Opioids

"The Office of National Drug Control Policy plays an important role in combatting the opioid epidemic affecting families and communities across the country," said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. "That's why I made it very clear that eliminating ONDCP would be unacceptable." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

White House fully funds drug control office after congressional backlash

Robert King · May 23, 2017 2:51 pm

Items seized in a drug raid in the Asylum Hill neighborhood in Hartford, Conn. Hartford Police Department Deputy Chief Brian Foley said multiple officers became ill when they were exposed to heroin and fentanyl during the bust. (Hartford Police Department via AP)

Opioid epidemic looms over Senate’s Medicaid talks

Robert King · May 15, 2017 4:01 am

Tom Price's questioning of the benefits of medication-assisted treatment for opioid abuse doesn't signal a change in federal policy, the agency said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

HHS says it won’t change rules on opioid treatments

Robert King · May 12, 2017 8:43 pm

Trump revealed during a roundtable in March that he would tap Christie to lead the panel. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Trump’s opioid task force becoming a reality

Daniel Chaitin · May 11, 2017 12:00 am

FILE - Int his April 1, 2017, file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks before Vice President Mike Pence in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Republicans from energy-producing states are under pressure as the Senate considers whether to overturn an Obama-era regulation that would restrict harmful methane emissions escaping from oil and gas wells on public land. Portman said May 8, he will support the repeal effort after weeks of public silence, saying he got assurances from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that he will take steps to reduce methane waste. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

National Security

Lawmakers ask Trump: Don’t cut drug office

Joel Gehrke · May 9, 2017 4:49 pm

Lawmakers are seeking specifics from the Drug Enforcement Administration about how many hydrocodone and oxycodone painkillers were distributed throughout West Virginia from 2005 to 2016. (AP Photo/Chris Post)

Lawmakers demand answers to high opioid levels in West Virginia

Robert King · May 9, 2017 2:41 pm

According to Sanders' statement, the suspect, James T. Hodgkinson, "apparently volunteered" on his 2016 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Why Bernie Sanders’ drug-importation bill keeps me awake at night

Derek Arnson · May 8, 2017 4:04 am

On Friday, the Florida Senate voted 31-7 to pass a measure that would impose tougher penalties for synthetic drug offenders.

Bill imposing tougher fentanyl penalties heads to Florida governor’s desk

Kelly Cohen · May 5, 2017 8:02 pm

The White House said a budget document that the reason for the steep cuts is to streamline the agency. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

GOP Sen. Rob Portman slams proposed cuts to drug control agency

Robert King · May 5, 2017 7:50 pm

"My first piece of advice would never be to use Politico for a source for your story," Sanders said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House dumps on Politico

Pete Kasperowicz · May 5, 2017 6:02 pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, talks to Alaina Arney during a visit to the Van Wert Robotics Club at Van Wert High School on April 20 in Van Wert, Ohio. American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten joined DeVos during the visit. (Richard Parrish/The Lima News via AP)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner Staff · May 1, 2017 4:03 am

"If he continues to just offend liberals and not deliver for his base, at some point, this will build up," Jones said. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)

Van Jones gives Trump an ‘F-minus’ for letting down his base

Joseph Lawler · April 30, 2017 4:14 pm