Tag: Drugs

From left, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., talk to reporters about the Laken Riley Act, a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was killed last year by a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lankford and Budd file amendment to block DOJ from reclassifying marijuana to Schedule III

Molly Parks · January 15, 2026 5:50 pm

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) arrives before testimony from former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.

Comer backs initiative to delay hemp ban from going into effect in November

Molly Parks · January 15, 2026 4:46 pm

FILE - Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court, Jan. 7, 2022, in Washington. Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry, a Republican endorsed by former President Donald Trump and known for his conservative positions on issues like abortion, is being inaugurated Sunday afternoon, Jan. 7, 2024 on the steps of the state Capitol. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Louisiana governor sends extradition demand to Newsom for California doctor prescribing abortion pills

David Zimmermann · January 14, 2026 9:55 am

Light, fireworks and drone shows ring the new year at Seattle’s Space Needle. (Courtesy of the Space Needle via instagram)

Magazine - Your Land

Seattle rings in the new year with more failed progressive policies

Zachary Faria · January 9, 2026 5:03 am

President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat.

Trump says US will start ‘hitting land’ in pursuit of drug cartels

Washington Examiner Staff · January 9, 2026 4:07 am

Billy Bob Thornton and Sam Elliott in Landman. (Emerson Miller/Paramount+)

‘Landman’ grows up

Michael M. Rosen · January 9, 2026 3:36 am

$A fraction of the cocaine sized from a ship at a Philadelphia port is seen ahead of a news conference at the U.S. Custom House in Philadelphia, Friday, June 21, 2019. Federal officials have estimated the seized drugs had a street value of more than $1 billion.$ News

Two arrested after $7M cocaine seizure in Indiana

Center Square · January 5, 2026 2:27 pm

Tents are set up along a freeway in a homeless encampment, May 12, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Politicians must not tolerate the risks posed by homelessness

Zachary Faria · January 4, 2026 2:00 pm

Sheena Long uses a T-shirt to shoo away flies as workers clear a homeless encampment along the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles.

Beltway Confidential

California’s toxic empathy isn’t helping homeless drug addicts

Zachary Faria · January 2, 2026 3:12 pm

Collage of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Maduro says Venezuela is ready to discuss an agreement to ‘combat drug trafficking’

Washington Examiner Staff · January 2, 2026 6:04 am

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown tweeted "yes! yes! yes" in support of a bill. Pro-life voters have no home in the Democratic Party. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Beltway Confidential

How criminal justice reformers empower murderers

Zachary Faria · December 30, 2025 2:57 pm

Portland Mayor Kieth Wilson and tents lining the sidewalk on SW Clay St in Portland, Oregon.

Year in review: Homelessness crisis in Portland changes everyday lives of residents due to drug use and crime

Amy DeLaura · December 27, 2025 5:00 am