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| | *[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/13/trumps-obamacare-subsidy-cutoff-triggers-political-war.html Trump's ObamaCare subsidy cutoff triggers political war]. ''Fox News''. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017. | | *[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/13/trumps-obamacare-subsidy-cutoff-triggers-political-war.html Trump's ObamaCare subsidy cutoff triggers political war]. ''Fox News''. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017. |
| | *[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/white-house-says-it-cant-lawfully-pay-obamacare-subsidies-idUSKBN1CH24C White House says it can't lawfully pay Obamacare subsidies]. ''Reuters''. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.</ref> | | *[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/white-house-says-it-cant-lawfully-pay-obamacare-subsidies-idUSKBN1CH24C White House says it can't lawfully pay Obamacare subsidies]. ''Reuters''. October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.</ref> |
| | + | *October 26, 2017—President Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | + | *Chakraborty, Barnini (October 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-opioid-crisis-a-public-health-emergency Trump declares opioid crisis a 'public health emergency']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Radnofsky, Louise; Kamp, Jon (October 26, 2017). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-trump-to-announce-opioid-crisis-a-public-health-emergency-1509024286 Trump Announces Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Herman, Steve (October 27, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-declare-public-health-emergency-opioid-crisis/4087269.html Trump Declares Public Health Emergency to Fight Opioid Crisis]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Spiering, Charlie (October 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/10/26/donald-trump-declare-opioid-crisis-public-health-emergency/ Donald Trump to Declare Opioid Crisis a Public Health Emergency]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Roubein, Rachel; Hellmann, Jessie (October 26, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/357356-trump-says-this-can-be-generation-that-ends-opioid-epidemic Trump says this can be generation that ends opioid epidemic]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Spiering, Charlie (October 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/10/26/trump-melania-urge-americans-fight-opioid-epidemic/ Donald Trump and Melania Trump Urge Americans to Fight Opioid Epidemic]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | Effects of the declaration in the following year: |
| | + | *Gonzalez, Dennis (October 12, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hope-amid-the-opioid-crisis-glimmers-of-progress-since-trump-declared-national-emergency Hope amid the opioid crisis? Glimmers of progress since Trump declared national emergency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (March 21, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/how-the-white-house-is-tackling-the-opioid-epidemic How the White House is tackling the opioid epidemic]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Diep, Francie (October 25, 2018). [https://psmag.com/news/one-year-after-trump-declared-opioid-addiction-a-public-health-emergency-whats-changed One Year After Trump Declared Opioid Addiction a Public-Health Emergency, What's Changed?] ''Pacific Standard''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Alonzo-Zaldivar, Ricardo; Johnson, Carla K. (January 28, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/28/qa-feds-tackle-opioid-epidemic-but-is-it-helping/ Q&A: Feds tackle opioid epidemic, but is it helping?] ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | Other government actions: |
| | + | *Hellmann, Jessie (September 19, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/407437-hhs-awards-more-than-1-billion-in-grants-to-fight-opioid-epidemic Trump admin awards over $1 billion in grants to fight opioid epidemic]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | See also: |
| | + | *Roubein, Rachel (April 4, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/384551-trump-administration-extends-opioid-public-health-emergency Trump administration extends opioid public health emergency]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Flanagan, Michael Patrick (February 18, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/18/tracing-the-real-root-of-americas-opioid-crisis/ Tracing the real root of America's opioid crisis]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Terrell, Rebecca (April 26, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/28814-the-opioid-epidemic-whats-the-solution The Opioid Epidemic: What's the Solution?] ''The New American''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Quinn, Liam (March 12, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fact-checked-for-highly-misleading-comment-on-president-trump-opioid-crisis Ocasio-Cortez fact-checked for 'highly misleading' claim on Trump funding for opioid emergency]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Kamp, Jon; Mahtani, Shibani (October 26, 2017). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-opioid-crisis-declaration-draws-praise-criticism-1509058506 Trump’s Opioid-Crisis Declaration Draws Praise, Criticism]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Korte, Gregory (October 26, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/26/trump-says-opioids-emergency-but-its-not-declaration-some-were-looking/804420001/ Trump says opioids are an emergency, but it's not the declaration some were looking for]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved March 12, 2019. |
| | + | *Rodnofsky, Louise; Campo-Flores, Arian (August 10, 2017). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-declares-opioid-epidemic-a-national-emergency-1502393301 Trump Declares Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved March 12, 2019.</ref> |
| | *In addition to creating initiatives to reduce [[food stamp]] usage,<ref name="7Reasons2017"/> the Trump Administration cracked down on food stamp fraud.<ref>Rodriquez, Katherine (December 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/25/the-seven-biggest-takedowns-of-food-stamp-fraud-in-2017/ The Seven Biggest Takedowns of Food Stamp Fraud in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 25, 2017.</ref> | | *In addition to creating initiatives to reduce [[food stamp]] usage,<ref name="7Reasons2017"/> the Trump Administration cracked down on food stamp fraud.<ref>Rodriquez, Katherine (December 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/25/the-seven-biggest-takedowns-of-food-stamp-fraud-in-2017/ The Seven Biggest Takedowns of Food Stamp Fraud in 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 25, 2017.</ref> |
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