This episode is focused on Fentanyl overdose deaths and the new Trump Budget

West Africa insurrections

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/surge-attacks-signals-jihadist-comeback-nigerias-northeast-2025-04-29/ 

Ukraine-Russia war

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-us-rare-earth-minerals-deal-8566241ea0e121a30437d845357055d8

Narcam

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm 

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/drug-overdose-deaths.htm#find-our-data 

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2025/2025-cdc-reports-decline-in-us-drug-overdose-deaths.html 

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/31/fact-sheet-on-intl-overdose-awareness-day-the-biden-harris-administration-announces-more-than-450-million-in-new-funding-to-support-president-bidens-unity-agenda-efforts-to-beat-t/ 

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/24/what-they-are-reading-in-the-states-biden-harris-administration-awards-1-5-billion-to-states-and-tribes-to-combat-overdose-epidemic/ 

https://www.dea.gov/ 

https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting/659306 

Trump Budget 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/budget/the-presidents-fy-2026-discretionary-budget-request/