Donald Trump, president of the United States, claimed that all trade negotiations with Canada had been ended as a result of a phony television commercial where late President Ronald Reagan criticized tariffs.
Late on Thursday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, “The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, in which Ronald Reagan speaks negatively about tariffs.”
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“The ad was for $75, 000. Trump argued that they had no intention of obstructing the US Supreme Court’s and other courts’ decisions.
“All trade ties to Canada are HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump continued. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL trade negotiations with Canada are HEREBY TERMINATED.”
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute reported earlier on Thursday on social media that a government of Ontario in Canada TV advertisement “misrepresents the ‘Presidential Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade’dated April 25, 1987.”
The foundation claimed that Ontario had not been given permission to use and edit the late US president’s remarks.
The foundation urged the public to watch Reagan’s address’ uncut video, which added that it was “reviewing legal options in this matter.”
Trump’s attention was reportedly sparked by the advertisement in question, which featured President Reagan criticizing tariffs on foreign goods while claiming they caused job losses and trade wars, according to Ontario’s premier Doug Ford, earlier this week.
The president apparently heard our advertisement, I’ve heard. He must have been overly happy, Ford said on Tuesday.
Ford stated in a previous social media post that she would continue to use “every tool we have to make the case against American tariffs on Canada.” Working together is the key to prosperity, he said.
Official news: Ontario’s new U.S. advertising campaign has begun.  ,
We’ll never stop bringing up tariffs on Canada using every tool we have. Working together is the key to prosperity.
After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he wanted to double his country’s exports to nations outside the US as a result of the threat posed by the Trump administration’s tariffs, Trump made an announcement about the end of trade talks.
In the event of unsuccessful negotiations with Washington, Carney also told reporters that Canada would not permit unfair US access to its markets.
After Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum, and autos earlier this year, prompting Canada to respond in kind, Canada and the US have been in talks for weeks about a potential deal.
Trump’s statement that all discussions had ended as a result of the advertisement was not immediately addressed by the Canadian prime minister’s office.
Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, celebrated the opening of a museum in memory of the fallen soldiers with the “invincible” alliance that his country has with Russia.
Kim addressed the families of North Korean soldiers who “fought in the operations for liberating Kursk” at the groundbreaking ceremony in Pyongyang’s capital on Thursday, claiming that their deployment to Russia “marked the start of a new history of militant solidarity” with Moscow.
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According to state news agency KCNA, Kim said, “The years of militant fraternity, in which a guarantee has been provided for the long-term development of the bilateral friendship at the cost of precious blood, will advance nonstop.”
Relations between Russia and North Korea can be hampered by “domination and tyranny,” Kim continued.
Kim’s visit to the ceremony marked the most recent public service award for North Korean troops who had fought to stop Ukrainian forces from entering Russia’s Kursk region in 2024.
The museum, which will house soldiers from overseas detachments, will be the “first of its kind” in North Korean history, according to Kim.
He stated that today we are holding the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats’ groundbreaking ceremony, which will dedicate the distinguished lives of the heroes and fallen soldiers from overseas operations units, as well as the outstanding Korean citizens and defenders of justice.
NATO, the United States, and South Korean intelligence agencies reported finding proof that North Korean troops had been stationed alongside the Russian military in October 2024.
A mutual defense pact was officially ratified by Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin a month later, causing concern about growing military cooperation between the nuclear-armed countries.
Both nations are required to use “all means” to immediately assist one another in terms of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnerships, as required by the Treaty.
North Korea confirmed that its forces had retaken Ukrainian territory held by Russia for the first time in April by sending a contingent of soldiers to the front line to fight alongside Russian troops.
According to KCNA, the soldiers were deployed to “annihilate and wipe out the Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate the Kursk area in cooperation with the Russian armed forces.”
According to Kyiv and Seoul, North Korea reportedly provided Russia with financial and technological assistance in exchange for more than 10,000 troops.
There are a lot of different estimates for the casualty rate among the North Korean forces.
