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Iconic Grammy-winning rapper Coolio’s cause of death has been revealed. The rapper, most famous for his hit song “Gangstas Paradise,” is the latest of many to have died due to fentanyl.

An Illinois teenager has been arrested for allegedly selling “fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills that were intended to resemble legitimate prescription medications,” according to police.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent a letter to Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Tuesday asking Beijing to help “control” fentanyl imports, in particular requesting information on manufacturers and shipments.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley plans to enact a federal program requiring employers to use E-Verify to combat the illegal hiring of illegal immigrants if elected. 

A Florida high school coach was arrested Saturday for allegedly trafficking fentanyl, according to police.

The U.S. government can curb the fentanyl “national poisoning,” which is disabling and killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, Sam Quinones, the author of four much-praised books about the drug trade, said.

President Biden has ignored repeated requests to meet and discuss the fentanyl crisis in the country, Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) said on Wednesday.

Commuters have abandoned the Los Angeles Metro light rail system as drug users take over — many of them smoking fentanyl while aboard the train, according to a shocking report Tuesday in the Los Angeles Times.

Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), facing reelection next year, is backing a crackdown on fentanyl pouring into the United States after previously blocking hundreds of millions in funding to help stop the flow of the deadly drug through the nation’s southern border.

Mexico’s president blamed the U.S. for the fentanyl crisis as pressure mounts on his administration to stop cartels.

Rep. Mary Miller proposed a resolution which would designate a non-exhaustive list of Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.

During an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued for U.S. intervention in Mexico against drug cartels responsible for the “killing of hundreds of thousands” of Americans.

The family of a child who died of a fentanyl overdose while staying in a Florida Airbnb rental is suing the property owner, the property manager, and a previous tenant for wrongful death, according to the lawsuit.

Following the killing and kidnapping of American citizens in Mexico by suspected drug traffickers, Republican officials slammed President Biden’s open border policies while calling his presidency “the best thing that ever happened” to the drug cartels and blaming the Biden team for having “empowered” them.

The Northern Command Commander admitted that President Joe Biden has never asked him for a briefing on the southern border.

During a town hall on CNN on Tuesday, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram stated that drug cartel “traffickers and the people selling it for them are all over social media” and that social media companies are failing to do enough to

Rebecca Kiessling, who lost two sons to fentanyl poisoning, said many parents in support groups blame Joe Biden for their children’s deaths.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) called for President Joe Biden to threaten China with sanctions unless they are transparent about the origins of the coronavirus and stop fentanyl precursors from being

President Joe Biden sparked criticism Wednesday night after he laughed briefly while discussing a mother who lost her two sons to fentanyl.

President Joe Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland says there are “diplomatic concerns” with treating and designating the Mexican drug dartels as “foreign terrorist organizations.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Andrade Port of Entry in California established a new port record with the seizure of nearly $1 million worth of fentanyl and methamphetamine. The officers found the drugs hidden in a vehicle’s fuel tank.

The mother of two children killed by fentanyl poisoning slammed the federal government’s extravagant support for illegal migrants in a House hearing on Tuesday.

AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott told Breitbart Texas that the state’s border security mission is saving lives across the nation by seizing fentanyl that slipped past Border Patrol and CBP. Operation Lone Star saved more lives by stopping nearly 25,000 criminal aliens from making their way into the U.S. interior, according to the state.

Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) on Tuesday endorsed Rep. Jim Banks’ (R-IN) bid to replace the outgoing Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN). 

Americans see opioids and fentanyl as the number one health threat in the country, according to an Axios-Ipsos Health Index survey published Thursday.

A Pennsylvania county has ended its “sanctuary” status for illegal aliens as the nation’s fentanyl crisis has hit the community, spilling over from the United States-Mexico border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials report fentanyl smugglers are significantly increasing their use of the U.S. Postal Service and other express consignment carriers to bring the deadly drugs into the United States.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 12,000 pounds of fentanyl during the first four months of Fiscal Year 23. This nearly equals the nearly 12,500 pounds seized during the entire previous fiscal year.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) is calling for an increase in penalties for fentanyl possession amid revelations that five Nevada sheriffs were hospitalized for possible fentanyl exposure after a drug bust. 

Elected Democrats in San Francisco, California are seeking to suspend the city’s strict sanctuary law so Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents can deport illegal aliens arrested for dealing fentanyl. 

Overdose deaths more than doubled between 2019 and 2021 for those aged 10 to 19. Suicide attempts by the young jumped by 40 percent between 2019 and 2021.

Most voters give President Biden a “poor” or “fair” rating for how he is handling the fentanyl crisis in the country, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found. 

Joe Biden is “aging,” “confused,” and “clearly just not fully there,” Sen. J.D. Vance said in regards to the president’s declining cognition.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said on Tuesday’s edition of the Breitbart News Daily podcast with host Alex Marlow that effective southern border security and interdiction of illicit drug trafficking across the U.S.-Mexico border requires effective coordination with Mexican government authorities.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) shouted, “It’s your fault,” at President Joe Biden during the State of the Union Address when he raised concerns about fentanyl deaths.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) is readying a plan that would convert Title 42, the public health authority used at the United States-Mexico border to stem illegal immigration, to fight the nation’s deadly fentanyl crisis.