US and Canada first to be featured as Tobi Lütke claims Shopify is “unaffected” by tariffs.| BetaKit
Reviving an unfounded claim he has made for several years, President Donald Trump on Sept. 5 overstated the number of Americans who died in 2024 of drug overdoses, saying that he believed 300,000 or "350,000 people died last year from drugs." A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told us the provisional number of drug overdose deaths in 2024 was 79,383, and an expert in addiction medicine told us Trump's number was "a gross exaggeration."| FactCheck.org
The White House said Trump was raising the tariff rate because Canada "has failed to cooperate in curbing the ongoing flood of fentanyl" and imposed retaliatory tariffs.| Global News
A canine alerted officers to the nearly 77 pounds of cocaine.| Texas Scorecard
Border Patrol agents have shifted back to their national security mission as a result of the White House's success significantly reducing illegal immigration.| Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress...
📣This blog post was covered by National Public Radio (NPR) on September 18, 2024. By: Nabarun Dasgupta, Colin Miller, Adams Sibley A good analogy is inflation: It's hard to trust official numbers unless we feel it in our wallets. Or in this case, our hearts. Are we going to fewer| Opioid Data Lab
Securing America's Borders| U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Canada to appoint Fentanyl Czar and spend additional $200 million to combat organized crime and fentanyl.| BetaKit
Une frontière sécuritaire permet à la fois de protéger la population contre diverses menaces criminelles et de faciliter l’entrée légale des personnes et des marchandises. Dans cette optique, les États doivent travailler en partenariat afin de répondre à des enjeux majeurs comme le trafic de drogues et d’armes à feu, et la migration irrégulière.| Notes de la Colline
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In 2023, 85% of all land border encounters with individuals on the terrorist watchlist occurred on our northern border. | Wilson Center