The Department of Homeland Security is warning that an increasing amount of people on the U.S. terrorist watch list are being encountered at the border. In its 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment report released this week, the agency said that “[a]lthough encounters with migrants have declined from record highs in December, …
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The Trump administration has revoked the visas of at least 50 politicians and government officials in Mexico as part of its crackdown against drug cartels and their suspected political allies, according to Reuters. The politicians and officials are members of the country’s ruling Morena Party, headed by Mexican President Claudia …
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. military carried out another strike on a suspected drug vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing six suspected smugglers. “Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a …
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday signed an executive order banning THC-containing beverages, gummies and other “intoxicating hemp.” Retailers in the Buckeye State will be required to remove all gummies, beverages, cookies and other products containing THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) — the main psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant — from …
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President Donald Trump confirmed he would be authorizing Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) activity in Venezuela amid his efforts to combat Latin American drug traffickers with force. Trump indicated during a press conference alongside FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday that his administration was next looking “at land” in Latin America …
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Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the United States amid rising tensions between the two nations and comments by President Donald Trump about the South American country’s leader. Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy announced the move Monday. “The ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, has …
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Pot was hardly difficult to find on campuses, and elsewhere, back when it was not just illegal but targeted by politicians as a menace to society. In fact, it often found you, if you stopped in at parties or even small gatherings. When I was in college, there was a …
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America’s seniors aren’t immune to the ongoing opioid epidemic. Among adults 65 and older, overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants — like cocaine and methamphetamines — have surged 9,000% in the last eight years, which matches rates among younger adults. That’s according to research from the American Society of …
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Three alleged narco-terrorists were killed in a U.S. strike on a drug smuggling vessel affiliated with Colombia’s National Liberation Army, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Sunday. The “lethal kinetic strike” happened Friday in international waters at the direction of President Donald Trump, Hegseth wrote in a post on X. …
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President Donald Trump confirmed reports that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro offered to grant the U.S. access to Venezuelan oil and other natural resources as tensions heat up between the U.S. and Venezuela amid Trump’s crusade against drugs. Trump said Maduro put forth the proposal because the Venezuelan leader doesn’t want …
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