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US presidents should have the power to deploy the US military to go after drug cartels in Latin America, Ohio Sen. JD Vance said on NBC News' "Meet The Press" in an interview that aired Sunday.“I want to empower the president of the United States, whether he's a Democrat or a Republican, to use the power of the US military to go after these drug cartels,” Vance, a Republican, told host Chuck Todd. The senator said that the growing popularity of fentanyl and the apparent inability of the Mexican government to crack down on the illicit drug trade makes his…

His solo opinion marked the first time a new justice had made such a bold move in a first term on the court since Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas did so in 1991, according to Supreme Court statistics guru Adam Feldman. (Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who joined the court in the middle of the 2016-2017 term, wrote a solo dissent in the following term after he joined.)"Her unabashed willingness to articulate a perspective that runs counter to that held by most justices has made her the most formidable dissenting voice on the court," said Sherrilyn Ifill, a leading civil rights attorney.At…

At least two people were killed and dozens injured in a mass shooting in Baltimore in the early hours of Sunday, authorities said.The two people killed were adults, but neither has been identified. Police confirmed that another 28 were injured, three of them seriously."Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and friends of these victims, as well as to the community throughout our city," Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a news conference. Police received the first calls around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.“This was a reckless and cowardly act that happened here,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said at…

WASHINGTON — Last week, a House committee released testimony from an IRS whistleblower accusing the Justice Department of interfering in the federal tax collection unit's investigation of President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, who Florida Governor Ron DeSantis believes was given a "love deal." Yet this week, DeSantis said he would abolish the agency that launched the Hunter Biden investigation if he wins the presidency.DeSantis, who is second in national polls for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, also said he would eliminate the Departments of Energy and Education, which date from the Jimmy Carter administration, and the Department of Commerce, which…