Around 2, 000 North Korean soldiers were reported dead in September by South Korea’s intelligence agency. After suffering significant casualties in the fighting, Ukraine claimed in January that North Korean troops had been withdrawn from combat. How many North Koreans are still fighting alongside Russian forces is unknown.
Ukraine claimed earlier this month that North Korean troops stationed in Russia were conducting reconnaissance missions using drones across the border, marking the first time North Korean soldiers have been documented on the battlefield.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that “the Defense Forces of Ukraine have intercepted communications between Russian army personnel and North Korean drone operators.”
While Congress will be informed of operations, the recent spate of bombings of ships in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean will be followed by strikes on land, as President Donald Trump has stated that attacks on alleged “narco-terrorists” do not need a declaration of war.
Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday, “Well, I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war.”
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“I believe we will simply kill those who enter our country with drugs,” he said. OK? Trump declared, “We’re going to kill them.”
The US president echoed similar threats he has made in recent weeks that include expanding his administration’s attacks to the territories of nations Washington accuses of allowing drug cartels to smuggle narcotics into the US. “Now they]drugs] are coming in by land… you know, the land is going to be next,” the president said.
At least 37 people have died in what Washington has hailed as a military operation against “narco-terrorists” so far, but the US military hasn’t provided any evidence to back up its claims of criminality. At least nine vessels have been attacked by the US military in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September.
US naval ships, F-35 fighter jets, a nuclear submarine, and thousands of troops have been dispatched to the Caribbean region as a result of Washington’s growing combat against samoyed Latin American drug cartels.
Venezuelan and Colombian presidents Gustavo Petro and Nicolas Maduro have been accused of involvement in drug trafficking by the US in an additional offensive.
Venezuela claims that the US is conducting its anti-cartel campaign as part of a plot to overthrow President Maduro, who claimed on Wednesday that his armed forces have 5, 000 Russian surface-to-air missiles in order to counter any US military intervention in his nation.
As US forces are deployed in waters off Venezuela’s coast, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has warned the country against any military assaults.
According to flight tracking data, at least one US B-1B bomber flew over the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela on Wednesday, which is the second US airpower show in a week, according to the AFP news agency.
A B-1B bomber made a U-turn and headed north on Wednesday afternoon before disappearing from view before disappearing from view.
Trump responded to the question “it’s false” at a White House event before stating that the US is “unsatisfied with Venezuela for a number of reasons.”
The military described the mission as a “proactive deterter adversary threats, enhance crew training, and ensure the global force readiness necessary to respond to any contingency or challenge,” as a result of US-based B-52 bombers circled off Venezuela’s coast for several hours last week.
Two B-1B “Lancer” Long-Range Heavy Bombers, (BART21) and (BART22), have just begun to appear on flight radar over the Southern Caribbean, about 50 miles off Venezuela’s coast. The bombers appear to be conducting strike rehearsals, likely in order to get ready for the… twitter.com/Uh0zU5y7bM
“Every international law is broken,” declares the statement.
Trump added that “the entire world should now be aware” that drug cartels, some of which the US has labeled “foreign terrorist organizations,” are the “ISIS]ISIL of the Western Hemisphere.
Pete Hegseth, US defense secretary, compared Trump’s expanding operations against Latin American drug gangs to the so-called “war on terror” of the US.
In a post on social media on Wednesday, Hegseth stated that there will be no refuge or foreboding, but instead, “these cartels are waging war on our border and our people” and that there will be only justice.
A chorus of voices voices voices calls for Washington to attack ships in international waters that are suspected of smuggling drugs as a violation of international law, including Colombia’s president Claudia Sheinbaum.
We do not share the same views, of course. International laws dictate how operations must be conducted in international waters when alleged illegal drug or weapon transportation occurs. Sheinbaum said on Thursday that the United States government has been informed of this.
Petro, a Colombian who has been at odds with Trump since being referred to as a “thug” by the US president, claimed on Thursday that the US is “carrying out extrajudicial executions” that “violate international law.”
