U.S. Boat Strikes Fail to Reduce Cocaine Supply as Traffickers Change Routes
The Trump administration’s military campaign against suspected drug-smuggling vessels has failed to meaningfully reduce the supply of cocaine entering the United States, according to assessments from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Pentagon briefings and interviews with American and Latin American officials. Although President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that Operation Southern Spear nearly eliminated maritime drug […]
Mamdani’s Discount Grocery Plan Faces Questions Over Costs and Limited Reach
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to establish five city-owned grocery stores—one in each borough—as part of his broader effort to reduce the cost of living. The proposed markets would offer discounts of approximately 30% on essential products such as meat, seafood, milk and bread. Although the city would own the stores and control […]
Fauci’s Pandemic Diaries Reignite the Battle Over COVID-19’s Unresolved Origins
More than six years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, newly released diary entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci have revived the bitter political and scientific dispute over the virus’s origins. Senator Rand Paul, the Republican chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, published more than 1,000 pages of Fauci’s private pandemic-era notes and […]
