With today’s high-potency products and increasingly frequent recreational use, researchers are discovering that the body’s relationship with cannabis has fundamentally changed...
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An Unexpected Side Effect of Cannabis

With today’s high-potency products and increasingly frequent recreational use, researchers are discovering that the body’s relationship with cannabis has fundamentally changed...

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Ivan Pentchoukov
National Editor 

Ivan Pentchoukov
National Editor 

Good morning! It’s Friday. Here are today’s top stories:

  • President Trump on Thursday ordered the federal government to release the files about aliens, UFOs, and related phenomena. 
  • The president held a rally at a steel plant in Georgia to celebrate the resurgence in business after he implemented tariffs on steel and other products last year. Steel workers at the plant told Epoch Times journalist Travis Gillmore that work shifts were limited in prior years when business slowed down, but since the tariffs took effect, there are more opportunities to earn money than ever before.
  • Artificial intelligence is often framed as a military force multiplier that can accelerate decision-making and produce valuable information.  But at the Pentagon, AI deployment exercises have yielded mixed results, highlighting challenges such as systems stalling and unpredictable software outside controlled environments.
  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the brother of British King Charles III, was released Thursday evening after being detained for 11 hours at his home. The former prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office linked to the release of the Epstein files.
  • Discover the 3,000-year-old herb sharpening modern minds.

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