TSA's new 'Gold+' program looks to increase private security screening at airports ^43%

NPR - By Bill Chappell - 5/21/2026, 9:00 AM

Biased Writer Voice 16.2% - Optimism Bias 14.1% - Appeal to Emotion 14%

WASHINGTON — Federal officers handle security screening at all but a small fraction of U.S. airports, but the Trump administration is hoping to change that. Under the Transportation Security Administration's new program called TSA Gold+, private companies would play a much larger role in airport security than they have in decades. The... more

Marijuana rescheduling would bring some immediate changes, but others will take time ^65.3%

MPR News - By Bill Chappell - 12/26/2025, 6:00 PM

Michael Stonebarger sorts young cannabis plants at a marijuana farm in Grandview, Mo., in 2022. President Trump set the process in motion to ease federal restrictions on marijuana. But his order doesn't automatically revoke laws targeting marijuana, which remains illegal to transport over state lines. President Donald Trump's... more

Marijuana rescheduling would bring some immediate changes, but others will take time ^79.7%

KUOW Public Radio - By Bill Chappell - 12/26/2025, 10:01 AM

President Trump's long-anticipated executive order to loosen U.S. restrictions on marijuana promises to bring immediate relief for cannabis businesses — but only in some respects. And although rescheduling it as a lower-risk drug is touted as opening a new era for cannabis research, experts say it's not as simple as flipping a light... more

Marijuana rescheduling would bring some immediate changes, but others will take time ^0%

St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) - By Bill Chappell - 12/26/2025, 10:01 AM

President Trump's long-anticipated executive order to loosen U.S. restrictions on marijuana promises to bring immediate relief for cannabis businesses — but only in some respects. And although rescheduling it as a lower-risk drug is touted as opening a new era for cannabis research, experts say it's not as simple as flipping a light... more

Marijuana rescheduling would bring some immediate changes, but others will take time ^78%

NPR - By Bill Chappell - 12/26/2025, 10:01 AM

President Trump's long-anticipated executive order to loosen U.S. restrictions on marijuana promises to bring immediate relief for cannabis businesses — but only in some respects. And although rescheduling it as a lower-risk drug is touted as opening a new era for cannabis research, experts say it's not as simple as flipping a light... more

Jeffrey Epstein files: Tracing the legal cases that led to sex-trafficking charges ^79.7%

NPR - By Bill Chappell - 7/25/2025, 4:38 PM

Negativity Bias 31% - Biased Writer Voice 17.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 17%

Questions persist about how Jeffrey Epstein, who once moved among the world's elite, was able to avoid federal prosecution for so long. A timeline suggests some answers. Nearly six years after Jeffrey Epstein's death in federal custody, speculation abounds over what information might be in transcripts and other documents related to... more