The change in DEA leadership comes as the agency — and the nation — is still grappling with a drug crisis fueled by the flow of illicit fentanyl.

President-elect Trump announced that he would nominate Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister to serve as the administrator for the Drug Enforcement Agency. “I am pleased to nominate Sheriff Chad Chronister for Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he plans to nominate Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to be the next Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked a former aide, Kash Patel, to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency Patel has often criticised. A former US defence department chief of staff in the first Trump administration,

Trump pointed to Chronister's service in Tampa, Florida, as a sheriff in Hillsborough County and record of "keeping his community SAFE."

FLORIDA, USA — President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he plans to nominate Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to be the next Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to lead the DEA. Chronister, with 32 years of law enforcement experience, including roles in SWAT and narcotics,

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Sheriff Chad Chronister for the position of Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social, "I am pleased to nominate Sheriff Chad Chronister for Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).