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President Biden will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, the White House said Thursday. The move applies to those convicted of simple possession of marijuana, including those in the District of Columbia, according to senior officials.  "As I’ve said before, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana," Biden tweeted Thursday.

The Florida judge who has overseen one of the criminal cases against Donald Trump has blocked the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s final report on his investigations.

The man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump researched the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, according to information revealed by the FBI. Thomas Matthew Crooks had reportedly downloaded images of the 42 year old royal, who is currently battling cancer, onto his mobile phone.The FBI seized two phones and a laptop from Crooks's residence following the shooting incident in Pennsylvania. Cyber specialists discovered the pictures of Kate when they managed to access the 20 year old's devices.

The man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump searched Kate Middleton as he plotted another assassination, according to the FBI.

The gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump searched for a member of the Royal family online while planning his attack, it has emerged. Members of the US Congress released details of a briefing they had with the FBI, where they told 20-year-old Thomas Crooks had done a Google search for a member of the monarchy.

Joe Biden said that he has ordered an independent review on national security at Donald Trump‘s rally “to address exactly what happened” in the assassination attempt on the former president.

concert ticket prices and hurt artists.“It is time to break up Live Nation,” said US Attorney General Merrick Garland.Concert fans and politicians for years have been calling for a re-examination of Live Nation’s purchase of Ticketmaster in 2010, especially after the ticket seller in 2022 botched sales to Taylor Swift’s first concert tour in years, sending fans into hours-long online queues, charging prices that customers said were too high and drawing charges of poor service.Thursday’s legal action underscores the aggressive approach President Biden’s antitrust enforcers have adopted as they seek to create more competition in a wide range of industries, from Big Tech to healthcare to groceries.“Live Nation relies on unlawful, anticompetitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control over the live events industry in the United States at the cost of fans, artists, smaller promoters, and venue operators,” Garland said, adding that as a result fans pay more in fees, artists have fewer opportunities to perform and smaller promoters get squeezed out.Shares of Live Nation were trading down 5%.Live Nation called the suit a possible “PR win for the DOJ in the short term,” but said the entertainment company would prevail in court. The lawsuit “won’t solve the issues fans care about relating to ticket prices, service fees, and access to in-demand shows.”“There is more competition than ever in the live events market,” it added.The suit says Live Nation directly manages more than 400 musical artists and controls around 60% of concert promotions at major venues.

The Justice Department and more than a dozen state attorneys general have sued Apple, claiming that the tech giant has an illegal monopoly over the smartphone market.

President Joe Biden, appearing at one of DC’s oldest traditions, the Gridiron Dinner, made some sharp quips about Donald Trump but then turned serious about the threat that his rival poses to democracy.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Binance Holdings, operator of the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges that it violated the Bank Secrecy Act and other laws and will pay $4.3 billion to resolve the investigation, the Justice Department said Tuesday. In addition, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao entered a guilty plea of failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program in violation of the BSA, according to the DOJ.

In what’s being billed as the Saudi leader’s “first interview with a major American news network since 2019,” Fox News announced that Bret Baier will sit down with Mohammed bin Salman for a “no holds barred” conversation.

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted on Thursday on federal gun charges.

The special counsel investigating Hunter Biden informed a judge that he planned to indict the president’s son by later this month.

U.S. Attorney David Weiss, who has been overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden, has been appointed to the post of special counsel, a move intended to give him a new level of independence from the Justice Department.

Former US President Donald Trump has arrived at court in Miami to surrender to authorities ahead of his court appearance on charges of allegedly hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate.

CNN and MSNBC decided to skip live carriage of former President Donald Trump’s post-arraignment speech at Mar-A-Lago on Tuesday night, leaving Fox News as the only major cable news network to cover it live.

Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right group Proud Boys, was convicted along with three other members of the organization for their roles in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

, will stay legal for now, the Supreme Court ruled Friday, as an appeal moves forward on the case that could have wide-reaching implications for reproductive rights and the power of the Food and Drug Administration. The court halted a decision by a conservative Donald Trump–appointed judge in Texas banning the drug as the appeal works its way through the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Four Democratic lawmakers want the Justice Department to investigate Warner Bros. Discovery, claiming that the merged company has harmed workers and reduced consumer choice.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel tasked with the investigations of former President Donald Trump.

A Justice Department search of Joe Biden’s Reboboth Beach home did not turn up any documents with classified markings, according to the president’s personal attorney.

Live from New York, it’s Michael B. Jordan.