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• Border Patrol seizes more than $1.1 million in drugs hidden in car at California-Mexico crossing
• Cash Bail System Unfairly Punishes Low-Income Communities, ACLU Report Finds
• Bitcoin Goes Slack as US Strike on Venezuela Sparks Turmoil Ahead of Fed Meeting
• News Explorer Bitcoin Traders Grow Wary as US Attacks on Venezuelan Vessels Raise Geopolitical Tensions
• United States Attorneys Office charges 88 defendants for federal drug offenses during summer 2025; Some cases involved Pierre or Mobridge areas
• After timeout on modernization, IRS eyes new IT plans to align with Trump admin
• Social Security Administration has workforce issues in IT contracting space, GAO says
• Low-level drug arrests surge in the South Bronx, according to new data
• First Seizure of Ultra-Potent Nitazene Opioid in Long Island Raid as Hicksville Man Faces Narcotics and Weapons Charges
• US Pressures Colombia With Threat of Anti-Drug Aid Cuts
• Trump administration cut to federal drug enforcement grant program could impact Montana
• Vacation Isle Hell: 'Drug Smugglers' Facing Death Penalty in Bali Paraded in Orange Jumpsuits After 'Trying to Traffic 2.8lbs of Coke' For Cartel
• Drug bust in Wellsville leads to arrest of major narcotics supplier
• Warner Robins man sentenced to prison for drug trafficking, firearm charges
• Saginaw man faces 15 years in prison after major drug bust
• Freetown police, state SWAT team arrest Freetown resident, drugs and guns seized
• A 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent protecting Fed independence is on its deathbed
• Record cocaine haul had "enough to fatally overdose the entire population of Florida," Coast Guard says
• Trumps hardball moves leave fired federal workers few paths to fight for their jobs back
• Montezuma-Cortez narcotics team announces seizure of trafficked drugs
• High case numbers could snarl federal employees who appeal their removals
• GAO: Trump violated law for sixth time in withholding FEMA funds
• OIG Reviews Drug Control Policy Accounting for Three DHS Agencies
• NorCal drug trafficker sentenced to 8 years in state prison
• Court documents obtained by 25 News allege Waco man has ties to Mexican drug cartel; employer disputes claims
• Drug trafficker found with cocaine and more than a thousand fentanyl pills sentenced to prison
• Man killed while trying to break into home of off-duty special agent
• 38 tons of narcotics worth $470M seized in historic bust off South Florida coast
• Gotta Start Somewhere: Susie Wiles Hints Trump Planning Comprehensive Response To Crime After Kirk Assassination
• Major Drug Ring Busted In Florida, Seizing $450K In Cash, Over 5 Kilograms Of Narcotics
• Multi-jurisdiction task force in Fond du Lac County conducts enormous drug bust with dozens arrested during 74 traffic stops
• Seattle's Little Saigon demands action with 15-point plan to tackle drug use, street crime
• 4 arrested following Chaffee County drug distribution investigation
• CT man arrested on multiple charges after search warrant allegedly turns up drugs and cash
• Feds announce international drug conspiracy investigation; names 22 indicted
• Five charged in Orlando smoke shop drug and firearms investigation, officials say
• Freetown police arrest man after drug bust, search for second suspect
• Guns, marijuana, other drugs seized during massive DeKalb County drug bust; 5 arrested
• Knoxville gang member sentenced to 45 years in prison on drug, gun charges
• Man sentenced to over 21 years in prison for drug trafficking, money laundering in Johnson City
• Marion County corrections employee arrested on allegations of trafficking drugs into jail
• Raleigh County man pleads guilty to drug crime
• Stockton-to-Bay Area drug trafficker sentenced to 8 years in state prison
• Suspects arrested, $230K in suspected drug money seized following Putnam County break-in
• Three arrested on drug charges in Jackson County
• US Attorney for South Dakota touts results of sophisticated drug investigations
• Warner Robins man accused of drug trafficking pleads guilty just before trial, DA says
• Washoe County DA announces conviction, sentencing for two men accused in drug crimes
• The attorney general has proposed criminalizing hate speech after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, despite Kirk describing himself as a free speech absolutist.
• Laredo Border Agents Discover $16 Million in Meth Hidden in Frozen Mango Load
• U.S. targets drug cartel leader with indictment, reward for arrest
• Whiteville man arrested on drug trafficking charges following community tips
• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche breaks silence on meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell
• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defends idea of prosecuting protesters
• Ex-federal prosecutor Maurene Comey sues Justice Department over her firing
• Kash Patel Makes An Epstein Comment That Is Likely To Anger MAGA
• Maddow Blog | AG Pam Bondi eyes case against Office Depot employee who wouldnt print Charlie Kirk flyer
• $16 Million in meth found in frozen mangos on the Texas / Mexico border
• Going inside FBI Chicago field office as agents confront drug cartels and violent gangs in crime-ridden city
• America Loves Cocaine AgainMexicos New Drug King Cashes In
• No military strategy can stop Mexicos cartels
• Donald Trump on Maduro being ousted in Venezuela: "We'll see"
• Ocean isnt free-fire zone for US military drug interdiction: Analysis
• Armed Escambia Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearms And Narcotics Possession
• The NSA Says You Should Restart Your Phone Weekly: Here's Why
• The dangerous double standard in Trumps drug policy | PennLive letters
• Jamestown Woman Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Conspiracy
• Attorney General Raoul Supports D.C.s Challenge To Trumps National Guard Takeover
• Attorneys for FTC commissioner urge Supreme Court to prevent Trumps firing of her
• Regional: Drug Trafficker In Pinole, Stockton, Alameda County Sentenced To 8 Years In State Prison
• Texas man sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for smuggling 24 kilos of cocaine
• Gun trafficking from the US to Mexico: The drug connection
• Marion County corrections officer arrested, accused of selling drugs in jail
• Narcotics testing lab expediting drug cases in Jackson County
• High Desert law enforcement raids net guns, drugs, 124 arrests
• Trump adds Venezuela to drug-transit list, decertifies Colombia as drug-fighting ally
• The US is preparing for war with Venezuela
• Drug policy expert set to take senior role at HHS
• Two charged with possession of narcotics in drug-free zone

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