Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital.

A Stuart man was arrested July 1 following the largest methamphetamine seizure ever recorded in Patrick County, Patrick County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Dan Smith announced.

A narcotics investigation led to two arrests and the seizure of a quantity of suspected narcotics in Collinsville, according to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office.

Attorney General Pam Bondi traveled to a Drug Enforcement Administration lab to meet with chemists who are tasked with identifying the ever-evolving tactics employed by cartels to manufacture drugs flowing across the southern border.

Justice Department leadership is proposing cutting some offices and dramatically restructuring the department, including combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.

This operation was part of a multi-year investigation by the Star City Drug and Violent Crime Task Force into a large-scale drug trafficker in the area, officials said.

The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on senior members of the armed wing of a Mexican drug cartel that operates on border territories in and around Chihuahua, Mexico.

Donald Trump has signaled support for a potentially historic federal policy shift to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug.

Top executives at a California telemedicine company were arrested for allegedly distributing Adderall online and conspiring to commit health care fraud through reimbursements for the medication.

Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing treatment.

The Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy.

Three men were charged after a months-long investigation into the illegal possession, manufacturing, and distribution of narcotics, according to the Henry County Sheriff’s Office.

Federal prosecutors say a leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons.

Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has announced she'll seek reelection to Congress in 2024.

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.

Preston Park Elementary celebrated the kick-off to Red Ribbon Week on Friday.

The Biden administration is taking aim at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives blamed for importing the chemicals used to make the deadly drug.

Washington’s revolving door kept spinning this week as the Drug Enforcement Administration’s recently departed second-in-command returned for another stint with a high-powered consulting firm where he previously advised OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.

When it emerged this week that U.S. health regulators are suggesting that the federal government loosen restrictions on marijuana, the news lit up the world of weed.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has delivered a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration on marijuana policy, and Senate leaders are hailing it as a first step toward easing federal restrictions on the drug.

China is insisting it is up to the U.S. to “create necessary conditions” for anti-drugs cooperation, following complaints from Washington that Beijing is ignoring its calls for a crackdown on precursor chemicals for the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl.

The United States has sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, three members of the Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador talked with President Joe Biden about immigration and the fentanyl crisis.

The Justice Department has charged 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-trafficking investigation.

The Biden administration is moving to require patients see a doctor in person before getting drugs to treat attention deficit disorders or addictive painkillers, toughening access amid a deepening opioid crisis.

Federal officials say an increasing number of fake prescription pills containing potentially deadly fentanyl are helping drive overdose death rates to record levels in the U.S. And officials warn that some of the pills are being manufactured in rainbow colors designed to look like candy.

A Colombian national police officer who was part of an elite unit that worked closely with U.S. anti-narcotics agents has been extradited to Miami to stand trial on charges he betrayed the Drug Enforcement Administration to the same traffickers they were jointly fighting.

Authorities say a Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed when a passenger opened fire as officers were doing a routine inspection for illegal contraband on an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona.

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent arrested on charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is accused of posing for photographs in which he flashed his DEA badge and firearm outside the building while off duty.

A retired high-ranking official with the Drug Enforcement Administration has testified that three large opioid distributors had a “systematic failure” in monitoring suspicious pill orders.

NEW YORK – Walmart is suing the U.S. government in a pre-emptive strike in the battle over its responsibility in the opioid abuse crisis. Walmart says it is seeking a declaration from a federal judge that the government has no lawful basis for seeking civil damages from the company. The lawsuit names the Justice Department and Attorney General William Barr as defendants. Brown went into private practice in the Dallas areaA spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Texas that handled the investigation referred questions to the Justice Department in Washington. The Justice Department declined to comment.

WASHINGTON – More than 1,500 people have been arrested on state and federal criminal charges in the last three months as part of a Drug Enforcement Administration project focusing on violent crime, the agency’s acting administrator told The Associated Press. Such operations are common for the federal government, but the issue of law-and-order is a major component of President Donald Trump's reelection campaign. The DEA -- under the umbrella of the Department of Justice -- is responsible for investigating major drug cases and international drug smuggling, along with drug gangs who are often responsible for upticks in violence within communities. “By going after the violent crime, we’ve been able to investigate the larger regional groups,” Shea said. “Plus, we’re addressing the violent crime problem in these localities.”

