Marijuana use in the US is at a record high, while cigarette smoking sits at a record low, according to new polling from Gallup. Seventeen percent of American adults say they smoke marijuana, tied with the high notched in 2023. That’s a big shift from 2013, the year Gallup started ...
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Trump’s FDA pick faces MAHA resistanceTrump’s FDA pick faces MAHA resistance
President Donald Trump’s nomination of Heidi Overton to lead the Food and Drug Administration spurred pushback from some Make America Healthy Again advocates, setting up a fight between the administration and part of the base that helped propel Trump to his second term. Turning Point USA’s Alex Clark, a leading ...
Norman could add to Trump’s primary losing streakNorman could add to Trump’s primary losing streak
South Carolina Republicans could nominate Rep. Ralph Norman on Tuesday for Senate, denying Sen. Darline Graham six more years in the seat held by her late brother. Graham campaigned with President Donald Trump in Myrtle Beach on Friday, and promised to vote to Lindsey Graham’s right. “On illegal immigration, I’m ...
Maine Democrat Jackson goes positive in statewide adMaine Democrat Jackson goes positive in statewide ad
Troy Jackson is taking the positive route as Republicans sink money into negative ads in Maine. In a new ad running statewide and shared first with Semafor, the Democratic Senate nominee appears alongside his mom, who talks about his upbringing by teenage parents. “We struggled a lot. He didn’t use ...
Iran vows to retaliate against countries that cooperate with fresh US sanctionsIran vows to retaliate against countries that cooperate with fresh US sanctions
Test of US rhetoric will rest on whether nations such as India, China and Russia view economic threats as credible Iran has vowed to retaliate against any country that cooperates with the US attempt to impose fresh sanctions against Iran in what the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has billed as ...
The men claiming to defend women’s sports are throwing sex toys at female athletesThe men claiming to defend women’s sports are throwing sex toys at female athletes
The WNBA has attracted grifters who care little for basketball – and whose latest stunt exposes the hollowness of their supposed concern I regret to inform you that yet another dildo has hit a WNBA court. The Chicago Sky v Golden State Valkyries game was sullied by sex toys being ...
ICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture | Judith LevineICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture | Judith Levine
Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices On 11 August, the Associated Press reported that the Homeland Security Agency will spend up to $20m to equip its agents with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to the skin of a person ...
Social media goes into overdrive with Lindsay Clancy conspiracy theoriesSocial media goes into overdrive with Lindsay Clancy conspiracy theories
Algorithms are responsible for fever pitch content surrounding trial, including misinformation, experts say As the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children, starts to wind down, a now international discussion on social media about the case has hit a fever pitch as viewers examine ...
‘It’s absolutely criminal’: US tipping culture has reached the UK – and is causing chaos‘It’s absolutely criminal’: US tipping culture has reached the UK – and is causing chaos
Service charges used to be a matter of choice, but now consumers feel obliged to pay them for even a cup of coffee. How do we navigate this minefield and who is really profiting? In a London pub, Greg Double was brutally confronted with the reality of Britain’s evolving tipping ...
‘A bit like meditation’: why Saw is my feelgood movie‘A bit like meditation’: why Saw is my feelgood movie
The latest in our series of writers picking their go-to comfort films is a grimy and gory trip back to the start of a surprisingly uplifting torture porn franchise I was petsitting recently for a white suburban family, with the typical streaming habits therein. They had two kids; their most-watched ...