Cartels Find Ways to Turn Unsuspecting Americans Into Drug Mules

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Today is Wednesday, August twenty-sixth, and I'm Keegan Billings.

And now here are today's top stories.

Border officials told one of our reporters, Troy Myers, during his visit to the San Diego border, that cartels are using dating apps to turn Americans into unwitting drug smugglers.

Next, Canada said it's countering Washington's levies by imposing dollar for dollar counter-tariffs on hundreds of American goods amounting to nearly twenty billion dollars.

Next, Senator Darlene Graham beat Rep Ralph Norman in the South Carolina Republican Senate runoff for the seat held by her late brother.

In more news, Florida officials said that a multi-agency operation has led to the recovery of a hundred and sixty-three missing children.

And for the topic of Iran, Trump said that all Iranian mines in the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz have been removed and that the US was enforcing a zero tolerance policy on the placement of additional mines.