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ANKARA, TURKEY - JULY 08:  U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (Not Shown) for bilateral talks at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 08, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Leaders from NATO's 32 countries, plus NATO allies like Ukraine, gathered in the Turkish capital to discuss a range of issues involving spending targets, defense industrial production, and support for Ukraine, among other topics. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
DUMB AND COKE

Trump’s BS About Major Failure Exposed in Damning Leak

The president says his administration has stopped “98.2% of Drugs coming into the U.S. by Ocean or Sea.” His drug enforcement agents say otherwise.

Will Neal

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he and Apple CEO Tim Cook (not pictured) present Apple's announcement of a $100 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
NO TIME FOR THAT

Federal Drug Prosecutions Plunge Under Trump

Insiders at the Justice Department say they are too busy on immigration raids to have time to dismantle criminal drug networks.

Harry Thompson

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) officer.
DYSTOPIAN

ICE ‘Grabbing People Out of Their Cars’ on Martha’s Vineyard

Immigration agents reportedly rounded up around 40 people in the course of several traffic stops on Tuesday.

Will Neal

Tom Homan
'THIS IS NOT A GAME'

Trump Border Czar Threatens to Arrest ICE Raid Leakers

Tom Homan says leaks are putting officers' lives at risk.

Conrad Quilty-Harper

Donald Trump, ICE arrest
BORDER ORDERS

ICE Ordered to Turbocharge Arrests to Make Trump Happy

The president hasn’t been impressed with the progress of his mass deportation plan, according to a report.

Sean Craig

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister.
BYE BYE

Key Trump Nominee Drops Out After Right-Wing Outrage

The Florida sheriff nominated to head the federal agency said he still had more work to do in Hillsborough County.

Zachary Folk

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Matthew Perry attends a game between the Edmonton Oilers and the Los Angeles Kings during the first period in Game Six of the First Round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena on April 29, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.
FATAL HIGH

Feds Probe Source of Ketamine That Killed Matthew Perry

Months after the beloved actor died, law enforcement reportedly have questions about his cause of death.

Edith Olmsted

Cannabis plants are growing indoors in Berlin, Germany, on February 25, 2024.
HISTORIC

DEA Moves to Reclassify Marijuana as Lower-Risk Drug

While the historic change would not make marijuana legal for recreational use, it would acknowledge its medical applications.

Edith Olmsted

Artificial adult cannabis plants are displayed in the newly opened cannabis sales point of Wenzel Cerveny, head of the Chillout cannabis social club the day after Germany's new cannabis legalization went into effect on April 02, 2024 in Aschheim, Germany.
BAD COMEDOWN

Feds Bust Weed Operation, Probe Possible Foreign Involvement

The raid in rural Maine, which seized nearly 40 pounds of marijuana, is part of a sweeping federal investigation into possible foreign involvement in interstate drug trafficking.

Amanda Yen

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heat on the street

The ‘Jurassic’ Vietnam Vets Who Supersized the War on Drugs

By the time he was 9 years old, Frank White knew he wanted to be a soldier, a dream that took him first to Vietnam and then to Nixon’s drug war on America’s mean streets.

Andrew Dubbins

Anne Milgram, administrator of the DEA, speaks during a news conference alongside U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in Washington, D.C., April 21, 2022.
‘SWAMPY’

DEA Chief Accused of Corrupt Hiring in Watchdog Probe

“Contracts should never be awarded based on who you know.”

Erik Uebelacker

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