Mark Masterson

Mark Masterson has written more than 1,700 articles for Live News Chat since 2022 and files most days. His beat is the news the networks on this site are carrying live: US politics, world affairs, breaking news, and the courts, with regular work on technology, sport and entertainment. Because the site exists to point readers at live coverage, most of his reporting is written within hours of the broadcast it follows, and is sourced from primary material where one exists: the filing, the transcript, the agency release, the company statement. Originally from Canada, he has worked in online publishing for over a decade. Corrections and story tips go to security@livenewschat.eu, and the standards his work is held to are set out in the Live News Chat editorial policy.

AG Pam Bondi Faces Contempt Threat Over Epstein Files: Congress Dusts Off 1930s-Era Power to Force Transparency

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Congress threatens to invoke 1930s-era “inherent contempt” power against Attorney General Pam Bondi after the DOJ’s heavily redacted Epstein files release missed its legal deadline. A bipartisan coalition led by Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie is drafting legislation to fine Bondi daily until full transparency is achieved.

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Executive Order to Reschedule Marijuana: What Schedule III Means for Weed

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Are Autoflowers Good for Beginners? A First-Time Grower’s Guide

President Trump signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, delivering a massive tax break to the cannabis industry while launching a controversial Medicare CBD pilot program. Here’s what Schedule III means, why 22 GOP senators are furious, and what happens to cannabis stocks now.

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