Drug Abuse and Traffic

• U.S. Kills 2 in Strike in Pacific, as Trump Pressures Venezuela - The attack was the 30th announced by the U.S. military since early September. It came days after President Trump said the U.S. had struck a coastal site related to drugs and Venezuela.
• Grim Evidence of Trump’s Boat Strikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula - First came the scorched boat. Then the mangled bodies. Then the packets with traces of marijuana. Now, fishermen fear the ocean that feeds them.
• What to Know About Colombia’s Role in the Global Drug Trade Amid Trump’s Feud With Petro - President Gustavo Petro is locked in a war of words with President Trump over Colombia’s major role in the global drug trade. The issue is complicated.
• In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up - OK, 2025 wasn’t the best year ever. But we’re arguably still in the best decade in the history of humanity.
• Honduras Declares Nasry Asfura, Trump Ally, Winner of Presidential Election - Nasry Asfura was endorsed by President Trump in a contentious election. The process of counting votes experienced technical problems, revisions of disputed ballot boxes and claims of fraud.
• Trump Signs Order to Ease Restrictions on Marijuana - Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.
• Trump Relies on Distortions to Support His Pressure Campaign on Venezuela - The president has a long record of making false or misleading statements. But the sheer density of them in his administration’s boat attacks and Venezuela pressure campaign is exceptional.
• House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela - The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military’s escalating campaign of boat attacks.
• Nick Reiner, Accused of Killing His Parents: What We Know - The son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, who will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder, has long struggled with drug addiction.
• Nick Reiner’s Struggles With Drugs Left His Parents ‘Desperate’ - Mr. Reiner, who was arrested in connection with the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, once estimated he had been in drug treatment 18 times as a teenager.