• Brooks and Capehart on recent mass shootings and the lame-duck session of Congress

    Brooks and Capehart on recent mass shootings and the lame-duck session of Congress

    Nov 25, 2022 11:35 PM EST

    I'm also interested, if the Republicans decide to relitigate the January 6 Committee. They -- the Republicans, when they take the majority, will have a choice. Are they going to investigate things the Republican Party wants them to investigate, like things on the border or fentanyl, how we might better ...

  • Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid epidemic  lawsuits

    Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid epidemic lawsuits

    Nov 15, 2022 10:42 PM EST

    ... drugs increasingly turned to heroin, which proved more deadly. In recent years, opioid deaths have soared to record levels, around 80,000 a year. Most of those deaths involve illicitly produced version of the powerful lab-made drug fentanyl, which is appearing throughout the U.S. supply of illegal drugs.

  • Republican Michael Lawler ousts Democratic House leader in blue New York district

    Republican Michael Lawler ousts Democratic House leader in blue New York district

    Nov 10, 2022 11:40 PM EST

    ... inflation. We need to increase domestic production of energy, if we want to help bring down the cost of gas and home heating, as well as groceries. We need to secure our Southern border and stop not only the massive inflow of illegal immigration, but fentanyl pouring into our communities.

  • House Republican Policy Chair Gary Palmer on party's top priorities after election

    House Republican Policy Chair Gary Palmer on party's top priorities after election

    Nov 08, 2022 11:45 PM EST

    ... of the number of people who've been picked up who are either known terrorist or affiliated with terrorists. We have got unbelievable amounts of fentanyl and heroin and methamphetamines crossing the border. We saw a record number of drug overdose deaths last year, over 107,000. And that's ...

  • CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10 billion

    CVS, Walgreens announce opioid settlements totaling $10 billion

    Nov 02, 2022 03:38 PM EST

    ... deaths have soared to record levels around 80,000 a year. Most of those deaths involve illicitly produced version of the powerful lab-made drug fentanyl, which is appearing throughout the U.S. supply of illegal drugs. The settlements were announced as litigation over the role of pharmacies in the ...

  • Drug gang kills 20 in town hall massacre in southern Mexico

    Drug gang kills 20 in town hall massacre in southern Mexico

    Oct 07, 2022 01:22 PM EST

    While the Tequileros long depended on trafficking opium paste from local poppy growers, the growing use of the synthetic opioid fentanyl had reduced the demand for opium paste and lowered the level of violence in Guerrero. Also Wednesday, in the neighboring state of Morelos, a state lawmaker was shot to ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on candidates and their midterm messages ahead of election

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on candidates and their midterm messages ahead of election

    Oct 03, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    ... Mehmet Oz, this Republican Senate candidate there, has a new ad out on drugs and on crime. Narrator: John Fetterman supports decriminalizing dangerous drugs like fentanyl and heroin. And Fetterman supports creating heroin injection sites in our neighborhoods. Mehmet Oz (R), Pennsylvania Senatorial Candidate: Fetterman's ideas are radical, deadly ...

  • Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown, aid Ukraine

    Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown, aid Ukraine

    Sep 30, 2022 10:32 PM EST

    ... to Ukraine? “We know we have a crisis on the southern border. You can turn on the television every night. You can look at the fentanyl pouring into the country, You can see the tragedy of human trafficking. Is there anything in this bill that asks us to do anything ...

  • House approves bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine

    House approves bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine

    Sep 30, 2022 07:04 PM EST

    ... their priorities. “We know we have a crisis on the southern border. You can turn on the television every night. You can look at the fentanyl pouring into the country, You can see the tragedy of human trafficking. Is there anything in this bill that asks us to do anything ...

  • WATCH: McCarthy unveils House GOP's 'Commitment to America' in Pennsylvania

    WATCH: McCarthy unveils House GOP's 'Commitment to America' in Pennsylvania

    Sep 23, 2022 07:08 PM EST

    ... the Capitol. The Republican event was more of a conversation, with the GOP leader and other lawmakers fielding questions from the community — on inflation, the fentanyl crisis and school choices — rather than a stirring address in a contested state. McCarthy said they chose Washington County not Washington, D.C. “Because ...