• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Effectiveness of safe injection sites to be evaluated in government-backed study

    Effectiveness of safe injection sites to be evaluated in government-backed study

    May 08, 2023 04:07 PM EDT

    ... National Institutes of Health established a harm reduction research network to study programs providing services and supplies such as naloxone, a drug that can reverse overdoses, and materials to test drugs for fentanyl, a powerful opioid driving record numbers of overdoses. The new study will be part of that project.

  • News Wrap: Gunman kills 1, wounds 4 in Atlanta medical building shooting

    News Wrap: Gunman kills 1, wounds 4 in Atlanta medical building shooting

    May 03, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    ... seizure of a ship carrying Iranian oil off Southeast Asia.    Back in this country, the CDC reports the rate of overdose deaths linked to fentanyl more than tripled over five years. New numbers show the rate for every 100,000 people jumped from 5.7 deaths in 2016 to ...

  • WATCH: Biden formally announces his 2024 reelection bid

    WATCH: Biden formally announces his 2024 reelection bid

    Apr 25, 2023 02:50 PM EDT

    ... of resilience despite Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. “If voters let Biden ‘finish the job,’ inflation will continue to skyrocket, crime rates will rise, more fentanyl will cross our open borders, children will continue to be left behind, and American families will be worse off,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna ...

  • Biden officially kicks off 2024 reelection bid

    Biden officially kicks off 2024 reelection bid

    Apr 25, 2023 12:15 PM EDT

    ... of resilience despite Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. “If voters let Biden ‘finish the job,’ inflation will continue to skyrocket, crime rates will rise, more fentanyl will cross our open borders, children will continue to be left behind, and American families will be worse off,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna ...

  • Why the U.S. designated the animal tranquilizer xylazine an 'emerging threat'

    Why the U.S. designated the animal tranquilizer xylazine an 'emerging threat'

    Apr 14, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... for breathing, oxygen level, and provide supportive care. Ali Rogin: What do you think of the Biden administration's announcement this week that xylazine and fentanyl together are going to be treated as an emerging threat? Dr. Raagini Jawa: So, I'm really glad that the ONDCP released this statement ...