“Military bombings in the Caribbean are prohibited by Amnesty International. In a post on social media above a news report about Trump’s attacks on ships in the Caribbean, which has since expanded to the Pacific, Petro stated that all international law is broken in the Caribbean.
The Mexican government is launching an international appeal against the misile bombardments of the Caribe. Todo the international derecho, and his rompe in the Caribe. https: //t. k/o gWRkSYZkBU
On Friday, October 24, 2025, how things are going:
Fighting
A witness claimed that Russian forces shot dead five civilians in a village in eastern Ukraine, prompting a war crime investigation by Ukrainian authorities. A man, his two sons, and two neighbors were killed on October 20 in Zvanivka, Donetsk’s front line, according to the prosecutor’s office in the Donetsk region.
In Kramatorsk, in the eastern city of Ukraine, journalists Yevhen Karmazin and Olena Hubanova, both of whom are employees of the state-funded Freedom television channel, were killed by a Russian drone.
The journalist killing, which Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, deemed a war crime by the country’s human rights ombudsman, was condemned by Ukraine’s president.
The Ryazan oil refinery in Russia, which is crucial for Russian military supplies, was massively impacted by overnight strikes by Kyiv’s forces, according to Ukraine’s general staff. Additionally, Ukrainian drones strike a Belgorod ammunition depot.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine has been able to access external power thanks to engineers, according to the facility’s management, who is located in Russia. In 2022, Russian troops took control of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, which has six reactors. To cool the nuclear fuel and reduce the possibility of a meltdown, it currently produces no electricity.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated that Kyiv has provided $200 million in emergency aid to Naftogaz, a state-owned energy company, for gas imports in advance of winter in response to Russia’s sharp rise in its attacks on Ukraine’s energy system.
According to the Russian RBC news outlet, Russia and Ukraine exchanged more bodies of their war dead, according to reports from the Russian RBC news agency. Moscow reportedly gave Ukraine 1, 000 Ukrainian soldiers and 31 bodies in return.
At the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial for soldiers who fought in Russia’s Kursk region against Ukrainian forces, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stated that military ties with Russia would “advance nonstop.”
Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, greets visitors at the groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial to North Korean soldiers who served alongside Russia in Pyongyang.
Sanctions
After sanctions were imposed against Russia’s two biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, by US President Donald Trump, Putin continued to be defiant.
Putin criticized the sanctions as being unfavorable, claiming that they would not have a significant impact on the Russian economy and praising Russia’s significance on the global economy. No self-respecting nation or people ever make decisions when under pressure, according to Putin.
President Trump responded to Putin’s assertion that the new sanctions would not have a significant impact by saying, “I’m glad he feels that way. That is admirable. In six months, I’ll let you know about it.
Friedrich Merz, the German Chancellor, stated that he anticipates that Rosneft’s German business subsidiaries will be exempt from the sanctions. The Russian-owned Rosneft business is run by German authorities.
According to Kuwait’s oil minister Tareq al-Roumi, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is prepared to reverse any oil market shortage brought on by sanctions against Russia by reversing its output cuts.
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Russian Federation’s Security Council, claimed Trump’s decision to halt a summit in Budapest and impose sanctions on Russia showed that the two countries were “on the warpath” of war.
Military and financial assistance
Following concerns raised by Belgium, European Union leaders agreed to meet Ukraine’s “pressing financial needs” for the next two years at a meeting in Brussels on Thursday. However, they stopped short of backing a proposal to use frozen Russian assets to fund a sizable loan to Kyiv.
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever argued that his country requires “uncharted territory” before backing the plan, which he described as “uncharted territory.” The Belgian financial institution Euroclear has urged people to refrain from seizing the assets, which they claim could lead to legal action and a financial crisis.
After failing to agree to give Ukraine long-range weapons, President Zelenskyy demanded at the meeting that European allies provide them with them.
