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  • A timeline of U.S. military strikes on boats off South America and what Congress has said

    A timeline of U.S. military strikes on boats off South America and what Congress has said

    Oct 23, 2025 04:36 PM EDT

    ... have proof. All you have to do is look at the cargo that was spattered all over the ocean — big bags of cocaine and and fentanyl all over the place.” Sept. 19 Trump says the U.S. military carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel ...

  • U.S. strikes 8th and 9th alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific, Hegseth says

    U.S. strikes 8th and 9th alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific, Hegseth says

    Oct 22, 2025 07:49 PM EDT

    ... Maduro faces charges of narcoterrorism in the U.S. In his posts on the strikes, Trump has repeatedly argued that illegal narcotics and the drug fentanyl carried by the vessels have been poisoning Americans. While the bulk of American overdose deaths are from fentanyl, the drug is transported by land ...

  • What we know so far about Trump's trip to Asia

    What we know so far about Trump's trip to Asia

    Oct 21, 2025 10:23 PM EDT

    ... on Sunday. He offered to lower tariffs but “they have to give us some things too,” including buying U.S. soybeans, reducing the flow of fentanyl ingredients and ending limits on rare earth minerals that are critical for high-tech manufacturing. Trump expressed even more confidence on Monday, saying, “I ...

  • Fact-checking Trump's claim that each boat strike off Venezuela's coast saves 25,000 lives

    Fact-checking Trump's claim that each boat strike off Venezuela's coast saves 25,000 lives

    Oct 19, 2025 07:27 PM EDT

    Generally, the politicians we have fact-checked referred to fentanyl seizures. The synthetic opioid is the leading cause of U.S. overdose deaths. Politicians’ statements about lives saved rely on the lethal dose for fentanyl — 2 milligrams. So if authorities seized 10 milligrams of fentanyl, for example, that saved five ...

  • News Wrap: Israel says Rafah crossing will remain closed until hostage bodies are returned

    News Wrap: Israel says Rafah crossing will remain closed until hostage bodies are returned

    Oct 18, 2025 09:45 PM EDT

    ... their home countries. In a social media post, the president said the military targeted an alleged drug carrying submarine because it was going to bring fentanyl and other narcotics to the US. Two people on board were killed while two survivors were rescued. According to Mr. Trump, they will soon ...

  • Trump weighs land strikes in Venezuela following attacks on suspected drug boats

    Trump weighs land strikes in Venezuela following attacks on suspected drug boats

    Oct 16, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    ... that Venezuela is a drug trafficking country, make no mistake, but it is by no means trafficking the drugs that are killing Americans, which is fentanyl. So this is the wrong force for the wrong mission under the wrong pretext. Amna Nawaz: Can I just get both of you to ...

  • Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea next month and he'll later go to China

    Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea next month and he'll later go to China

    Sep 19, 2025 05:02 PM EDT

    ... harsh export controls, but many issues remain unresolved. No deals have been announced on tech export restrictions, Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products or fentanyl. The Trump administration has imposed additional 20% tariffs on Chinese goods linked to allegations that Beijing has failed to stem the flow to the ...

  • Trump, Xi in talks to finalize TikTok deal that allows app to keep operating in the U.S.

    Trump, Xi in talks to finalize TikTok deal that allows app to keep operating in the U.S.

    Sep 19, 2025 01:55 PM EDT

    ... S. tariffs, sanctions and export controls,” Wyne said. No deals have been announced on tech export restrictions, Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products or fentanyl. The Trump administration has imposed additional 20% tariffs on Chinese goods linked to allegations that Beijing has failed to stem the flow to the ...

  • Republican Brad Raffensperger to run for Georgia governor after defying Trump over 2020 election

    Republican Brad Raffensperger to run for Georgia governor after defying Trump over 2020 election

    Sep 17, 2025 04:53 PM EDT

    ... in 2018 on a platform that emphasized managerial competence. During that race, one of his three sons, Brenton Raffensperger, died at age 27 from a fentanyl overdose. He spent most of his first two years in office battling lawsuits filed by Democrats that fruitlessly alleged Georgia, under then-Secretary of ...

  • WATCH: FBI Director Patel appears at Senate hearing amid criticism over Kirk probe

    WATCH: FBI Director Patel appears at Senate hearing amid criticism over Kirk probe

    Sep 15, 2025 11:38 PM EDT

    ... keep the focus on what he said was a series of accomplishments in fighting violent crime, protecting children from abuse and disrupting the flow of fentanyl. He boasted Tuesday that the man suspected in Kirk's killing was arrested within 33 hours but also faced questions over confusion he caused ...

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