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Trump Launches Recovery Initiative Taking Aim at “Disease of Addiction”

On January 29 President Donald Trump issued an executive order launching “The Great American Recovery Initiative,” a White House campaign…

February 2, 2026

“I’m Innocent”: Maduro Pleads Not Guilty to Drug-Trafficking Charges

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro pled not guilty to drug trafficking charges in a federal district courthouse in Manhattan on…

January 5, 2026

Trump Designates Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

On December 15, President Donald Trump issued an executive order designating fentanyl "and its core precursors" as weapons of mass…

December 16, 2025

DOJ Opens Wildcard Investigation Into Colorado Prisons, Youth Centers

The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has announced a special investigation into conditions inside Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC)…

December 11, 2025

Twenty States Sue Trump Admin Over Cuts to Housing-First Grants

A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) over drastic changes to…

November 26, 2025

National Guard Sent to “Fight” Gangs in Memphis—But Gangs Run Tennessee’s Prisons

Any moment now, an unknown number of Tennessee National Guard troops are expected to arrive in Memphis to fight so-called…

September 30, 2025

Trump Begins Deploying US Military to Fight the Drug War

On August 19, United States warships set course for Venezuela. They've been deployed there for the specific purpose of targeting…

August 22, 2025

“Don’t Be Smoking Outside”: Federal Agent Warns DC Cannabis Users

President Donald Trump is “tired of” marijuana and alcohol being consumed in public, a federal agent told a group of…

August 21, 2025

Trump Anti-Immigrant Raids Hit CA Economy Harder Than ’08 Recession

In one week, President Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement actions in California drove up the state’s unemployment rate almost as…

July 17, 2025

Trump Funding Cuts Hit Chicago’s Community Nonviolence Programs

Gun violence appears to be decreasing in Chicago, thanks in large part to community violence-intervention (CVI) programs. But as President…

July 15, 2025