C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico
The covert program, begun during the Biden administration and stepped up by President Trump, is hunting for the location of fentanyl labs.
Drug Abuse and Traffic
How Trump Decided to Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht
Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for distributing drugs on his Silk Road website, leveraged President Trump’s desire for political support to secure his release.
How Trump’s Plan to Label Some Drug Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Would Work
His administration would have more power to impose economic penalties and travel restrictions, and potentially even take military action inside foreign countries.
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
In exchange, the Biden administration released an Afghan man convicted on narcotics charges in 2008.
Virginia Governor Criticizes Biden for Commuting Sentences of 2 Men
The men had been acquitted by a jury of the murder of a police officer, but the judge had concluded that they had been involved and sentenced them to life in prison.
Kennedy’s Plan for the Drug Crisis: A Network of ‘Healing Farms’
The positions of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and drug companies are well known. His approach to addiction has been far less scrutinized.
Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences
The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, will be the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.
San Francisco Gets a New Mayor and an Emergency Plan for the Fentanyl Scourge
Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, became the city’s 46th mayor on Wednesday and laid out a path to restoring the battered city’s luster.
Matt Gaetz Floats a Run for Florida Governor in 2026
The former congressman was the focus of a House Ethics panel report accusing him of “regularly” paying for sex and using drugs, which helped doom his short-lived nomination for attorney general.