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Most of the funds from the settlement with manufacturers and distributors of opioids such as oxycodone will go to health care and drug treatment programs designed to ease the opioid crisis. Keith Srakocic/AP file photo hide caption

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4 U.S. companies will pay $26 billion to settle claims they fueled the opioid crisis

The companies, including Johnson & Johnson and McKesson, will admit no wrongdoing. Billions of dollars in payouts will fund drug treatment and harm reduction programs.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Thursday criticized the sanctions the Biden administration announced against Russia as too little, too late. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Republicans are condemning Putin for the invasion of Ukraine — and criticizing Biden

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Most of the funds from the settlement with manufacturers and distributors of opioids such as oxycodone will go to health care and drug treatment programs designed to ease the opioid crisis. Keith Srakocic/AP file photo hide caption

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4 U.S. companies will pay $26 billion to settle claims they fueled the opioid crisis

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