While at the Drug Enforcement Administrations Training Academy, Brown said he was once pepper-sprayed three times in a single training exercise while other trainees were sprayed once. When both responded, the white instructor clarified, “I meant the monkey.”That behavior, as alleged in an internal complaint, didn’t stop there. The instructor also was accused of going on the loudspeaker in the tower of the outdoor firing range to taunt black trainees by making “monkey noises.”“We were like, ‘It’s 2019. That shouldn’t even be a thing that we’re dealing with,’” said Derek Moise, who did not hear the noises himself but recalled the discomfort they caused his fellow Black trainees who did. The recruits who originally accused Mortenson are still employed by the DEA and not permitted to speak publicly about the incidents.

The frauds work by persuading victims they'll receive payouts if they travel or take some other requested action. Stemberger, who marks his one-year anniversary in Spanish detention on July 5, faces a trial next month in Madrid. “He certainly knew that talking to these folks internationally could be possibly something that our family would question,” said Vic Stemberger. Last July, he traveled to Brazil on a trip that was to take him to Spain and on to Asia. The younger Stemberger said he understands how extraordinary the saga may sound, joking that if every drug dealer used his father’s defense, no one would be in jail.

Cliver Alcalá has been an outspoken critic of Maduro for years. The Justice Department had offered a $10 million reward for Alcalá's arrest. The DEA referred requests for comment to the Justice Department. Nicole Navas, a Justice Department spokesperson, declined to comment. Moments before his surrender, Alcalá published a video on social media bidding farewell to his family.

ROANOKE, Va. - People across the country emptied out their medicine cabinets for National Prescription Drug Take Back day today. Drug takeback stations popped up all around Roanoke Saturday morning. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, more than half of prescription drug abusers got their drugs from a friend or family member. The takeback covers more than just opioids, they accept cough syrup, pain patches, over the counter vitamins, and vaping products. National Drug Take Back Days have collected more than 11 million tons of medication since starting a decade ago.

ROANOKE, Va. – People across the country emptied out their medicine cabinets for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day today. Drug takeback stations popped up all around Roanoke Saturday morning. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, more than half of prescription drug abusers got their drugs from a friend or family member. National Drug Take Back Days have collected more than 11 million tons of medication since starting a decade ago. If you missed the day, click here to see where you can safely drop off prescription drugs.

Tyler Skaggs #45 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim delivers a pitch in the first inning during a MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on June 18, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. (CNN) - A top public relations official with the Los Angeles Angels provided oxycodone to Tyler Skaggs, and abused the drug with him before the pitcher died earlier this year, the employee's attorney told CNN on Saturday. ESPN reported that Eric Kay, the Angels' director of communications, also gave the DEA the names of five other players who he believed were using opiates while with the Angels team. "The Angels maintain a strict, zero tolerance policy regarding the illicit use of drugs for both players and staff," he said. Skaggs family attorney Rusty Hardin said the family appreciates the work that law enforcement is doing.

These warning letters come just months after the FDA issued a similar series of warnings to other opioid-selling website operators. The online networks that received the new warning letters, sent earlier this month, are Divyata, Euphoria Healthcare Pvt Ltd., JCM Dropship and Meds4U. The letters call for the website operators to immediately stop illegally selling the opioids to consumers in the United States. We remain committed to using all available regulatory and enforcement tools to stop the illicit flow of opioids online." Warning letters were also sent to dozens of websites last year on two separate occasions.

WJLA via CNNCOLUMBUS, Ohio - One Ohio county had an "unusually high number" of overdose deaths in a little over a day, the county's coroner said. "As of about 10 am this morning we have had 10 people die of overdoses in about 26 hours," Franklin County Coroner Dr. Anahi Ortiz said on Facebook Sunday. The last peak of overdoses that the coroner's office posted about was in August 12, when six people died in less than 24 hours. That same year, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued a national alert that said "drug incidents and overdoses related to fentanyl are occurring at an alarming rate." In 2017, Franklin County set up a 3-year Opiate Action Plan to combat the opiate epidemic in the state.

The Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday said it's now moving forward on a 2016 policy change to allow more entities to grow cannabis for federally approved research. One entity that has previously applied to grow the drug for research, the Scottsdale Research Institute, sued the DEA earlier this year, alleging that "sub-par" government-provided cannabis interfered with efforts in researching PTSD in veterans. "We're cautiously optimistic, and this is a positive first step," said Matt Zorn, an attorney representing Scottsdale Research Institute and lead researcher Dr. Sue Sisley. Scottsdale Research Institute is responsible for just one of 33 cultivation applications submitted to the DEA since August 2016. But first, the agency said, it will develop new rules and regulations for how cannabis is cultivated for federally approved research.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating after cocaine was shipped to several stores in western Washington