• Court says OxyContin maker's bankruptcy and protections for Sackler family can move forward

    Court says OxyContin maker's bankruptcy and protections for Sackler family can move forward

    Jul 25, 2023 10:42 PM EST

    ... not happen for months. Opioids have been linked to more than 70,000 fatal overdoses annually in the U.S. in recent years. Most of those are from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. But the crisis widened in the early 2000s as OxyContin and other powerful prescription painkillers became prevalent.

  • DEA official resigns amid reports of previous Big Pharma consulting work

    DEA official resigns amid reports of previous Big Pharma consulting work

    Jul 19, 2023 05:08 PM EST

    ... Lou has used his skills as a master case maker to help us bring cases against entire criminal networks and to investigate the entire globally fentanyl supply chain.” WATCH: St. Louis combats opioid crisis as overdose deaths skyrocket among Black Americans Milione’s exit adds to the turmoil at the ...

  • DeSantis details aggressive immigration and border security plan that faces long odds

    DeSantis details aggressive immigration and border security plan that faces long odds

    Jun 26, 2023 05:51 PM EST

    ... lock down at times when law enforcement chases immigrants attempting to evade detection. Several mothers in the crowd also said they have lost children to fentanyl overdoses. DeSantis was supportive of one audience member who suggested that the "invasion" at the border constituted an "act of war." "I think the ...

  • Will Hurd, former Texas congressman and Trump critic, announces 2024 run for president

    Will Hurd, former Texas congressman and Trump critic, announces 2024 run for president

    Jun 22, 2023 01:21 PM EST

    ... race being a "battle for the soul of the nation." “Our enemies plot, create chaos, and threaten the American Dream. At home, illegal immigration and fentanyl stream into our country. Inflation, still out of control. Crime and homelessness growing in our cities,” Hurd says in the video. “President Biden can ...

  • Blinken, Xi satisfied with progress after U.S.-China talks but more work to do

    Blinken, Xi satisfied with progress after U.S.-China talks but more work to do

    Jun 19, 2023 02:25 PM EST

    ... S. In his meetings, Blinken also pressed the Chinese to release detained American citizens and to take steps to curb the production and export of fentanyl precursors that are fueling the opioid crisis in the United States. Since the cancellation of Blinken’s trip in February, there have been some ...

  • Blinken kicks off high-stakes meetings in effort to cool soaring U.S.-China tensions

    Blinken kicks off high-stakes meetings in effort to cool soaring U.S.-China tensions

    Jun 18, 2023 04:36 PM EST

    ... his meetings on Sunday, Blinken also pressed the Chinese to release detained American citizens and to take steps to curb the production and export of fentanyl precursors that are fueling the opioid crisis in the United States. Blinken “made clear that the United States will always stand up for the ...

  • Republican Virginia governor sends 100 National Guard soldiers to U.S.-Mexico border

    Republican Virginia governor sends 100 National Guard soldiers to U.S.-Mexico border

    May 31, 2023 10:50 PM EST

    ... a statement. “As leadership solutions at the federal level fall short, states are answering the call to secure our southern border, reduce the flow of fentanyl, combat human trafficking and address the humanitarian crisis." Youngkin’s order said the soldiers will answer to a military commander during the 30-day ...

  • Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect owners from lawsuits

    Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect owners from lawsuits

    May 30, 2023 03:11 PM EST

    ... the opioid crisis, which has been linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades, including more than 70,000 a year recently. In recent years, most of the deaths have been connected to fentanyl and other illicit synthetic opioids, not prescription painkillers.

  • Top Biden aide tells China that U.S. wants to 'move beyond' spy balloon tensions

    Top Biden aide tells China that U.S. wants to 'move beyond' spy balloon tensions

    May 11, 2023 10:47 PM EST

    ... to the administration official. The U.S. in particular has been pressing China to clamp down on the production of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl. Tensions between the countries spiked last year after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to democratically governed Taiwan. That visit, the first by ...

  • Republican Congressman Chip Roy on debt ceiling debate and border policy

    Republican Congressman Chip Roy on debt ceiling debate and border policy

    May 11, 2023 10:45 PM EST

    ... four dead children in my school district where my kids live, where we live in, Hays County, Texas, and who have lost their kids to fentanyl. Talk to them.    Talk to the thousands of grieving families that have lost their loved ones to fentanyl, because we're allowing China ...