The drug is increasingly manufactured in and trafficked from the U.S.’s northern neighbor, though the numbers remain small compared with Mexico.

Our fortnightly column also highlights attacks on the LGBT community in Russia, fentanyl production in Mexico, and a New York Times analysis of its own past travel recommendations.

Since Gov. Greg Abbott launched his border security mission, Operation Lone Star, in 2021, OLS officers have apprehended more than 530,600 illegal border crossers. They’ve also made more than 50,000 criminal arrests, with more than 43,000 felony charges reported.

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea,

President Donald Trump said he’d prefer not to have to impose tariffs on China, his latest dovish remark toward the world’s second-biggest economy even as he continues to threaten sweeping action.

Before his election victory, the US President said he would have a deal in place on his first day in office, if not before. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pompeo and Hook had been involved in America’s aggressive stance toward Iran during the first Trump administration, and Pompeo was reportedly a driving force behind convincing Trump to have Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the leader of the Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, killed.

The World Health Organization will cut costs and review which health programmes to prioritise after the U.S. announced its exit, its chief told sta

President Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, asserting unprecedented executive power and daring anyone to stop him.

The new US president is delivering a virtual address, one of the first major speeches of his presidency, at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Baker Hughes reported last Friday that active US oil rigs in the week ending January 17 fell -2 to 478 rigs, just above the 2-3/4 year low of 477 rigs posted November 29.  The number of US oil rigs has fallen over the past two years from the 4-1/2 year high of 627 rigs posted in December 2022.

The Commander in Chief is using the threat of duties as leverage as he seeks to strike a "deal" to end the conflict.