Washington Today (6-17-24): Maryland Gov. Moore pardons over 175K low-level cannabis convictions
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) issues pardons for more than 175,000 marijuana convictions, calling it the most sweeping state level pardon in any state in American history and saying it is the start of remediating harm done in the past by the war on drugs, especially to minority communities.
Democratic presidential reelection campaign of Joe Biden puts out a TV ad taking aim at republican opponent Donald Trump as ‘a convicted criminal who is only out for himself’.
Donald Trump campaigns in Detroit, in the swing-state of Michigan, with African-American voters.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meets with President Biden at the White House, a few weeks before the NATO leaders summit comes to Washington, announcing progress in the number of NATO countries that have hit the minimum 2% of GDP spent on defense.
Israel says it will pause fighting in an area in Southern Gaza for 11 hours a day to allow more humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians but will not stop its offensive against Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyahu says the war cabinet has been disbanded, now that a key member from a rival political faction has left. We get White House and U.S. State Department reaction.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) schedules a bill to ban firearm bump stocks, after last week’s Supreme Court decision that the devices could not be prohibited under a law banning machine guns, because although bump stocks can make a gun fire rapidly, the devices do not meet the definition of machine gun.
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging Congress to require a warning label on social media, like the label on tobacco, that using the platforms can harm teenagers’ mental health.
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