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President Joe Biden said he would pardon everyone convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law on Thursday. 

The pardons will reportedly impact over 6,500 people with prior convictions, none of whom are currently in prison or jail. “Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives – for conduct that is legal in many states,” Biden said in a

President Joe Biden pledged to take executive action on climate change during a Wednesday visit to a former coal-fired power plant in Somerset, MA.

Biden did not officially declare a climate emergency, as some had pressured him to do, but he did call climate change an “emergency,” “a clear and present danger” and “an existential threat.” He announced $2.3 billion from FEMA to mitigate 

Roughly 10,000 unauthorized migrants have gathered under a bridge along the Mexico-U.S. border in Del Rio, Texas and are waiting to be taken into U.S. custody. Del Rio mayor Bruno Lozano tweeted Thursday saying 2,000 more migrants had shown up that day and asking if President Joe Biden had been briefed on the situation. A statement from Border Patrol said water, towels and portable toilets had

A Russian judge upheld the detention of Wall Street Journal (Center bias) reporter Evan Gershkovich on Tuesday. Gershkovich's lawyers had asked for house arrest with a guarantee of $600,000 bail, but the appeal was denied.

Key Details: Gershkovich was working as an accredited journalist in Russia at the time of his arrest in late March. He was formally charged with espionage on April 7