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China agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl-related chemicals as part of its deal with the Trump administration to crack down on the lethal opioid, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Wednesday. Patel said the agreement resulted from his trip to Beijing last week, a visit that followed U.S. President Donald Trump's summit last month with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea. "The People's Republic of China has fully designated and listed all 13 precursors utilized to make fentanyl," Patel said at a news briefing. "Furthermore, they have agreed to control seven chemical subsidiaries that are also utilized to produce this lethal drug." He did not provide additional details. The Chinese embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment. Reuters previously reported Patel's trip to China, which took place last weekend. The trip was not previously officially announced by either the United States or China. China's Commerce Ministry announced on Monday that the country will make adjustments to the catalog of drug-related precursor chemicals and will require licenses for export of certain chemicals to the United States, Canada and Mexico. The anti-drug authority also tightened oversight of production and export of drug-making chemicals not on its control list to keep them out of illegal channels, it said in a notice. It underscored criminal risks exporters could face when shipping chemicals to certain "high-risk" countries such as the United States. Trump halved the tariffs on Chinese goods imposed as a punishment over the flow of fentanyl to 10% after reaching the agreement during last month's talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Xi will work "very hard to stop the flow" of fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid that is the leading cause of American overdose deaths, Trump told reporters after the talks. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the details of the fresh consensus would be hashed out through a new bilateral working group. The deal signaled a shift for Trump officials, who had insisted that punitive measures would remain in place until China proved it was cracking down on fentanyl supply chains. Chinese officials vehemently defend their record on fentanyl, saying they have already taken extensive action to regulate precursor chemicals used to make the drug and accuse Washington of using the issue as "blackmail."

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The White House is accusing Democrats of selectively leaking emails from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to “create a fake narrative" to smear President Donald Trump. Epstein wrote in a 2011 email Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a victim of sex trafficking and said in a separate message years later Trump “knew about the girls." The emails made public by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday add to the questions about Trump’s friendship with Epstein and about any knowledge he may have had in what prosecutors call a yearslong effort by Epstein to exploit underage girls. The Republican president denies any knowledge of Epstein’s alleged crimes.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a pause on a judge's order that required President Donald Trump's administration to fully fund food aid for 42 million low-income Americans this month amid the federal government shutdown, even as lawmakers took steps toward ending the stalemate. The court's action allows the administration for now to continue withholding about $4 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps. Lawyers for the administration told the justices on Monday that an end to the government shutdown would eliminate its need to halt the judge's order, so the court's extension of a pause issued last Friday by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson may prove short-lived. Jackson, on Tuesday, wrote that she would have denied the administration's request to further halt the judge's order. The extended pause is set to expire on Thursday. The U.S. Senate on Monday approved compromise legislation that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, breaking a weeks-long stalemate that has disrupted food benefits for millions, left hundreds of thousands of federal workers unpaid and snarled air traffic. SNAP benefits lapsed at the start of the month for the first time in the program's 60-year history. Recipients have turned to already strained food pantries and made sacrifices like forgoing medications to stretch tight budgets.

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Josh Hammer kicks off the show taking aim at Washington’s latest mess — the shutdown vote set for later today. He exposes what the vote really means, why both parties are failing the American people, and why this so-called “solution” could leave us right back in crisis mode by January. On today’s show, Josh Hammer is joined by Bruce Pearl, former Auburn University men's basketball head coach and now Chairman of the Board of the U.S.-Israel Education Association. The two dive into the importance of a strong U.S.-Israel alliance and why that partnership remains vital to America’s security and moral leadership. Coach Pearl also calls out the bad actors trying to divide conservatives by exploiting support for Israel, reminding listeners what true unity on the Right looks like.

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Government Shutdown Ends...Now What? With Mark Kelly, Director of Government Affairs for the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).

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The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia is producing its final circulating penny, ending more than two centuries of 1-cent coin production. President Donald Trump ordered the phase-out after the cost to make each penny rose to nearly four cents, making the coin’s value largely obsolete. Pennies have been minted in Philadelphia since 1793, and billions remain in circulation, though they are rarely essential for everyday transactions. The Treasury Department says discontinuing the coin will save about $56 million per year in materials. Many Americans have a nostalgic attachment to the copper-plated coins, seeing them as lucky or collectible, but the century-old penny is now officially history.

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The longest government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be close to ending. About 1.25 million federal workers have missed at least one or two paychecks, and thousands of flights have been canceled. Government contracts have slowed, and some food aid recipients have seen their benefits interrupted. The House could vote as early as today on legislation that would officially reopen the government. Officials warn, however, that it could take time for flights, federal services, and payrolls to return to normal.

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President Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC, claiming the broadcaster misrepresented his remarks ahead of the January 6, 2021, protests at the U.S. Capitol. Trump told Fox News he has an “obligation” to take legal action against the British network. The controversy centers on a documentary aired before the 2024 election in which Trump’s call for peaceful protest was allegedly edited out. The BBC’s top executive and head of news resigned Sunday amid criticism of the edits. BBC Chairman Samir Shah apologized for the “error of judgment” and acknowledged the edits created the impression of inciting violence. The network, known for its impartiality, is facing backlash from multiple political perspectives over the controversial edits.

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