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Ex-DEA employee sentenced in New Jersey strip club case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Ex-DEA agent gets 1 year of probation for strip club lie

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

Sen. John Boozman speaks to the crowd of supporters at his victory party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/ Gareth Patterson)

The Latest: Hutchinson won’t mull serving in Trump cabinet

Associated Press

Firefighter union, gay rights group join suit against DEA

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

This photo released by the Hartford (Conn.) Police Department shows items seized in a drug raid in the Asylum Hill neighborhood. Deputy Chief Brian Foley said multiple officers became ill when they were exposed to heroin and fentanyl during the bust. (Associated Press)

Opioid field tests pose grave threat to police officers amid deadly epidemic of overdoses

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Business owner ready to fight looming federal ban on Kratom

By MICHAEL SAKAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Schedule 2 narcotics: Morphine Sulfate, OxyContin and Opana are displayed for a photograph in Carmichael, Calif. California doctors will be required to check a database of prescription narcotics before writing scripts for addictive drugs under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, that aims to address the scourge of opioid abuse. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

DEA taking steps to limit opioid overprescribing

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Nearly as many opioid deaths as traffic accidents in state

Associated Press

Marijuana grows at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill., on Sept. 15, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Marijuana reclassification request rejected by DEA

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Pedestrians pass the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late on Thursday, April 19, 2012. U.S. Secret Service employees and military personnel were accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel before President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza) ** FILE **

DEA new policy for agents: One strike, you’re out if soliciting prostitutes

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Hezbollah fighters swear the oath of allegiance to their group during a ceremony marking the death of Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an explosion, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (Associated Press)

Hezbollah moving ‘tons of cocaine’ in Latin America, Europe to finance terror operations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Demonstrators calling for the legalization of marijuana outside of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, April 2, 2016. They are demanding Obama use his authority to stop marijuana arrests and pardon offenders. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

DEA to decide within months whether to change federal status of marijuana

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2012 file, photo a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration technician holds several pounds of Mexican meth confiscated in the St. Louis area. The manufacture of methamphetamine is sharply down in certain Midwestern states that have had the most trouble with the drug over the years, but it remains as popular as ever with users due to an influx of cheap Mexican imports, according to experts. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)

DEA’s seized drugs vulnerable to theft: Report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Amtrak assistant conductor Kellie Stiggers is shown working as Train 110 leaves Philadelphia's 30th Street Station for New York's Penn Station on May 18, 2015. It was the first northbound train from the city since a May 12 derailment killed 8 people and injured dozens. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DEA’s $850K payment to Amtrak source a violation, watchdog says

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama jokes with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and EPA staff members who worked on the power plant emissions standards, in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 2, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Golden Hammer: Feds spending millions to arm agencies that don’t need guns

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A cannabis bud rests on a container at Amazon Organics, a pot dispensary in Eugene, Ore., Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. Medical marijuana dispensaries in Oregon will be able to sell recreational marijuana starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)

Chuck Rosenberg, DEA chief, under fire after calling medical marijuana a ‘joke’

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Rep. Jason Chaffetz. (Associated Press)

DEA agents who hired prostitutes for ‘sex parties’ received bonuses, awards, time off: report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

This file photo provided Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, by New York Police Department shows packets of synthetic marijuana seized after a search warrant was served at a newsstand in Brooklyn, N.Y. (AP Photo/New York Police Department) ** FILE **

Synthetic marijuana crackdown eyed by lawmakers

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

With Carlos Toro's help, federal investigators arrested and convicted scores of money launderers and drug traffickers, including legendary figures like former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega (pictured). (Associated Press)

Medellin Cartel informant sues U.S. to get paid for 30 years of snitching

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times