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Caitlin Clark and Nike have revealed her new signature shoe, the Caitlin 1.

The Liberty extended their win streak to eight games Wednesday with a 96-95 win against the Chicago Sky.

The "Stand By Me" star assured fans in a social media post that he's doing fine, and also shared a snippet of some new music he's working on.

The "Stand By Me" star assured fans in a social media post that he's doing fine, and also shared a snippet of some new music he's working on.

The Madison Square Garden station was repainted in the Knicks' iconic blue-and-orange scheme on June 1 to honor the New York team’s first finals appearance since 1999.

The Raiders’ Fernando Mendoza continues to be put into the greatness category. When Curt Cignetti, his former Indiana coach, appeared as a guest on “The Rich Eisen Show” on Wednesday, Cignetti wasn’t shy to call his quarterback great and say, “You learn from the great ones.” Eisen was quick to ask Cignetti what he learned...

Finally, after 210 official ticker-tape parades, the Knicks get their turn to enter the Canyon of Heroes.

On the eve of one of the city’s biggest celebrations in years — a parade for the NBA champion Knicks — the Yankees got the party started early.

Dozens of doppelgangers entered Jalen Brunson lookalike contest in Washington Square Park on Wednesday for a chance to win $5,000 — but only one young fan took home the cash.

Drug Czar On How She Is Taking On The Cartels And China

Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times,

The dim tunnel passage hugs narrow, winding concrete steps that lead 55 feet down, with a ceiling no higher than 4 1/2 feet, making it a claustrophobe's nightmare.

The underground passage stretching from Tijuana, Mexico, to a warehouse in California near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry known as "Buy 4 Less" is about 2,000 feet long and features reinforced walls, rail, ventilation, and electrical systems.

Sara Carter, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, at her office in Washington on June 8, 2026. Carter was sworn in to the role in January. Her office coordinates anti-narcotics policy for 19 federal agencies. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California said on June 1 that the tunnel had been discovered during a Homeland Security investigation involving a suspected drug smuggling operation.

Four people were charged with conspiring to distribute more than a ton of cocaine worth $45 million. Authorities said the discovery dealt a blow to the Jalisco New Generation cartel.

"Hundreds of millions of dollars of narcotics have probably made their way through this tunnel. Imagine the national security implications of that," drug czar Sara Carter told host Jan Jekielek on a recent episode of EpochTV's "American Thought Leaders."

Power Play

Carter said federal agencies have been turning to technology to help combat cartels, although she couldn't disclose details. She said the cartels' use of tunnels to transport illicit drugs shows that they are feeling U.S. pressure along the border.

"They're having a much harder time getting their product across the border because we've shut it down," she said.

Carter attributes it to the Trump administration's whole-of-government approach to stop the flow of illicit drugs into the country, at the border and beyond.

Carter was sworn in this January as the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which coordinates anti-narcotics policy for 19 federal agencies. The office leads the Trump administration's effort to reduce illicit drug manufacturing, trafficking, drug use, and overdose deaths.

"Our Homeland Security task forces, now under President Trump, have the capability ... to do what's needed to cut off the heads of the snake," she said.

Carter attributed President Donald Trump's efforts to close the border to illegal immigrants and designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations as significant factors in reducing the flow of drugs across the border, and ultimately driving overdose deaths.

Yet Carter said the cartels aren't the only problem fueling drug use in the United States - adversarial nationals are also part of the problem.

"We have adversaries that have contaminated our supply chain. We have cartels that couldn't care less," she said.

Carter acknowledged the Chinese Communist Party's involvement in the precursor chemicals to make fentanyl distributed by the cartels.

"It is unrestricted warfare," she said.

"I have already spoken with Chinese counterparts about this. I have made it very clear that we understand, and we know where these precursor chemicals are coming from, and that it will not be tolerated."

Carter said China has been put on notice to disclose such chemicals in shipments coming into the United States. Likewise, she has been talking to Mexican officials about safeguarding their own ports against the importation of illicit drugs.

At U.S. ports, the government is also working to hold private industry accountable. If cargo ships are caught with precursor chemicals, then the federal government will hold them accountable, she said.

"We're looking at all kinds of new technology, technology that was unheard of in the past," she said. "How can we implement this technology to ensure that the cargo that is coming in is clean?"

Cooperation Through Strength

Carter said that countries understand that Trump is willing to wield U.S. power to stop the drug trade, putting nations on notice around the world.

Trump's military operation in Venezuela resulted in the arrest of former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who had a $50 million bounty on his head as the alleged leader of the De Los Soles cartel, which was designated as a foreign terrorist organization.

"One of the best operations I've ever seen conducted," Carter said. "We have done what we said we were going to do. There were no more games."

She also said that the amount of cocaine and other drugs flowing from Venezuela has dropped since Maduro's capture.

Trump's projection of strength has led to unprecedented cooperation from both Mexico and China, she said.

One example is a February operation in which the United States provided Mexico with intelligence that they used to take down the Jalisco New Generation cartel's kingpin, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho."

Mexican officials cooperated with the United States, sending in the Mexican National Guard and special forces to confront the cartel's leader, Carter said.

"We said, 'Look, here's the information, go get them,' and they did, and we'd never seen that before, not like that, not in that same way, not with that cooperation," she said.

