A woman who operated a New York City day care center in the Bronx where a 22-month-old boy died of fentanyl poisoning in September 2023 pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal drug charges, officials said. Grei Mendez entered the guilty plea in Manhattan to charges including conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death and possession […]
China is losing a third of its dollar billionaires in just three years. Plus, we take a look at who made the country’s top ten list this year, with many of them facing controversies in the United States. The United States is cracking down on investments in China’s tech sector, with new rules targeting AI […]
Eight China-based companies and eight Chinese nationals have been charged with federal crimes related to trafficking synthetic opioids and fentanyl precursors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Oct. 24. The defendants “openly advertised their ability to thwart border officials,” used evasive tactics such as mislabeling the contents of shipments, and had shipped “a stable […]
Jill Cichowicz is the founder of the nonprofit organization 2 End the Stigma. She lost her brother to fentanyl poisoning in 2017. NTD spoke with her to find out how she’s managed to persevere through this tragedy to help others.
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and others hold a press conference on legislation to commercially disrupt global criminal networks and suppliers of illicit drugs like fentanyl at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sept. 24.
LOS ANGELES—In 2019, Brandon McDowell was contacted by a sophomore in college who asked to buy Percocet, a prescription painkiller. What the 20-year-old sold her instead were counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid that can be lethal in a dose as small as 2 milligrams. Hours later, Alexandra Capelouto, also 20, was […]
A top Republican is calling on Beijing to release more Americans in custody after one was freed on Sunday. The United States is throwing accusations at an employee of China’s largest aerospace company for trying to steal secrets from NASA and the U.S. military. Federal prosecutors call it a multi-year phishing scheme. Beijing is taking […]
China’s financial hub—Shanghai—has been hit by its strongest storm in seven decades. More than 400,000 people have been evacuated. An American pastor imprisoned in China for nearly 20 years has finally been released. We have more on David Lin, who was arrested during a mission trip. TikTok and the Justice Department are battling it out […]
How does the White House’s decision on the de minimis protect against fentanyl flowing into our borders? And are Trump’s tariff proposals the “sales tax” Harris says it is? Jeff Ferry, chief economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America, breaks it down for us.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Sept. 10 that it has imposed sanctions on nine Mexican nationals and 26 entities associated with a fuel theft operation allegedly run by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Mexico. According to the treasury, Ivan Cazarin Molina, known as “El Tanque” or “The Tank,” leads the cartel’s fuel theft […]
California’s Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux testified to the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, where he said a proposed reclassification of fentanyl to a Schedule 1 controlled substance would add “a sting in the bite” to the prosecution of those who sneak the deadly substance across the southern border. Classifying fentanyl as a Schedule 1 […]
A federal prison inmate and two other people were charged Tuesday with conspiring to mail drugs to a penitentiary in California where a mailroom supervisor died this month after opening a letter that prosecutors said was laced with fentanyl and other substances. According to prosecutors, Jamar Jones, a prisoner at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, […]
Teaching in China back in the 1990s, running a business tied to China, and visiting China more than 30 times—far more than most U.S. politicians. We take a closer look at vice president candidate Tim Walz’s stances on China, and how both Republicans and Chinese citizens are responding to his foreign policy ideas. The Chinese […]
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is claiming to crack down on fentanyl precursor chemicals while members of Congress say the regime is subsidizing the manufacturing and export of it. A spokesperson for the House Committee on the CCP told NTD this is a “vacuous promise” by the CCP.
The Chinese Communist Party is trying to mass-produce humanoid robots, but as China pushes forward, U.S. officials are raising red flags. Kamala Harris just announced her running mate: Gov. Tim Walz. Where does he stand on China? The Minnesota governor has worked to raise awareness about China’s human rights issues dating back to the 1989 […]
Mothers of those who died from fentanyl blame the Chinese communist regime and drug cartels for the loss of their children. Epoch Times reporter Darlene Sanchez spoke with some of them. We sat down with her to learn what she found out.
Two Chinese nationals were arrested on a Texas highway, and an officer found $250,000 in gold bars in their car. New details have surfaced amid an investigation involving China’s largest glass maker after U.S. authorities raided its facility in Ohio, along with dozens of houses. Taiwan is calling upon French authorities to investigate an incident […]
Across the street from the White House stood pictures of those who have fallen victim to the fentanyl epidemic. Under the sweltering heat, families from across the country gathered at the nation’s capital raising awareness about the dangers of the deadly synthetic opioid. For some, it’s a tragedy that scars them forever. Michigan mother Rebecca […]
Mountain landslides, submerged houses, and flooded farmlands—we take a look at the aftermath in China’s flood-hit regions. Senators are taking action against the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned organ harvesting. The Falun Gong Protection Act was introduced in the Senate, after its companion bill passed in the House. Despite censorship and travel warnings against China, the country […]
President Joe Biden and his administration announced new actions on Wednesday afternoon to deal with the “scourge of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs.” In a briefing, the administration announced that Biden is issuing a new national security memorandum to call on federal departments and agencies to step up efforts to halt the flow of illegal […]
