Politics

Portland, Oregon, decriminalized fentanyl in 2020 but the experiment failed. Can a blend of law enforcement and harm reduction prevent overdoses?

It could be a brand-new day for Canadian politics.

Chinese exports to the US face up to 245% tariffs, and Beijing has hit back with a 125% levy on American imports. Consumers, businesses and markets are braced for more uncertainty as fears of a global recession have heightened.

Health experts question if RFK Jr. is looking to use big data to arrive at a specific conclusion.

As they flew south along the Potomac River on the gusty night of Jan. 29, the crew aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter attempted to execute a common aviation practice. It would play a role in ending their lives.

What has become plain this week is that the entire administration has committed itself to the president’s pipe dream of annexing Canada as the 51st state.

High Country News’ weekly email newsletters keep you up-to-date with our latest news and investigations from across the region. Violence had brought the old man here, and violence would take him away. The blue mountains rose as he walked through the desert in the fading evening light.

Xi Jinping, like his American counterpart, needs to be the top dog. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump bragged that many foreign leaders were “kissing his ass” to avoid the steep tariffs he’d imposed on their countries. But China’s leader, Xi Jinping, was not one of them.

Follow live updates on the Trump administration here. Nathali Sánchez last heard from her husband on March 14, when he called from a Texas detention center to say he was being deported back to Venezuela. Later that night, he texted her through a government messaging app for detainees.

Over the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, it has become increasingly clear to European leaders that remaining reliant on the United States to underwrite the continent’s security would be a dangerous gamble.