President Donald Trump has determined that the United States is in now engaged in a formal "armed conflict" with drug cartels, which the administration has deemed as "unlawful combatants," according to a confidential memo obtained by ABC News Thursday. It comes after recent U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

Retail pharmacies and prescription drug savings site GoodRx are talking with the Trump administration about joining its TrumpRx website, they told Reuters, suggesting an expansion beyond the early description of it as a link to pharmaceutical companies' direct discounts.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an “armed conflict” with them, according to a Trump administration memo obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, following recent U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean.

The Trump administration informed Congress Wednesday that the US is engaged in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels.

President Donald Trump said Friday he ordered another strike against a boat in international waters that he said was "trafficking illicit narcotics."

The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.