Trump administration drops plan to fold ATF into DEA after backlash, CNN reports
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January 17, 2026
U.S. President Trump attends ceremony to dedicate a stretch of road as ‘President Donald J. Trump Boulevard’, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach
Jan 17 (Reuters) – The Trump administration has abandoned its proposal to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into the Drug Enforcement Administration after opposition from gun-rights and gun-control groups, CNN reported on Saturday, citing people briefed on the matter.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
(Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