Zelenskyy added that Ukraine should be able to purchase American and European weapons while using Russia’s frozen assets for domestic production.
According to Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, which cites Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Finland will purchase 100 million euros ($116.62 million) of US weapons for Ukraine.
Peace talks
According to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, it is not entirely off the table to discuss a meeting between Trump and Putin. She said, “I believe the president and the entire administration hope that one day that can occur again, but we want to make sure that the meeting results in a tangible, positive outcome.”
As Zelenskyy travels to London on Friday to meet with important allies to discuss future peace talks, Britain demanded a number of measures against Russia.
The “coalition of the willing” nations, which have pledged to support Ukraine, remove Russian oil and gas from the global market, use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, and appoint more long-range missiles, are meeting under the auspices of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office.
NATO’s Mark Rutte, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen are expected to attend the talks in London, which will be both in-person and virtual.
Regional security
Russia and Lithuania, a NATO member, said two Russian military aircraft entered its airspace on Thursday for about 18 seconds, causing a formal protest and a response from NATO forces, despite the country’s opposition. When they flew 700 meters (0.43 miles) into Lithuania from the Kaliningrad region, the two aircraft, an Su-30 fighter and an Il-78 refuelling tanker, were possibly on a refueling training mission.
Three men were detained by British police, according to reports that they were allegedly helping a foreign intelligence agency.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will be given a diplomatic coup when US President Donald Trump travels to Malaysia for Southeast Asia’s headline summit this weekend.
Malaysia, a 35 million-person multiracial state sandwiched between Thailand and Singapore, has a policy of not taking sides in conflicts between great powers for decades. US presidents are only occasionally there.
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Following visits by former US Presidents Barack Obama and Lyndon B. Johnson, Trump is only the third US leader to travel to the Southeast Asian nation. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is holding a Sunday-to-Tuesday summit there.
Trump, whose disdain for multilateralism is well known, will be present for the Southeast Asian nations for the second time after skipping the ASEAN summits in 2018 and 2019.
A number of prominent non-ASEAN nations’ leaders, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, will attend the US president’s meeting.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping, who Trump is scheduled to meet with in South Korea at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit next week, have chosen not to attend.
Trump’s visit is, in many ways, a representation of the delicate balance Malaysia’s government has attempted to maintain as it navigates the strain of the contentious conflict between the US and China.
Malaysia’s economies are deeply linked to both the US and China’s economies.
In 2024, the US was the Southeast Asian nation’s top foreign investor and third-largest trading partner due to its large presence in Malaysia’s tech and oil industries.
The same year, China, a major buyer of palm oil and electronics from Malaysia, took the top spot in both trade and investment.
Malaysia’s attempts to walk a fine line between Beijing and Washington have become increasingly problematic as regional hotspots like Taiwan and the South China Sea are being squabbling with each other.
Prior to the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 23, 2025, the ASEAN logo is visible in the background.
According to Thomas Daniel, an analyst at the Institute of Strategic &, International Studies in Kuala Lumpur, “Malaysia wants to productively engage both China and the US on a variety of issues.”
Daniel told Al Jazeera, “It is in our interests.”
Anwar sees Trump’s visit as a chance to boost regional peace and stability, strengthen economic ties, and strengthen ASEAN’s standing on the global stage.
Anwar and Trump have both pledged to constructively raise issues of disagreement between Washington and Kuala Lumpur, particularly the Palestinian cause, using the rare occasion for face time .
Awang Azman Awang Pawi, a professor at the University of Malaya, stated on Al Jazeera that the key to autonomy is to avoid entanglement, maximize options, and benefit from both poles without acting as anyone’s proxy.
Trump’s visit is expected to feature high-level items on the agenda, including China’s proposed export controls on rare earths, and US tariffs on Malaysia, which are currently set at 19 percent.
According to Mohd Ramlan Mohd Arshad, a senior lecturer at the MARA University of Technology in Shah Alam, close to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia prioritizes preserving “rules-based” trade, which promotes economic growth despite political differences.
