• Blinken discusses improving relations with China, support of Israel amid ceasefire calls

    Blinken discusses improving relations with China, support of Israel amid ceasefire calls

    Nov 16, 2023 11:50 PM EDT

    And, by the way, this is something that I think China understands is important, that it be seen as playing a leading and productive role in dealing with the fentanyl crisis, because it's not only affecting us. It's affecting increasingly countries around the world. We're the canary ...

  • Election workers face violent threats and harassment amid dangerous political rhetoric

    Election workers face violent threats and harassment amid dangerous political rhetoric

    Nov 16, 2023 11:35 PM EDT

    ... someone who spends his job trying to make elections smarter and smoother and more accurate, what do you make of all of these offices receiving fentanyl-laced letters? David Becker, Center for Election Innovation and Research: Well, sadly, these kind of threats and harassment have been going on now for ...

  • Biden pushes for stable U.S. relationship with China during summit with Xi

    Biden pushes for stable U.S. relationship with China during summit with Xi

    Nov 15, 2023 11:45 PM EDT

    Fentanyl is made from chemicals in China exported to Latin American cartels that convert them to drugs. A senior U.S. official says Beijing is making -- quote -- "deeply consequential decisions," although Beijing has made previous promises on fentanyl. In exchange, the U.S. is reportedly lifting sanctions on an arm ...

  • GOP Rep. Gallagher discusses government funding debate and competition with China

    GOP Rep. Gallagher discusses government funding debate and competition with China

    Nov 15, 2023 11:40 PM EDT

    ... while working with China to solve major challenges like climate change, like the problems posed by artificial intelligence, trying to stem the flow of illicit fentanyl into the U.S.? Rep. Mike Gallagher: The most important form of communication to the Chinese Communist Party, far more important than anything Biden ...

  • Analysis: Can a summit ease U.S.-China tensions? Here's what to expect

    Analysis: Can a summit ease U.S.-China tensions? Here's what to expect

    Nov 12, 2023 04:45 PM EDT

    ... in Taiwan’s upcoming national elections — Beijing’s goal being a victory for the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, which has a softer position toward China. Fentanyl. The U.S. side will probably want China to commit to stemming the flow of chemicals used to make fentanyl, a dangerous drug that ...

  • Republican presidential hopefuls make their case to voters but remain far behind Trump

    Republican presidential hopefuls make their case to voters but remain far behind Trump

    Nov 09, 2023 11:45 PM EDT

    ... family first before preaching to anybody else. Nikki Haley: Leave my daughter out of your voice. Lisa Desjardins: There were a host of issues. The border. Sen. Tim Scott: We should go to our Southern border and close our Southern border with the resources necessary. Lisa Desjardins: Fentanyl and addiction.

  • In Miami debate, GOP presidential candidates share support for Israel but emphasize differences on China

    In Miami debate, GOP presidential candidates share support for Israel but emphasize differences on China

    Nov 09, 2023 03:15 AM EDT

    ... polls. Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, declared she would end trade relations with China “until they stop murdering Americans from fentanyl — something Ron has yet to say that he’s going to do.” In return, the Florida governor said Haley “welcomed” Chinese investment to her ...

  • WATCH: Austin and Blinken urge Senate to send aid to Israel and Ukraine

    WATCH: Austin and Blinken urge Senate to send aid to Israel and Ukraine

    Oct 31, 2023 01:30 PM EDT

    The White House has also requested around $14 billion to protect the U.S. border. That money would be used to boost the number of border agents, install new inspection machines to detect fentanyl and to increase staffing for processing asylum cases. But the House is trying to set aside ...

  • House of Representatives gets back to work with new Speaker Mike Johnson

    House of Representatives gets back to work with new Speaker Mike Johnson

    Oct 26, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... request -- this is new from Laura Barron-Lopez, who was passing this on to us yesterday -- $56 billion for domestic needs. That includes disasters, fighting fentanyl, and childcare, some other things. All told, it's about $161 billion that the president is requesting. Talking to senators and Senate leaders, they ...

  • U.S. commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets with EU heads

    U.S. commitment to Ukraine a central question as Biden meets with EU heads

    Oct 20, 2023 07:57 PM EDT

    ... earlier. There’s also $14 billion for Israel, $10 billion for unspecified humanitarian efforts, $14 billion for managing the U.S.-Mexico border and fighting fentanyl trafficking and $7 billion for the Indo-Pacific region, which includes Taiwan. The proposal was described by three people familiar with the details who ...