Month: May 2023
ABC Politics News
House Democrats prepare long shot plan to try to force debt ceiling increase
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Democratic leadership has been working behind the scenes on a long shot plan that could allow their party to go around Speaker Kevin McCarthy and force a vote to raise [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Key takeaways from Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics
Tom Brenner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court ethics and questions surrounding the conduct of Justice Clarence Thomas were on full display Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. The panel heard from a range [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Garland responds to IRS agent’s claim Hunter Biden probe is being mishandled
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday gave his first public response to an IRS supervisor-turned-whistleblower who claimed to have information for Congress about potential mishandling of the yearslong federal investigation into [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lights out at late night shows over WGA strike, with one exception
Getty Images As expected, the first casualty of the writers strike is late night TV. ABC Audio has confirmed NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers will air repeats starting Tuesday, May 2, as [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Elvis’ hair has left the building: Warner Bros. Pictures teases Austin Butler and company in ‘Dune: Part Two’
Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures on Tuesday released the first footage for the follow-up to its adaptation of the sci-fi classic Dune, ahead of a full trailer release Wednesday, May 3. In the snippet, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Maggie Simpson starring in new Disney+ short for ‘Star Wars’ Day
Disney+ As that geek from the IT department might have reminded you, Thursday, May 4, is Star Wars Day. This year, Disney+ is celebrating with another Simpsons short set in a galaxy far, far away … and also in Springfield. Maggie Simpson stars [Read More…]
Ag News
ASA outlines farm bill priorities in Senate Ag subcommittee hearing
The American Soybean Association says Congress needs to improve protections for farmers and ranchers in the next farm bill. Testifying before a Senate Ag subcommittee on Tuesday, ASA Secretary Caleb Ragland said soybean producers depend [Read More…]
Ag News
Global demand matters to livestock producers’ bottom line
An ag economist says stagnant growth in global demand for U.S. red meat products makes it difficult for producers to be profitable. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says the Monthly Trade Data that’s released from [Read More…]
Ag News
House passes precision ag bill
The U.S. House has passed a bill that would help improve efficiency for farmers and ranchers. Congressman Bob Latta says the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act would allow farmers to minimize operating costs. “We want [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: 100K Russian casualties this winter, US says
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Preston Hemphill, white officer in Tyre Nichols case, will not be charged, his attorney says
amphotora/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Preston Hemphill, the white officer seen on body camera footage during Tyre Nichols’ traffic stop, will not be charged in Nichols’ death, according to Hemphill’s attorney. Shelby County District Attorney [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former police officer Tou Thao found guilty in George Floyd’s death
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao has been found guilty of a charge of aiding and abetting in manslaughter, stemming from the 2020 death of George Floyd. Hennepin County Judge [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘He raped you,’ friend of E. Jean Carroll testifies she said after alleged Trump attack
Sorapong Chaipanya / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A friend of writer E. Jean Carroll, testifying Tuesday in Carroll’s civil defamation and battery case against former President Donald Trump, said that Carroll called her and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fifteen hundred active-duty troops being sent to southern border ahead of expected migrant surge
Bo Zaunders/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Defense plans to send 1,500 additional active-duty troops to support the security mission along the U.S.-Mexico border for a temporary three-month period, according to a U.S. official, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nearly 300 arrested in ‘largest international operation’ targeting fentanyl and opioid trafficking: DOJ
WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 300 people were arrested as a result of a years-long, three-continent operation targeting darknet trafficking of fentanyl and opioids, the Justice Department and FBI announced Tuesday. Under [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Muslim mayor speaks out after Secret Service denies him White House entry
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (PROSPECT PARK, N.J.) — A Muslim mayor who has represented Prospect Park, New Jersey, for nearly two decades said Tuesday he has not heard from the White House since the U.S. Secret [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Dancing with the Stars’ returning to ABC, will simulcast on Disney+ for season 32
ABC/Eric McCandless Dancing with the Stars is on the move once again. After airing for one season exclusively on Disney+, DWTS is returning to ABC for its upcoming season 32, airing this fall. The reality [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Woody Harrelson addresses the possibility he and Matthew McConaughey are actual brothers
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images In a new interview with Esquire, Woody Harrelson followed up on Matthew McConaughey‘s recent bombshell announcement that the two very similarly laid back stars might actually be blood related. “Well, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kim Kardashian says she’s getting acting lessons ahead of her ‘American Horror Story’ gig
ABC/Randy Holmes There were those who groused when Kim Kardashian was cast in the anthology series American Horror Story — among them Patti LuPone and Sharon Stone, not to mention the online snarkers. However, Kim [Read More…]
Ag News
Black Sea Grain Initiative faces May 18th deadline
Black Sea Grain Initiative negotiations could resume this week. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa tells Brownfield Russia continues to indicate it plans to let the current deal expire May 18th. “I’m hearing that Russia [Read More…]