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WASHINGTON—A classified Justice Department brief authorizing strikes on drug-smuggling boats describes fentanyl as a potential chemical weapons threat, according to a House member and another person familiar with the memo.

The president went on to announce Sept. 27 on Truth Social that he would send troops, saying that he was “authorizing Full Force, if necessary.”

Unionized Starbucks baristas have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their leaders to call a strike as soon as next week if contract talks do not make progress.

“What is less obvious is whether that will create the critical mass necessary to overcome the obstacles standing in the way of sports betting in the states that have yet to authorize it.”

If only the global community would rectify this error, the council could authorize a peacekeeping operation to drive Russia out of Ukraine.