The “worst” thing that could happen to Malaysia is a protracted US-China economic cold war, according to Arshad, according to Arshad.
Trump, who hasn’t made a secret of his plans to win the Nobel Peace Prize, is also expected to sign a peace agreement with Thailand and Cambodia, which engaged in a brief border conflict in July that resulted in at least 38 fatalities.
The balancing act also involves political considerations at home for Anwar, who has led a multiracial coalition of parties with divergent and competing interests since 2022.
On October 2, 2025, a man protests against the US flag outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In Malaysia with a Muslim majority, where the plight of Palestinians has frequently sparked public protests, the US has long been at odds with its support of Israel’s occupation of Gaza.
In the weeks leading up to the summit, critics have demanded that Anwar decline Trump’s invitation because of his support for the war, which a UN commission of inquiry last month declared to be genocide.
In a video message sent last month, former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, Anwar’s former mentor-turned-nemesis, said that “a person like Trump, no matter how powerful, should not be welcomed in Malaysia.”
Anwar has defended the invitation and emphasized that diplomacy is “practical work” for “advancing his country’s interests in an imperfect world.”
He stated at a conference earlier this month in Kuala Lumpur that “it demands balance, discipline, and the courage to stay the course even when the ground shifts beneath us.”
Donald Trump addresses the media after taking part in the ASEAN Summit [Bullit Marquez/pool via AFP] in Manila, Philippines, on November 14, 2017.
According to Sharifah Munirah Alatas, an independent scholar and researcher who previously taught international relations at the National University of Malaysia, Malaysia has always put pragmatism at the center of its foreign policy.
Alatas told Al Jazeera, “Anwar and Malaysia cannot afford to do otherwise.”
And ASEAN will continue to be actively non-aligned, without taking sides, given the current, wildly unpredictable, Sino-American tension created by Trump 2.0.
The real test of the summit’s success will be tangible outcomes on issues like the Thailand-Cambodia conflict and trade, according to Awang Azman, a professor at the University of Malaya.
Awang Azman remarked, “It’s not just a photo op if a ceasefire agreement and concrete trade language appear on paper.”
President Donald Trump had threatened to send American military personnel to San Francisco, California, for weeks.
Trump, however, abruptly changed his mind on Thursday, saying he would not advance further with a “surge” of troops toward the Democratic stronghold, at least for the time being.
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On his online platform Truth Social, Trump wrote that the Federal Government was “surge” San Francisco, California, on Saturday after friends in the area called last night to ask him not to proceed with the surge.
The Republican leader said that the two tech titans, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang and Salesforce cofounder Marc Benioff, had persuaded him to change his mind.
Trump continued, adding that he had spoken with Democratic Party candidate Daniel Lurie, the mayor of San Francisco. The president made the conceit that Thursday’s decision might not be his final word on the subject when they reacted to their request, though.
Trump criticized Lurie in his post, saying, “He very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn things around.”
Because we can move much more quickly and remove criminals than the Law allows him to remove, I told him, “I think he is making a mistake.” Let’s see how you do, I told him, “It’s an easier process if we do it, faster, stronger, and safer.”
On October 23 in San Francisco, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie discusses President Donald Trump’s remarks.
“Cruel, un-American tactics”
Trump has spearheaded a campaign of mass deportations that has sparked protests and concerns about human rights violations since taking office in January for a second term.
Trump has responded to those protests by sending National Guard troops to major cities with the ostensible goal of defending federal immigration agents.
However, critics have repeatedly warned against the military deployments, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, because they increase tensions and violate the law.
Among those critics was Lurie, one of the Levi Strauss jeans company’s heirs.
The mayor called on San Francisco’s citizens to stand united at a press conference on Wednesday as the city prepared for a planned deployment.
This federal administration has already used unjustified, cruel tactics against immigrant neighborhoods in our city. We will protest if we see these tactics being used again or escalated,” Lurie remarked.
He argued that local law enforcement would not assist the government in carrying out immigration raids.
