Senator Susan Collins highlighted the need for more federal assistance in combating illegal marijuana grow houses in Maine, linked to Chinese organized crime. A leaked memo estimated 270 grow sites in Maine, potentially generating over $4 billion. FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed efforts to trace financial connections and combat drug trafficking, but denied direct links to the Chinese government. Collins emphasized improvements in federal involvement and the importance of federal resources in tackling these operations. The discussion also touched on the broader implications of foreign governments sowing social discord and economic harm in the U.S.
A Minnesota man who pounded on Democratic lawmakers' doors in the middle of the night while posing as a police officer, killing the state House speaker and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty to murder Thursday so that federal prosecutors would not seek the death penalty.
The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Donald Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to unresolved issues.
Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near.
