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FILE - President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. China has agreed to curtail shipments of the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of the U.S. overdose epidemic. Experts say it's an essential step, but it's not the only thing needed to be done to stem the crisis. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

China’s agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into U.S., but not solve overdose epidemic

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

President Joe Biden walks down the steps of Air Force 1 at San Francisco International Airport as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) kicks off in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Biden was greeted by California Gov. Gavin Newson, fourth right, first partner, Jennifer Siebel Newson, third right, Rep. Kevin Mullin, right, and others. (Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Biden hosts APEC reception after reaching agreements with Xi on key issues. Follow live updates

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This image shows rainbow-colored fentanyl pills. (DEA photo) ** FILE **

China reportedly agrees to restrict companies that produce fentanyl chemicals

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Emergency and law enforcement agencies respond to a possible hazmat situation at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP)

Election offices are sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances. Authorities are investigating

By Christina A. Cassidy and Ed Komenda - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a meet and greet, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Denison, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis vows to take on fentanyl cartels and ‘shoot them dead’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Emergency and law enforcement agencies respond to a possible hazmat situation at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP)

4 elections offices in Washington are evacuated due to suspicious envelopes, 2 containing fentanyl

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Acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Troy Miller, center, speaks during a news conference at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in San Diego. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a new government-wide strategy that will target not only fentanyl but precursor materials used to make the synthetic opioid.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

U.S. government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

Police and military patrol Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Jan. 6, 2023, the day after the government detained Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, which unleashed deadly firefights between the military and suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel. With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities they smuggled into the U.S., prosecutors in the U.S. revealed in an indictment unsealed April 14, 2023, in Manhattan. (AP Photo/Martin Urista) ** FILE **

Mexican cartel signals it wants out of the fentanyl business

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Fentanyl Deaths in Texas Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

It’s every town: Texas communities are being ravaged by fentanyl

By Greg Sindelar

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., third from right, speaks during a press roundtable with Schumer and his delegation at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to China, in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

U.S. senators see a glimmer of hope for breaking a logjam with China over the fentanyl crisis

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A vial containing 2mg of fentanyl, is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., Aug. 9, 2016. The US is announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of fentanyl into the United States. It's one of the biggest actions the Biden administration has taken against the trafficking of the deadly drug. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Biden targets Chinese suppliers in new front against fentanyl

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Police and military patrol Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Jan. 6, 2023, the day after the government detained Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, which unleashed deadly firefights between the military and suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel. With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities they smuggled into the U.S., prosecutors in the U.S. revealed in an indictment unsealed April 14, 2023, in Manhattan. (AP Photo/Martin Urista) ** FILE **

Banners purportedly from Sinaloa cartel say gang has sworn off sales of fentanyl

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A vial containing 2mg of fentanyl, which will kill a human if ingested into the body, is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 9, 2016. Nearly a dozen children, including a 1 year old, have overdosed on fentanyl since June in Portland, Oregon, its police bureau said Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, intensifying alarm in a city like so many others that has struggled to address its drug crisis. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Police in Portland, Oregon, are investigating nearly a dozen fentanyl overdoses involving children

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Police car. Photo credit: zef art via Shutterstock. ** FILE **

Kilogram of fentanyl found in NYC day care center where 1-year-old boy died of apparent overdose

By Jake Offenhartz - Associated Press

Evan Frostick, left, and Madison Bernard, right, both charged with murder and child cruelty in the death of their daughter, Charlotte Frostick, appear before a judge on Sept. 1, 2022, at the Sonoma County Superior Court in Santa Rosa, Calif. They are part of a growing number of parents across the U.S. prosecutors have charged in the fentanyl overdose deaths of their children since the pandemic started. Prosecutors have been ramping up enforcement efforts in these cases as children increasingly become accidental victims of an escalating opioid crisis. (Beth Schlanker/The Press Democrat via AP) Press Democrat via AP)

As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder

By Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

This photo provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows fentanyl pills seized by Customs and Border Protection officers on Sept. 12, 2021. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP) ** FILE **

White House: A House GOP shutdown would put funds to fight fentanyl in jeopardy

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on recovery efforts for the Maui wildfires and the response to Hurricane Idalia, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden leans into overdose fight as 2024 rivals focus on scourge

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Actor Michael K. Williams poses for a portrait at the Beverly Hilton during the 2016 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, July 30, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. A drug dealer who sold fentanyl-laced heroin to Williams shortly before "The Wire" actor's fatal overdose was sentenced Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, to 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Dealer gets 10 years in prison in death of actor Michael K. Williams

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

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Voters deserve specifics from GOP presidential candidates

By Scott Walker

This photo provided by Indivior in May 2023 shows their drug Opvee. On Monday, May 22, 2023, U.S. health regulators approved the medication to reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other powerful opioids, which are currently driving the nation’s drug crisis. (Indivior via AP)

Only 1 in 5 opioid addicts received medication, federal study finds

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times