President Donald Trump has secretly authorized military force against Latin American drug cartels designated by the United States as foreign terrorist organizations, according to reports.  The move, reported by the New York Times, would give U.S. forces permission to engage the cartels, which traffic drugs like fentanyl across the US-Mexico border, “The president is determined to not just dismantle – but completely destroy – [Venezuelan dictator Nicolas] Maduro’s...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson warns that finances in the nation’s third most populous city have “reached a point of no return.” The mayor said this week that the city will need to take steps to deal with looming budget shortfalls and that key systems that Chicago provides, including education, housing, health care and transportation, are “woefully underfunded.” Eight-hundred miles to the east, there are concerns in the nation’s...