A Quinnipiac University poll taken in March released Monday. It found that more than 80 percent of adults in key swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida supported legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Likewise, a majority in all three states also supported legalizing small amounts for recreational use.

Galt House Hotel.

He’s not named after Ayn Rand, says his father. And the Galt House is named after Dr. W.C. Galt, not John, says the hotel’s website.

But, he does have a strong libertarian streak.

Rand Paul is expected to announce the launch of his 2016 presidential campaign on Tuesday. In anticipation of the announcement, people have wondered if his father, former U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas), will be involved in the campaign at all.

Al Jazeera America reported Monday that a sizable portion of California's population does not have reliable access to fresh water because of high levels of arsenic in the soil. California is 4 years into a historic drought that now has forced over a million residents to spend as much as a tenth of their income just on bottled water.

Negotiations surrounding the state’s budget, while contentions, managed to achieve a resolution that produced a budget that was not only balanced, but practically on time — lawmakers did negotiate into the early hours just past the deadline

Editor's note: This article has been updated to be more up to date with the current presidential administration. Updated on January 20, 2017.

When Donald Trump is sworn in on January 20, 2017, he will officially be the president with the least experience entering office in modern history. It is not rare to see political novices run for high office, but their much broader success in winning support is a more contemporary trend.

Right?

Then why is it we spend years listening to political pontifications about which candidate will ‘win over’ the hyper-partisan faithful few that vote in presidential primary elections?

If there is one issue that both Republican and Democratic lawmakers continue to evoke it is the jarring economic inequality of the United States. Although they disagree on the remedy, lawmakers almost universally agree that economic inequality is a serious problem.

So why, then, has no meaningful action been taken to address a problem that impacts a majority of Americans?

The Washington Post created a video montage of some of the best late-night jokes surrounding the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was recently revised by the Indiana Legislature and Governor Mike Pence to explicitly protect members of the LGBT community from discrimination.

At a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker highlighted the importance of securing the United States' northern border as well as the one to the south. While he questioned the Director of the All-Threat Intelligence Center, Bryan Costigan, Senator Booker said: