ASAToday for July 3rd, 2025

Revised Federal Workplace Drug Testing Guidelines The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has formally revised federal workplace drug testing guidelines to clarify that using medical marijuana under a doctor’s recommendation in a legal state is not a valid excuse for a positive THC test.  In a pair of notices set to be published in the…

Update on the Deficit Per the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the official federal deficit for FY23 was nearly $1.7 trillion, an increase from just under $1.4 trillion a year earlier. Excluding the effects of the now-voided student debt relief plan, total federal spending increased to 11 percent in FY23 over last year, or $625 billion,…