Good News: Two-Year Drop in Overdose Deaths Hits Historic Stretch Amid Cartel Crackdowns

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A grim American trend is finally bending the right way. New federal data released this week shows U.S. overdose deaths fell throughout most of last year — a sign the country may be turning a corner in an epidemic that worsened for generations. Deaths have now been dropping for more than two years — the longest decline in decades. But the pace of the decline is starting to slow. Experts say the crisis is still far from “normal.” The monthly death toll remains above pre-pandemic levels, and nowhere near where the country was before the current overdose era began, said

A Quiet Reversal With Loud Consequences: Net Migration Hits Negative Under Trump

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America is used to being a place people move toward, not away from. But a new estimate from economists suggests 2025 may have flipped the script: more immigrants left the United States than entered, a turn not seen “in at least a half a century.” The Brookings Institution put it plainly: “There was a significant drop-off in entries to the United States in 2025 relative to 2024 and an increase in enforcement activity leading to removals and voluntary departures.” “We estimate that net migration was between –10,000 and –295,000 in 2025, the first time in at least half a century

A Regime on Edge, A President on Offense: ‘Keep Protesting—Take Over Your Institutions’

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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump declared that “help is on its way” to Iran as anti-government protests continue and the regime answers dissent with force. The unrest began in late December, born of an economy that has curdled under the long shadow of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tehran’s reflex has been the familiar one: crack down at home, accuse foreigners abroad, and call the uprising an American plot. Trump went to TRUTH Social with a message that reads like a flare fired into the night: “HELP IS ON ITS WAY.” “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!

ICE Watch Manual Urges ‘Striking’ Grips, Opening Police Vehicle Doors, And Chanting

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A “de-arrest primer” circulated by Minnesota ICE Watch — described as a protest collective tied to Minneapolis protester Renee Good — lays out tactics for interfering with arrests and physically disrupting law enforcement, according to reporting and excerpts of the document. The manual, reposted on Instagram by MN ICE Watch, says it was published in spring 2024 and outlines “four tactics” for interfering with arresting officers — down to grip advice and suggestions for “pushing and pulling an officer” off an arrestee. One passage instructs readers on body positioning: “Technically speaking for pushing off form you should have a low

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