According to a 2020 report from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, China is the main source of fentanyl and fentanyl-related products that end up in the U.S. That latter class includes chemical precursors of the drug, which make their way to Mexico, where cartels oversee the manufacture and export of fentanyl.

Marking what they called a “high water mark” in the effort to combat the region’s fentanyl crisis, state and local officials announced Wednesday that they had seized 50 million doses of the deadly synthetic drug in raids across Pennsylvania this year.

Trump announced a cut on Chinese imports after meeting with Xi in South Korea, citing new understandings on fentanyl enforcement, farm trade and rare-earth exports.

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Pennsylvania officials are stepping up the fight against fentanyl trafficking. On Wednesday, October 29, 2025, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, alongside Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel and other state and city officials,

A man from Holyoke was charged with drug trafficking after a search warrant at his home resulted in the seizure of nearly 8,000 bags of suspected heroin/fentanyl and cash.

President Donald Trump said he had an “amazing” meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where “a lot of decisions were made” on fentanyl, rare earth minerals and more.

A Palmdale mother has been charged with murder after officials said her 2-year-old son died from ingesting fentanyl.

Two men traveling on Interstate 78 in the Lehigh Valley have been charged with carrying about 20,000 fentanyl pills, Northampton County’s district attorney says.

Republican senators introduce bills targeting nitazenes, synthetic opioids potentially deadlier than fentanyl. New legislation aims to detect, classify, and sanction the threat.