Mexico president ties shootout dead to drug consumptionPresident Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested Wednesday without offering evidence that most of those who die in Mexico’s cartel- and gang-fueled firefights are high on drugs or intoxicated, prompting criticism and questions about whether the claim was accurate. Speaking to journalists in his morning news conference, López Obrador said rising drug consumption rates must be reversed if the country is to guarantee peace and security after years of rising, record-setting homicide statistics. “Just so you have the number, 60% of those who lose their life each day, 60% of those killed in clashes, it is shown that they are under …

‘The View’ Warns Warren About Going After Bloomberg: ‘Be Very Careful’The View’s Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar appeared to rally to Michael Bloomberg’s defense on Wednesday, telling his rival Democratic candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren to be “very careful” when attacking the ex-mayor because he could easily use the “Pocahontas thing” against her.Discussing Tuesday night’s chaotic Democratic primary debate, in which Warren confronted the former mayor on his company’s treatment of women and comments he allegedly made to a pregnant female employee, Goldberg seemed to side with Bloomberg’s longtime partner Diana Taylor saying people need to “get over it” as it was just part of “bro culture” and happened a long …