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California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

LA Times

As Sunday Powers drove along a remote highway in Alaska, her boss tracked her every move from 3,000 miles away. “This guy’s very intelligent,” Powers’ brother, Charles Hills, said of Sanchez. Prison officials developed leads that thwarted “planned violence” at Sanchez’s prison, said the spokeswoman, Terri Hardy. Her brother said she was recruited by one of Sanchez’s “wives,” who had …

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1 week, 2 days ago

“Blessing and a curse”: Kratom helps many get off other drugs but carries its own risks

Salon

For Andy, kratom produces a similar effect to the opioids he was once addicted to, giving him enough energy to get through the day and reducing some of the pain he feels from working in physically demanding jobs in fast food and factories. Unlike opioids though, the National Institute of Health reports that kratom fatal overdoses are “extremely rare,” and …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges

Associated Press

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said that Maximiliano Dávila, who served as anti-narcotics chief in the final months of Evo Morales ’ 2006-2019 administration, helped facilitate planeload shipments of cocaine to the United States. Morales expelled the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?

LA Times

In recent days, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has touted her country’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl and highlighted multiple crackdowns on migrants headed toward the United States. An elated Trump reported after the call on social media that Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico” and had committed to “effectively closing our Southern Border.” Sheinbaum disputed that, saying that Mexico’s …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds

LA Times

For weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has faced a barrage of criticism over his nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary. In a statement to The Times, Karoline Leavitt, a Trump transition spokeswoman, said that Trump “was re-elected by a resounding mandate from the American people to change the status quo in Washington,” and “has chosen brilliant and highly-respected outsiders” whom …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump admits he ‘pulled’ DEA nominee over comments he made to Florida pastor

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President-elect Donald Trump admitted that he un-nominated Chad Chronister from …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

'I pulled him out because...': Trump slams WSJ for claiming his DEA pick withdrew nomination

Firstpost

Trump was responding to a Wall Street Journal article that mentioned Chad Chronister withdrawing himself from consideration for head of DEA, calling it another ‘setback’ for the president-elect amid scrutiny over Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social late Wednesday to refute a Wall Street Journal report claiming his nominee for the Drug Enforcement Administration …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

'Obnoxious and unreadable': Trump snarls at Wall Street Journal over 'setback' report

Raw Story

On Wednesday morning Donald Trump fell back into one his more enduring habits: attacking the press for how they are covering his actions. Taking to his Truth Social platform, the president-elect lashed out at the Wall Street Journal for reporting that he suffered a "setback" when his nominee for the DEA, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, voluntarily withdrew his name …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Donald Trump’s Drug Enforcement Pick Chad Chronister Withdraws

ABP News

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for the Drug Enforcement Administration, Chad Chronister, announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from consideration. Reacting to this Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky criticised Trump’s selection in a post on X on Sunday, saying the sheriff “should be disqualified” over his enforcement of Covid-19 protocols. After Chronister’s withdrawal Tuesday, Massie said in a separate …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump’s DEA nominee backs out after Covid and immigration criticisms

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister announced he was withdrawing his …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump's Pick To Run DEA Backs Out After Republicans Blast His COVID Enforcement

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Drug Enforcement Administration has declined the role after Republican lawmakers blasted him for taking COVID measures seriously during the height of the pandemic in 2020. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, a Florida Republican, said in a statement Tuesday that he had decided to drop out after the “gravity of this …

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Trump’s DEA pick withdraws name citing 'gravity of this very important responsibility'

Raw Story

A Florida sheriff who President-elect Donald Trump picked to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration removed himself from consideration Tuesday, citing “the gravity” of the job he was selected for just three days ago. “Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration,” Chronister wrote on …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump’s pick to run the DEA withdraws his name from consideration. Trump says he pulled the plug

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Chad Chronister, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, has withdrawn his name from consideration for the job, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being selected for a position requiring Senate confirmation. The sheriff of Hillsborough County, Florida, said Tuesday in a post on X that he was …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump DEA pick bows out just days after being nominated

Salon

On Saturday, Donald Trump tapped Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to lead the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, an offer that Chronister initially accepted and, shortly after, celebrated with a post to social media, writing, “I am deeply humbled by this opportunity to serve our nation.” But he appears to have changed his mind. On Tuesday, Chronister issued a new statement …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump’s choice to lead DEA withdraws from consideration

LA Times

Chad Chronister, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being nominated for a position requiring Senate confirmation. Chronister, the sheriff in Hillsborough County, Fla., said in a post on X that he was backing away from …

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Biden’s parting gift for Trump

Politico

Biden’s parting gift for Trump Presented by Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the preparations, personnel decisions and policy deliberations of Donald Trump’s transition. “Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!” Incoming White House press secretary KAROLINE LEAVITT said Trump “will make pardon decisions on a case-by-case basis for those who were denied due process and unfairly …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump picks anti-‘deep state’ crusader Kash Patel to lead FBI

