Tag: Fentanyl

President Donald Trump looks across as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum holds up the team name of Mexico during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 5, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Trump administration military strikes against drug cartels in Mexico would carry risks

John Scott Lewinski · January 30, 2026 5:30 am

Containers of fentanyl pills at a Drug Enforcement Administration research laboratory.

Reduced fentanyl supply likely contributed to drop in US overdoses: Study

Mike Brest · January 13, 2026 3:33 pm

Declassified and released by President Donald Trump, the video from which these frames were taken shows a Sept. 2, 2025, attack by U.S. forces in the Caribbean on ‘a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela,’ according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. At left, the vessel travels at a high speed; at center, it is struck; and at right, it burns as it sinks. Trump said the 11 people aboard who were killed died in ‘international waters.’

Daily on Defense

Mixed messaging: Is Trump’s Venezuela strategy about drugs or oil?

Jamie McIntyre · December 19, 2025 7:47 am

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to the press.

Trump administration rolls out new designations in effort to curb drug trade

Mike Brest · December 16, 2025 3:56 pm

President Donald Trump signs a proclamation.

Trump signs executive order designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction

Mabinty Quarshie · December 15, 2025 5:05 pm

Mark Kelly speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth

Anti-Trump Democrats appear to take the side of narco-terrorists

Joe Concha · December 6, 2025 2:00 pm

Two homeless addicts share a small piece of fentanyl in an alley in Los Angeles.

National Security

National Guard seizes over a million fentanyl pills in California

Pedro Rodriguez · December 4, 2025 2:08 pm

A vial of fentanyl is shown at the Drug Enforcement Administration lab in Sterling, Virginia, as the Biden administration announced sanctions against several Chinese nationals and companies for the deadly drug’s production and illegal distribution, Aug. 9, 2016.

Colorado reports largest fentanyl pill seizure in state history

Center Square · November 18, 2025 6:24 pm

Attorney General Pam Bondi adds a mixture simulating the ingredients of fentanyl pills into a tablet press machine at a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) research laboratory on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Northern Virginia. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China concession on fentanyl precursors will push cartels in new directions

Mike Brest · November 16, 2025 5:00 am

Shipping trucks drive through the commercial port of entry from the Mexico side of the US-Mexico border.

Why far less fentanyl is being seized at the border despite Trump’s crackdown

Anna Giaritelli · November 14, 2025 5:00 am

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks to reporters

Kash Patel says China agreed to stop production of fentanyl ingredients

Kaelan Deese · November 12, 2025 4:37 pm

Seized sacks containing illegal drugs and plastic barrels containing fuel.

Drug boat strikes are tied to Venezuela. That’s not where the fentanyl comes from

Mike Brest · November 7, 2025 6:00 am