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The U.S., a close Israel ally, has rejected them as unfounded, the U.K. has called them unjustified, and Germany said it “explicitly rejects” them

It’s the big threat. A cheap, white powder — 50 times more powerful than heroin — which kills more than 70,000 people each year in the United States and countless others across the rest of the Western Hemisphere. EL PAÍS, in a long-term investigation that spanned two continents and included interviews with anti-drug czars in the U.S. and China, visited the clandestine laboratories in Sinaloa, where fentanyl is manufactured. In the vicinity of these Mexican labs, addicts serve as guinea pigs for drug traffickers. This newspaper has gathered testimonies about how this lethal substance crosses the border to the north and spreads like a plague through the streets of the most powerful country in the world. The trafficking of fentanyl is part of a global network with one foot in China, which the White House has declared war on

The temporary measure will run to March 1 for some federal agencies whose approved funds are set to run out Friday and extend the remainder of government operations to March 8

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Texas Democrat, accused the state of failing to act amid escalating tensions between Texas and the U.S. government over immigration enforcement

Figures issued this past week reflected a historic level of progress on battling high prices, hinting that inflation could be near the Federal Reserve’s 2% target around the time of November’s election

Some fear the controversy will hurt the party’s ambitions to make inroads with nonwhite voters who may be repelled by minimizing the historical atrocity of slavery

The murder of an Indigenous man from the Ayoreo tribe has been denounced to the authorities. He had been living in voluntary isolation in Paraguay

Elderly Iowans, the backbone of the caucus, are wondering how they will make it to their sites Monday. Political types are mentally downgrading their expected turnout and wondering who a smaller, harder-core electorate will favor

The country’s crime rate has rocketed, but the problems of drug trafficking and gang violence have been brewing since the 1980s

Methane is a climate ‘super pollutant’ that is more potent in the short term than carbon dioxide

Former US President shared a story from a right-wing website that often spreads misinformation that claimed James visited the White House three times

Republican Sen. Eric Tarr said retired officers told him that ‘we need people in our schools who are trained to run at a gun at an instant when it’s necessary’

The FAA is reconsidering its longstanding practice of relying on employees at aircraft manufacturers to perform some safety analysis of planes

The border state put up fencing to take control of a nearly 50-acre public park in Eagle Pass, which has a boat ramp that agents use to launch their boats into the Rio Grande

This is the first time Attorney General Merrick Garland has authorized a new pursuit of the death penalty

U.S. homes on the market that excludes those pending a finalized sale climbed 4.9% to 714,176 in December from a year earlier, the biggest annual increase since June

Borrowers will be eligible for cancellation if they are enrolled in the new SAVE plan, originally borrowed $12,000 or less, and have made at least 10 years of payments

The charges stem from what federal prosecutors say was a four-year scheme to skip out on paying the $1.4 million he owed to the IRS and instead use the money to fund an extravagant lifestyle

Alaska and Arizona had the highest proportions of women in municipal office at 45%. North Dakota had the lowest at 20%

The spotlight will be on each week’s major developments on the campaign trail or the potential impacts of the various Trump prosecutions, attempting to provide a snapshot of the country’s political climate at each given moment

The last candidate to join the presidential race has arrived with the advantage of being a little-known face. But he has room to become an uncomfortable rival

Former US President claimed he was ‘an innocent man’ and was ‘being persecuted by someone running for office’

The National Human Rights Commission has filed a detailed complaint with penal authorities and the Morelos State Prosecutor’s Office for violating the right to health, physical integrity, life and justice of 13 women found dead in a federal maximum security prison near Mexico City

The persistence of still-elevated inflation helps explain why, despite steady economic growth and low unemployment, many Americans are dissatisfied with the economy

He made the announcement Wednesday night at a town hall in New Hampshire just hours before the fifth debate of the 2024 election cycle kicked off without him

Trump is threatening on the campaign trail to undo the Biden administration’s work on former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law

Inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith’s attorneys said the method is cruel and experimental and are expected to appeal the decision