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Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the Bidens weren’t at the White House on Friday. But pool reporters said the Bidens only left the White house Friday evening.

Comer requested a Secret Service briefing on the discovery of cocaine in the White House, as the committee investigates.

The Chinese government propaganda outlet Global Times mocked the ongoing mystery of the discovery of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House in a column Thursday, calling America generally “drug-infested” and condemning reports that law enforcement may not be able to identify the cocaine’s owner as “ridiculous.”

Conservatives ridiculed White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates for invoking the Hatch Act when asked about whether the cocaine found in the White House on Sunday was President Joe Biden’s or Hunter Biden’s.

MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell acknowledged Thursday that contrary to the idea that a random tourist left cocaine in the White House in what officials have described as a “heavily trafficked” area, the cocaine was actually found in a “limited access place” near the Situation Room.

Sebastian Gorka has suggested that the cocaine recently found in the White House likely belongs to a senior official or a Biden family member.

White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates could not say whether or not the cocaine found at the White House on Sunday belong to Hunter or President Joe Biden, citing the Hatch Act.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) on Wednesday requested a briefing from the Secret Service on their investigation into the cocaine found inside the White House.

Former President Donald Trump said the security tapes would “quickly” reveal who smuggled cocaine into President Joe Biden’s White House after the drug was reportedly found in the West Wing.

An unnamed law enforcement official told Politico on Wednesday that the source of the cocaine found in the White House on Sunday is “unlikely to be determined.”

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would not say if the White House supports prosecuting the unknown cocaine White House smuggler.

A substance testing positive for cocaine found inside the White House on Sunday was reportedly found in a “work area,” according to a report.

A substance found inside the White House on Sunday that prompted an evacuation tested positive for cocaine, according to a report.

A Vancouver man who opened up a mobile shop selling “clean” drugs, including heroin, cocaine, meth, and MDMA, died of a suspected fentanyl overdose. 

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) documented record-high coca cultivation and cocaine production throughout 2021 in its 2023 World Drug Report, released on Monday.

Three United Nations staff members were arrested in Israel on suspicion of attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country from Jordan.

Havre Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a group of migrants during an attempted human smuggling incident near the Canadian border in Montana. A vehicle search led to the seizure of drugs, a handgun, and cash.

With the help of a high-leaping dog with a fine nose for cocaine, Italian police seized more than 2,700 kilos (about 3 tons) of the drug.

Leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro told reporters on Thursday that his leftist American counterpart Joe Biden was “interested” in a scheme to pressure the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other global banking institutions to offer debt relief to countries that promise to invest in fighting the “climate crisis.”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a radical leftist and once-member of the Marxist April 19th (M-19) Movement guerrilla, touted his past as an urban insurgent in a plea to the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday to implement “revolutionary” reforms to its Democratic Charter.

The global demand for cocaine has reached record levels as use rebounds following coronavirus lockdowns according to a report released Thursday. The U.S. and Europe lead the way in demand for the illicit substance.

An Africa-born French customs official alleged to have recently bought a huge home in his native Senegal is one of a dozen arrested as part of a cocaine trafficking bust by police.

A wild cat captured in Oakley, Ohio, a few months ago was later tested for narcotics, and the result was shocking.

A pair of Chicago men described as “gang intervention workers” were arrested for their alleged involvement in an illegal gun sale to an undercover police officer, according to a report.

An Indiana State Trooper needed some help during a traffic stop on Friday, and K-9 Cole was eager to meet the challenge.

The Colombian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that cocaine seizures in 2022 added up to 671 metric tons, which was 1.7 tonnes more than the already record-setting total from 2021. 

A Vancouver man named Jerry Martin is floating a business plan to open a store that would sell crack, meth, and heroin over the counter as soon as British Columbia decriminalizes hard drugs — a policy announced in May and scheduled to take effect on January 31, 2023.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow recalled what it was like being a celebrity in the 90s during Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden, telling Corden that one could “do cocaine and not get caught,” as well as take home random men, because there was “no paparazzi” or people walking around with camera phones, posting one’s activity to social media for all to see.

Woke royal Harry, Duke of Sussex, has put his U.S. visa “at risk” by admitting to drug abuse both in his home country and California, according to immigration experts. 

Troubled California-based royal Harry, Duke of Sussex, has suggested that illegal drug abuse helped him see “the truth”, according to his memoir Spare.

Police offices in Colombia are documenting “extreme” environmental damage, Reuters reported on Friday, caused by thieves who steal oil from pipelines to create an ugly improvised fuel called pategrillo.

The release of Viktor Bout, a Russian warlord known as the “Merchant of Death” for his prolific arms dealing, on Thursday is the latest in a string of similar liberations under President Joe Biden that have seen violent criminals freed in exchange for unjustly imprisoned Americans abroad.

A Renville County Sheriff’s Office K-9 made a huge impression his first day on the streets in Minnesota.

Amid record seizures, authorities in Belgium are now reportedly struggling to get rid of what has been described as a “mountain” of cocaine.

German customs officials have seized 635 kilograms of cocaine among bananas shipped from Ecuador, authorities said Monday.

CARACAS, Venezuela – Colombia’s far-left President Gustavo Petro traveled to Venezuela on Tuesday to meet with socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, the first official encounter between both heads of state after the re-establishment of diplomatic ties between both countries in August.