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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

White House

Takeaways: Hegseth doubles down on drug boat strikes during Cabinet meeting

Military is ‘putting narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean’

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 2, 2025 at 3:11pm

President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday ahead of a summit meeting at Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

White House

Takeaways: Trump touts tenuous deals on tariffs, rare earths and soybeans

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 30, 2025 at 9:51am
Attorney General Pamela Bondi testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing last month.

Policy

Law enforcement groups oppose proposed anti-drug program cuts

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted July 3, 2025 at 5:17pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign event in Washington Crossing, Pa., on Wednesday, flanked by former GOP officials.

Campaigns

Takeaways: Harris makes play for GOP voters, sits for feisty Fox News interview

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 16, 2024 at 8:00pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, appeared on ABC's "The View" program on Tuesday. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris moves toward center with talk of ‘commonsense solutions’

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 8, 2024 at 3:05pm
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, tours a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin in Douglas, Ariz., on Friday. (Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images)

Harris border visit shines light on House, Senate races in battleground Arizona

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 27, 2024 at 5:43pm, Updated at 8:50pm
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday.

Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech

By Lauren Clason, Sandhya Raman, Jessie Hellmann and Ariel Cohen
Posted February 9, 2023 at 7:01am
President Joe Biden announced that he would revisit the classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, but states are pushing ahead with legalization efforts.

Biden ponders marijuana moves as states forge ahead

By Lauren Clason and Sandhya Raman
Posted November 2, 2022 at 9:08am
Sen. Marco Rubio has introduced measures that would prohibit using federal funds to purchase sterile needles for syringe service programs or purchase or distribute any paraphernalia to use narcotics.

With overdoses rising, a push for syringe service programs

By Sandhya Raman
Posted September 21, 2022 at 1:46pm
The Biden administration on Tuesday released the first 10 drugs eligible for Medicare price negotiation.

Senate’s Medicare drug pricing may ripple into private market

By Lauren Clason and Jessie Hellmann
Posted August 10, 2022 at 3:05pm