San Francisco and I will never stand by while our neighbors are being targeted, Lurie continued.
California’s state government had earlier earlier in the week forewarned that it would file a lawsuit as soon as federalized National Guard troops arrived in San Francisco.
According to the article, the Posse Comitatus Act expressly forbids federal troops from carrying out civilian law enforcement unless requested by the state.
Governor Newsom, who is regarded as a front-runner for the next presidential election, compared Trump’s actions to those of a “wannabe tyrant,” in a statement.
The idea that the federal government can send troops into our cities without providing any evidence that it has any basis in reality, without oversight, no accountability, or no respect for state sovereignty, is an attack on the rule of law, Newsom said.
On October 23, a US Border Patrol agent tries to deter protesters from entering a vehicle at US Coast Guard Base in Alameda, California.
series of crackdowns
Despite the protests of states like California and Illinois, Trump has continued with the National Guard’s deployments, causing a wave of lawsuits.
California is still fighting Trump’s decision to send troops to Los Angeles in June, a city that was rife with protests and outrage over immigration raids at workplaces, shopping centers, and parks.
The streets were covered in demonstrations, the majority of which were peaceful. Trump sent as many as 4, 000 members of the California National Guard to the city as a result of Newsom’s opposition, but he still accused protesters of being violent.
The Trump administration cited passages from the US Code as justification, despite Newsom’s claim that the deployment violated the Posse Comitatus Act.
If there is a threat of invasion or rebellion, or if the federal government is unable to enforce its laws in another way, the US Code permits federalization of state National Guard troops.
Despite the opposition from local leaders, the Trump administration has continued to send National Guard troops to other Democratic-led jurisdictions despite the protests’ largely subsided.
For instance, earlier this month, Trump authorized the National Guard to visit Chicago, Illinois, which led to a lawsuit from that state.
The president also made the announcement on Truth Social that troops would be stationed in Portland, Oregon, a move that an emergency court petition blocked.
Meanwhile, Trump has praised the advantages of military deployments to Memphis, Tennessee and Washington, DC, arguing that both cities saw a drop in crime as a result.
Marc Benioff, a cofounder of Salesforce, received criticism for calling for a deployment of the National Guard in San Francisco.
San Francisco is a teetering subject.
San Francisco has long been a punching bag for Trump and other Republicans because it has a long history of being a left-wing bastion.
The president criticized the city’s Democratic leadership even while on the campaign trail, blaming it for “destruction” in San Francisco.
Trump has since criticized the city as the subject of his upcoming immigration and crime crackdown.
Trump stated to Fox News on October 19 that “we’re going to go to San Francisco.” “One of the greatest cities in the world was San Francisco,” he declared. Then, fifteen years ago, something went wrong. It woke up.
One of Trump’s supporters, Marc Benioff, shared his opinion of Trump’s decision to change course on Thursday.
San Francisco is home to the billionaire’s software company, Salesforce, and Benioff annually holds a weekend-long tech conference there.
Benioff, however, told The New York Times that he would welcome the National Guard in San Francisco, a response to Republican demands to “clean” the city on the eve of the event this year.
If someone can be cops, I’m all for it, Benioff said. “We don’t have enough cops.
Comedians scheduled to perform at his annual conference dropped out of the conversation after those comments were immediately met with immediate backlash from city officials. Benioff apologized on social media a few days later.
Benioff cited his conversations with locals as evidence that “the National Guard is not needed to address safety in San Francisco.”
I sincerely apologize for the concern it caused, and I apologize for my earlier comment, which was based on the event’s abundance of caution.
Benioff was one of the advisers Trump cited as having an impact on his decision to withdraw from his feared deployment on Thursday.
Protests had already erupted outside the San Francisco Bay Area’s US Coast Guard facility in Alameda.
Mayor Lurie, in response to the city’s efforts to reduce accidental overdoses, said he would welcome “continued partnerships” with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Lurie continued, adding that the invitation did not include military participation.
