president’s efforts to get HHS and Attorney General Garland to review marijuana’s schedule on the Controlled Substances Act is a waste of time. “This is a good step in the right direction,” Rep. “The President has acted,” Joyce said in a statement. Andrew Freedman adds that the significance of Biden’s announcement should be seen in the context of other big changes in America’s laws that happened slowly and methodically. “So the President has been considering his options, and he’s now taking executive action to address the country’s failed approach to marijuana.” A senior administration official said that Biden, in part, made the announcement to get Congress to act. “This is a win. “The President is calling on governors to take this action as well.” “We were very encouraged today; this is a good step in the right direction,” Mace says. The state-regulated industry is estimated to bring in $30 billion in sales this year. “Re-scheduling or de-scheduling is a lengthy process that could go beyond 2028,” Seiberg wrote. Biden, who is [partially responsible for America’s harsh drug laws](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-an-early-biden-crime-bill-created-the-sentencing-disparity-for-crack-and-cocaine-trafficking/2019/07/28/5cbb4c98-9dcf-11e9-85d6-5211733f92c7_story.html), also asked the Department of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to review “expeditiously” how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.

President Biden traveled to a truck parts factory in Hagerstown Friday to mark National Manufacturing Day, using the occasion to tout his record on jobs and ...

A day earlier, on Twitter, Parrott wrote: “President Biden is coming to the 6th district of MD because Democrats think @davidjtrone might lose this election. Trone is one of the wealthiest members of Congress and a generous donor to Democratic candidates and causes; earlier this year, Biden headlined a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee at Trone’s home. “Or the new 10-year quota for the IRS to collect $58 Trillion from hard working American families & businesses?” Biden told them that the assembly line was “amazing” and represents the future of manufacturing. Before he spoke, climbing a riser to the strains of “Hail to the Chief,” Biden received an effusive introduction from Sam Leedy, a material handler who has worked at the plant for two dozen years. “I love seeing all those Macks when I go down the highway,” he said. “We don’t see the new roads and hospitals, the lower health care costs. House Speaker Paul Ryan — a Republican — and will be back Wednesday to tour two mental health facilities. He was disdainful of Republicans who label his initiatives “socialism” but then seek funding for their states and districts through the programs he’s created. Where is written that America can’t be the leader in manufacturing again?” He asserted that inflation would get worse under the GOP, “hitting every kitchen table cost,” and that Republicans will once again seek to adopt “trickle-down” economic policies. “It’s a choice.

That might make it more attractive for institutional investors and companies in the tobacco, alcohol, and food and beverage space. Marijuana stocks, which have ...

Voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota will be asked to consider measures on adult-use cannabis in the Nov. The SAFE Banking Act, which would give banks assurances they could work with companies that sell cannabis, is seen by marijuana-industry analysts as having a good chance of passing. It could take longer if the review considers whether marijuana should be removed entirely from the list of scheduled drugs, he said. How Biden’s comments affect popular support for the drug remains to be seen. That might make it more attractive for institutional investors and companies in the tobacco, alcohol, and food and beverage space. Only by moving to Schedule III would companies get out from under a rule that prevents them from taking tax deductions.

US president made most outspoken remark on threat of wartime nuclear weapons when speaking at a fundraiser on Thursday. Joe Biden speaks in Hagerstown, ...

“I’m not someone who thinks escalation within a nuclear war is inevitable, but neither am I terribly sanguine about the prospects for managing it,” Acton said. “The president was speaking about concerns about Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons,” Jean-Pierre said. He said: “We take the threat and all threats of any escalation very seriously … “I don’t think there’s any such thing as an ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon.” We have a clear stance on how to proceed.” Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, said that gathering had shown strong determination to support Ukraine and “firmness in our condemnation of Russia”.

President Joe Biden's mass pardon Thursday of thousands of cannabis offenders and push to review marijuana's status under federal law is potentially the ...

Now, the Food and Drug Administration and DEA will decide how to proceed. That could potentially jeopardize existing state-regulated marijuana markets, because it would put marijuana in the purview of FDA drug regulations. The agency’s determination hinges on three factors: currently accepted medical use, the potential for abuse, and a drug’s addictive tendencies, explained Shane Pennington, Biden’s order also calls on governors to issue pardons for state marijuana possession offenses, but the president has no authority to compel them to act. The vast majority of people locked up for marijuana possession were convicted at the state level. In addition, a citizen can petition the Drug Enforcement Administration to review marijuana’s scheduling. And in 1977, President Jimmy Carter [granted unconditional pardons to hundreds of thousands](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/21/president-carter-pardons-draft-dodgers-jan-21-1977-346493) of Vietnam War draft dodgers. While Biden has said that no one should be locked up for using marijuana, there are few people — if any — currently incarcerated solely for a federal marijuana possession charge. But “this is so small in the world of restorative justice in cannabis.” Constitution, the type of blanket pardon Biden used is not very common. It included sentencing provisions like the three-strikes rule that state governments also adopted, which had a big impact on drug incarceration rates, including for marijuana offenses. Biden long cast himself as a drug warrior during his time in the Senate.

President Joe Biden is declaring that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials ...

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said last week that the U.S. “I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction … “Where does he find a way out?” Biden asked. The 13-day showdown in 1962 that followed the U.S. Biden was conveying that the White House sees Putin’s rhetoric as “reckless and irresponsible” and is taking it seriously, the official said. intelligence assessments that in recent weeks have shown no evidence that Putin has imminent plans to deploy nuclear weapons, according to U.S.

Biden Touts Job Gains to Voters Even as Fed Threatens More Pain · President has put pre-midterm focus on robust employment · Numbers likely to keep Fed on pace ...

Marijuana stocks are ablaze after the president called for a rethink of US policy on the drug.

That is in spite of vocal backing for certain measures by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who holds the power to bring bills to the floor but has been unable to garner enough support. "Moving to repeal the federal prohibition of marijuana isn't just good policy. The news came as a surprise to many, but it has set cannabis stocks ablaze. Only about 6,500 people with federal convictions and some District of Columbia (DC) residents are eligible for the relief. That represents well over 40% of the US population. In fact, Mr Biden's actions represent an about-face on his own track record as a lawmaker.

President Joe Biden is declaring that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials ...

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said last week that the U.S. “I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction … The 13-day showdown in 1962 that followed the U.S. “Where does he find a way out?” Biden asked. Biden was conveying that the White House sees Putin’s rhetoric as “reckless and irresponsible” and is taking it seriously, the official said. intelligence assessments that in recent weeks have shown no evidence that Putin has imminent plans to deploy nuclear weapons, according to U.S.