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The Justice Department says it is immediately rescheduling FDA-approved and state-licensed marijuana from what's known as a Schedule I drug, the same group as heroin, to a Schedule III drug, like Tylenol with codeine.
The move does not legalize marijuana under federal law, but it does recognize that marijuana has medical applications and opens the door to research the effects of cannabis.
The department is also ordering a new hearing to begin in late July to fully reschedule the drug.
The move by the Trump administration comes after years of debate in Washington about reclassifying marijuana.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
The Justice Department says it is immediately rescheduling FDA-approved and state-licensed marijuana from what's known as a Schedule I drug, the same group as heroin.
to a Schedule III drug, like Tylenol with codeine.
The move does not legalize marijuana under federal law, but it does recognize that marijuana has medical applications and opens the door to research the effects of cannabis.
The department is also ordering a new hearing to begin in late July to fully reschedule the drug.
The move by the Trump administration comes after years of debate in Washington about reclassifying marijuana.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
Courtney Williams has been charged with communicating and transmitting classified information.
Court papers say the 40-year-old worked for a special military unit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and that between 2022 and 2025, Williams had phone calls and text messages with a journalist in which she provided details about tactics, techniques, and procedures used by military operators.
The journalist later published an article and a book containing statements attributed to Williams that allegedly contained classified information.
Court documents also cite text messages Williams allegedly sent afterwards in which she expressed concern about the amount of classified information in the published materials and said she could get arrested because of it.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
Courtney Williams has been charged with communicating and transmitting classified information.
Court papers say the 40-year-old worked for a special military unit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and that between 2022 and 2025, Williams had phone calls and text messages with a journalist in which she provided details about tactics, techniques, and procedures used by military operators.
The journalist later published an article and a book containing statements attributed to Williams that allegedly contained classified information.