Likewise, China's Ministry of Public Security has been uncharacteristically cooperative, she said. FBI Director Kash Patel traveled to China in November 2025 to meet with his counterpart to discuss stopping the flow of fentanyl precursor chemicals.

During Patel's visit, the Chinese regime agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl-related chemicals as part of its deal with the Trump administration to crack down on the lethal synthetic opioid.

Two milligrams of fentanyl - the size of a few grains of salt - can be fatal. The drug has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.

'Don't Give Up'

Overdose deaths have been decreasing, but Carter said there are still far too many.

She said 68,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2025, down from a high of 112,000 in 2023. Some have attributed that decrease to a reduction in the amount of fentanyl found in street drugs.

Carter said she does not consider it an overdose when a person orders what he believes to be Adderall online and then dies because the pills are laced with fentanyl.

"This is unacceptable. This is the United States of America," she said.

Members of Congress look on as President Donald Trump signs the Secure America Act in the Oval Office in Washington on June 10, 2026. The $70 billion package funds Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations through the end of Trump’s term in office in fiscal year 2029. Alex Wong/Getty Images Tyler Durden Wed, 06/17/2026 - 22:35

So homer-happy were the Giants on Wednesday that even Luis Arraez got in on the power party aided by the balmy conditions in the Braves’ bandbox. 

The man has attempted to enter the "Please Please Please" singer's Los Angeles home more than a dozen times.

The man has attempted to enter the "Please Please Please" singer's Los Angeles home more than a dozen times.

After finishing the regular season fourth in the NBA with a record of 53-29 and getting swept in the second round of the NBA Playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder, Luka Dončić admits last season was "bad," and also revealed what kind of help he needs this offseason.

It seems Stephen A. Smith isn’t dialed in on World Cup history.

The former child actress' longtime manager told The Post, "We were so close to finding her."

The former child actress' longtime manager told The Post, "We were so close to finding her."

Federal investigators are apparently questioning Gavin Newsom’s friends and associates, part of an ongoing inquiry that reportedly relates to First Lady Partner Jennifer and her various feminist nonprofits.

Welcome To Baltimore: Chaos, Gunfire, And Roaming Youth Mobs Transform Bar District Into Warzone

One of Baltimore City's premier bar and restaurant districts was transformed into a warzone over the weekend, with roaming gangs of underage kids, large unruly crowds, fights, and even a shootout that seemed like a scene from the crime drama The Wire. Urban decay in Baltimore is rampant and is a symptom of failed left-wing leadership, which seems more focused on city-killing progressive politics, DEI, illegal aliens, and climate change than actually providing basic law and order to taxpayers.

Fox Baltimore reports that Fells Point was flooded with hundreds of young people, mostly underage teens, overwhelming parts of the nightlife district known for its local shops, bars, and restaurants.

More from Fells Point:

Imagine wanting to go out for dinner and a few drinks on a Saturday and this is what you walk into 🤦‍♂️

Completely unacceptable pic.twitter.com/cP8lRyezM5

— QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) June 17, 2026

What came next was chaos...

In a video that has been making the rounds on social media, footage shows people running after reportedly hearing gunfire in Fells Point early Saturday morning.

🎥: @lorjuu on Instagram pic.twitter.com/n1sxFiS3SV

— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) June 17, 2026

The scenes of chaos raise new concerns that the failed left-wing leadership under Mayor Brandon Scott has lost control of the city’s youth. The direct consequence will be that tourists - those still brave enough to visit a city in terminal decline - may abandon plans to come to Fells. This will impact mom-and-pop restaurants.

A large police presence filled Fells Point overnight after hundreds of young people crowded the streets, prompting multiple calls for disorderly conduct and at least one arrest.

STORY: https://t.co/EUHZOFMv1r pic.twitter.com/DoQdQQaifT

— FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) June 15, 2026

City leaders are unserious. 

FOX45 is pressing city leaders on how they plan to address the disorderly crowds in Fells Point seen over the weekend. https://t.co/KdJaF2jx68 pic.twitter.com/7dkBehwcU5

— FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) June 16, 2026

Lawlessness is nothing new in Baltimore, which continues to suffer a population collapse, now at a 100-year low.

Related:

• "Exponentially Deteriorating": Baltimore's Lawlessness Spreads Into Suburbs As Democrats Lose Control

As public safety concerns mount, quality of life deteriorates, and taxes remain ungodly high, raising a family in a city controlled by Democrats has become unbearable and dangerous - all the more reason to flee to the county or leave the state entirely for a common-sense red state.

Related:

• "Marylanders Are Voting With Their Feet": Johns Hopkins Finds Blue State Exodus To Persist For Years

And it gets much worse, well, the local economy is in turmoil: 

• "Billion-Dollar Ghost Town" Surrounds Under Armor Headquarters

• Downtown Baltimore CRE Crash Signals Deeper Fiscal Crisis Ahead

• Build It, And They Will Come? Not The Case At Baltimore's Harbor East Luxury Tower

For anyone traveling up or down the I-95 along the East Coast this summer, the Baltimore exit may be one to avoid. The wise move is to keep on driving. And if you want a taste of Baltimore, just re-watch The Wire on a streaming platform from the comfort of your sofa. 

Tyler Durden Wed, 06/17/2026 - 22:10

An extremely rare species of Amazonian wild canine nicknamed the “ghost dog” may have a higher population than initially thought, according to new data.