Month: January 2025
ABC Politics News
White House budget office suspends federal financial aid programs
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has instructed all federal agencies to cease spending on any financial assistance programs if they suspect it might conflict with President Donald [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Reese Witherspoon was jury foreman because of ‘Legally Blonde’: ‘I played a lawyer in a movie once’
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Amazon What, like it’s hard? Reese Witherspoon famously played law student Elle Woods in the film Legally Blonde, and in a recent interview on The Graham Norton Show, she revealed members [Read More…]
Ag News
Improve production and the bottom line by separating corn silage
Corn silage is a popular feed for livestock, especially dairy cattle. Clear Lake, Wisconsin farmer and inventor Greg Friendshuh has found that separating the fodder from the finer silage components and targeting those components to [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle, hog futures start the week mixed
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, and feeders were lower ahead of the week’s direct business. February live cattle closed $.90 higher at $205.67 and April live cattle closed $.80 higher at [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 27, 2025
Mar. corn closed at $4.82, down 4 and 1/2 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.45, down 10 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $300.80, down $4.10Mar. soybean oil closed at 45.00, down 22 pointsMar. wheat [Read More…]
Latest News
Governor Larry Rhoden announces staff changes
Gov. Larry Rhoden announced several staff changes Monday, two days after taking office when former Gov. Kristi Noem resigned to join President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Among the key changes, longtime governor’s office spokesman Ian Fury [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tucker Carlson’s son Buckley is joining JD Vance’s staff
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Buckley Carlson, a former Capitol Hill aide and the son of conservative media personality Tucker Carlson, is set to join Vice President JD Vance’s press office, sources tell ABC News. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ fires members of special counsel Jack Smith’s team who prosecuted Trump
Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department is firing “over a dozen” officials who were part of former special counsel Jack Smith’s teams that prosecuted President Donald Trump, officials confirmed [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Melania Trump’s official portrait released by White House
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The official portrait of first lady Melania Trump was unveiled by the White House on Monday. The image, released in black and white, was taken in the residence [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ to film on Italian island from Homer’s epic
Dave J Hogan/Getty Images New details have been reported about Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming adaptation of Homer‘s epic, The Odyssey. The film, which has a star-studded cast that includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell and more star in ‘The White Lotus’ official season 3 trailer
HBO The White Lotus season 3 has a new action-packed and highly ominous trailer. The dramedy, which is returning for its third chapter of vacation misadventures, received an official trailer on Monday displaying the new [Read More…]
Ag News
Conservation isn’t one size fits all
Using the 4Rs of nutrient management. The technical assistance specialist with the Indiana Ag Nutrient Alliance says there is no one size fits all when it comes to conservation. Hans Schmitz tells Brownfield, “The right source, [Read More…]
Ag News
Protecting water and property rights top the list of priorities for Missouri producers
The president of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association says water rights are one of the organization’s top priorities in 2025. Southeast Missouri producer Jeff Reed says producers need to be protected. “We’re a riparian state,” he [Read More…]
Ag News
Cash dairy prices steady to higher Monday
Cash dairy prices were steady to higher Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6975. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0375 at $1.87. Nine sales were recorded, [Read More…]
Ag News
Market advisor expects little change in crop plans
A marketing advisor says he is not expecting any big changes in crop plans this spring. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing tells Brownfield farmers are not looking at shifting from soybeans to corn, at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Thousands walk and drive into northern Gaza
Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Many residents of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon are expected to return to their homes in the coming days and weeks, with most of the fighting in both areas [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York state trooper who allegedly ‘staged’ shooting surrenders on criminal charges: Criminal complaint
Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty Images (HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.) — A New York state trooper who claimed to have been shot in the line of duty in October is now facing criminal charges for [Read More…]
ABC National News
Snow shuts down major California freeway just days after an LA County fire closed it
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Less than a week after a massive wildfire shut down California’s Interstate 5, a major freeway between Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley, the traffic artery was closed [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Eagles’ Saquon Barkley shares pregame handshakes with kids: Meet his family
Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia Eagles’ Saquon Barkley and his family are in the spotlight after the star running back shared pregame handshakes with his young children ahead of the NFC championship game [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes celebrate Kansas City Chiefs advancing to Super Bowl LIX
Jamie Squire/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Brittany Mahomes celebrated with her husband Patrick Mahomes after the Kansas City Chiefs secured their third consecutive trip to the Super Bowl on Sunday. Following the Chiefs’ AFC [Read More…]