Al Jazeera

Patel has vowed to downsize the top intelligence body and pursue ‘conspirators’ in the government and media. “Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People,” Trump wrote. ‘Housecleaning’ The announcement means current FBI Director Christopher Wray must either resign or be fired after Trump …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

How a fentanyl epidemic, killing 200 Americans a day, has gripped US

India Today

The United States is in the grip of a fentanyl epidemic. WHAT'S CHINA'S ROLE IN THE FENTANYL CRISIS IN US The US Drug Enforcement Administration has identified China as the "main source for all fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the United States". Fentanyl first appeared in the US in the 1970s under the name "China White", and its use surged in …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy

LA Times

Eddie Escobedo Jr. is carrying on the hibachi restaurant business started by his father, a convicted Sinaloa cartel marijuana trafficker known as “El Mago,” who was killed Nov. 23, 2023. The oldest, Eddie Escobedo Jr., says he knows he will always be known first and foremost as “El Mago’s son,” though his dad never wanted his children to follow him …

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STEPHEN WRIGHT: The 'evil genius', bigamist, drug dealer and playboy peer who 'helped' Lord Lucan - and his truly BIZARRE disguise...

Daily Mail

His final resting place can be found under an overhanging tree in a cemetery 7,000 miles from his old stomping ground at the House of Lords, where he once pledged allegiance to the Crown. Lord Moynihan, also known as ‘Lord Supergrass’, ‘Baron Scoundrel’ and the ‘Ermine Pimpernel’, with a showgirl in Sydney in 1956 They included, it is sensationally alleged, …

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COP29: $300 billion climate deal pushed through despite stiff opposition

New Indian Express

BAKU: The United Nations climate summit in Baku on Sunday concluded amidst high drama with the adoption of a controversial agreement to triple climate finance for developing countries to $300 billion annually by 2035. Chandni Raina, adviser to the Department of Economic Affairs and part of India’s negotiating team, criticised the agreement for failing to address the urgent needs of …

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1 month ago

Centre eyes 95% of undershot capex target for FY25: Ajay Seth

Live Mint

New Delhi: The government’s capital expenditure for FY2025 is projected to align closely with last year’s spending, at around 95% of the allocated target, though the target itself may be undershot, Ajay Seth, secretary of the department of economic affairs said on Wednesday. Last year, we spent 95% of the allotted capex, and this year it is likely to be …

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Ketamine's risks are under scrutiny as experts warn a crackdown could worsen access

Salon

Since 2020, ketamine therapy has been the only thing that effectively treats Mark’s complex post-traumatic stress disorder, a mental condition akin to PTSD that, in Mark's case, stems from childhood developmental trauma. “We have many, many good experiences from using ketamine.” Like any drug, ketamine also carries risks, and some are concerned that the proliferation of clinics providing this treatment …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The DEA gave $200,000 to a money launderer called ‘the Englishman.’ He stole it

LA Times

A man who oversaw a scheme to launder millions of dollars of narcotics money from the U.S. to drug organizations was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Zilke, 49, was arrested last year in May and pleaded guilty months later to conspiracy to aid and abet drug distribution, launder money and obstruction …

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California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

“Blessing and a curse”: Kratom helps many get off other drugs but carries its own risks

Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges

Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?

Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds

Trump admits he ‘pulled’ DEA nominee over comments he made to Florida pastor

'I pulled him out because...': Trump slams WSJ for claiming his DEA pick withdrew nomination

'Obnoxious and unreadable': Trump snarls at Wall Street Journal over 'setback' report

Donald Trump’s Drug Enforcement Pick Chad Chronister Withdraws

Trump’s DEA nominee backs out after Covid and immigration criticisms

Trump's Pick To Run DEA Backs Out After Republicans Blast His COVID Enforcement

Trump’s DEA pick withdraws name citing 'gravity of this very important responsibility'

Trump’s pick to run the DEA withdraws his name from consideration. Trump says he pulled the plug

Trump DEA pick bows out just days after being nominated

Trump’s choice to lead DEA withdraws from consideration

Biden’s parting gift for Trump

Trump picks anti-‘deep state’ crusader Kash Patel to lead FBI

How a fentanyl epidemic, killing 200 Americans a day, has gripped US

Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy

STEPHEN WRIGHT: The 'evil genius', bigamist, drug dealer and playboy peer who 'helped' Lord Lucan - and his truly BIZARRE disguise...

COP29: $300 billion climate deal pushed through despite stiff opposition

Centre eyes 95% of undershot capex target for FY25: Ajay Seth

Ketamine's risks are under scrutiny as experts warn a crackdown could worsen access

The DEA gave $200,000 to a money launderer called ‘the Englishman.’ He stole it