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Biden budget again blocks Washington D.C. recreational marijuana sales

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2 years ago

March 11, 2024

Biden budget again blocks Washington D.C. recreational marijuana sales

Congress has veto power over the capital city’s laws.

Despite touting federal marijuana reform in his State of the Union address last week, President Joe Biden issued a budget plan to Congress that keeps a longstanding provision blocking the city of Washington, D.C., from allowing regulated recreational cannabis sales.

Congress has veto power over the capital city’s laws, and the block has been maintained ever since the district’s voters overwhelmingly approved a legalization ballot question in 2014.

The situation led the D.C. City Council to greatly expand the local medical marijuana industry as a stopgap. Despite the repeated attempts by locals to stand up a functioning adult-use market, the Biden administration is poised to let the tradition of obstructionism continue, Marijuana Moment reported Monday.

A transition for many of the longstanding gray market cannabis retailers in the nation’s capital is underway, but that has also meant market contraction for many.

As of February, only 76 gray market dispensaries had applied for legal status, and only 26 of those had taken further steps toward licensure, according to one media report. That’s down from a gray market that boasted 1,000 to 1,500 businesses at one point, industry insiders previously told Green Market Report.

The Biden budget plan also maintains a prohibition on the Drug Enforcement Administration using federal funds from interfering with state-implemented medical marijuana programs. In addition, it keeps formerly established federal protections for hemp businesses. Combined, these measure indicate that the federal budget overall has not changed much year over year with respect to marijuana policy, according to Marijuana Moment.

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US Park Police officer shot in Washington, DC

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7 hours ago

March 23, 2026

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US Park Police officer shot in Washington, DC

A U.S. Park Police officer was shot in Washington, D.C., while on duty, according to a statement from the agency.

Park Police said the officer was shot at 7:30 p.m. on Monday in Southeast Washington on Queens Stroll Pl.

The officer has been transported to a local hospital, officials said.

The circumstances of the shooting are unclear. A Park Police spokesperson told ABC News the officer has non-life-threatening injuries.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X that she has spoken to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Jeffery Carroll and was briefed on the shooting.

“Please pray for the officer’s recovery,” the attorney general said.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

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Exhibition Game in Washington, D.C.

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19 hours ago

March 23, 2026

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Photo by Sol Tucker/TalkNats The Washington Nationals have an exhibition game at Nationals Park against Baltimore as part of their home-and-road 2-game series with the Orioles. This is the final warm-up against another team before Opening Day in two days … Continue reading →

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Storm Team4 Forecast: Chance of severe storms before cooler Monday

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1 day ago

March 22, 2026

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Storm Team4 Forecast: Chance of severe storms before cooler Monday

4 things to know about the weather:

Storms overnight, severe chance
Cooler Monday
Clouds to start, then sunshine tomorrow
Cold next few mornings

After a very warm afternoon, there is a cold front that is approaching. The front will move through the area tonight, sparking showers and storms, then delivering colder air for the start of the new workweek.

There is a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH for our counties to the far northwest, including Maryland counties Washington, Allegany and Garrett, and a portion of Morgan county in West Virginia. The watch is until 10 p.m. Sunday.

There is a chance for storms to be severe tonight, including the risk of damaging winds and hail. The risk decreases through the night as the storms move south and east with the front. The storms may be noisy tonight with thunder, heavy rain, and hail. Expect drier conditions after sunrise tomorrow.

Do not forget your jacket Monday. The cooler air behind the front keeps the area in the 50s all day. Lows will drop into the 30s Monday night.

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