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Divided US House Committee Backs Pot Decriminalization

Michael R. Blood, Associated PressNovember 22, 2019

A divided U.S. House committee approved a proposal Wednesday to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, a vote that was alternately described as a momentous turning point in national cannabis policy or a hollow political gesture.

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Mueller: No Russia Exoneration for Trump, Despite His Claims

Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael, Associated PressJuly 26, 2019

Robert Mueller, the taciturn lawman at the center of a polarizing American drama, bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump’s claims of “total exoneration” Wednesday in the federal probe of Russia’s 2016 election interference. In a long day of congressional testimony, Mueller warned that Moscow’s actions represented — and still represent — a great threat to American democracy.