Month: February 2025
ABC Politics News
Lawmakers worry China could take over after Trump pauses foreign aid
Wang Gang/VCG via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers from both political parties invoked China as a potential winner in international development as the U.S. reviews its foreign assistance programs and non-governmental organizations funded largely by [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Dying for Sex’ gets a premiere date, and more
FX’s new limited series Dying for Sex is premiering Friday, April 4, on Hulu. The eight-episode series stars Michelle Williams as a woman who finds out she has terminal cancer and decides to leave her husband to explore [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez on ‘Captain America: Brave New World’
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic In Captain America: Brave New World, Anthony Mackie returns to his high-flying character Sam Wilson. But he’s no longer the Falcon — this time around, he’s taken up the mantle of Captain America. The [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Cynthia Nixon, David Eigenberg have a mini ‘Sex and the City’ reunion
FZS/MEGA/GC Images Cynthia Nixon and David Eigenberg had a mini Sex and the City reunion. Nixon took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a photo of her and Eigenberg seemingly on the set of And [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge blocks Trump order on transgender youth care: ACLU
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting gender-affirming care for transgender people under the age of 19, according to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
New York’s top federal prosecutor steps down amid tension with DOJ over Mayor Adams case
Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, submitted her resignation Thursday, according to a source familiar with the move. Multiple members of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Cynthia Nixon, David Eigenberg’s have a mini ‘Sex and the City’ reunion
FZS/MEGA/GC Images Cynthia Nixon and David Eigenberg had a mini Sex and the City reunion. Nixon took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a photo of her and Eigenberg seemingly on the set of And [Read More…]
Ag News
Year-round E15 legislation reintroduced into Congress
The push for year-round E15 continues. On Thursday, the bicameral, bipartisan Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 was reintroduced into the 119th Congress. If passed, the bill would remove seasonal restrictions from [Read More…]
Ag News
Soy innovation lab closure has impacts for MO
An associate research professor at the University of Missouri says local farmers will feel the impacts of the closure of a Soy Innovation Lab in Illinois. Kerry Clark says U.S. Agency for International Development funding [Read More…]
ABC World News
30 injured in ‘suspected’ vehicle attack in Munich, police say
(Douglas Sacha/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Munich police said at least 30 people, including several children, were injured after a “vehicle drove into a group of people” in the center of the city on Thursday morning. [Read More…]
ABC National News
14 states sue DOGE, blasting Musk’s ‘unprecedented’ power as unconstitutional
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fourteen states have filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, challenging Musk’s role as head of the new Department of Government Efficiency and accusing him of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump signs order to determine reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order calling on his administration to determine “the equivalent of a reciprocal tariff with respect to each foreign trading partner.” “In other [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Reese Witherspoon reveals Lexi Minetree cast as young Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel series
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Amazon Reese Witherspoon announced Thursday that Lexi Minetree has been cast as young Elle Woods in the Legally Blonde prequel series, Elle. Witherspoon, who originated the role in the Legally Blonde [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sadie Sink leads a revolution in trailer for rock opera ‘O’Dessa’
Searchlight Pictures Sadie Sink is on a quest to save a cherished family heirloom in the trailer for O’Dessa. The original rock opera is set to premiere on Hulu on March 13. Written and directed [Read More…]
Ag News
National FFA Week is an opportunity to celebrate ag education
The president of National FFA says members are celebrating ag education. Thaddeus Bergschneider from Illinois says more than one million members are participating in National FFA Week activities. “It’s not only about the members that we [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. Senate confirms secretaries at USDA, Health and Human Services
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Brooke Rollins as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Department of Health and Human Services. Agriculture organizations say there’s a lot [Read More…]
Ag News
Legislation introduced to move Food for Peace program to USDA
A federal foreign food aid program may have new life, thanks to legislation introduced in Congress this week. Is passed, Food for Peace would be moved to the USDA from the shuttered U.S. Agency for [Read More…]
Ag News
Monroe County backyard poultry HPAI positive
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza for the first time in Monroe County near the Ohio border. State offials say the backyard flock is the first detection [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers take tax concerns to Congress
The deputy executive director of the Missouri Soybean Association says farmers are concerned about this year’s expiration of several provisions of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017. Casey Wasser tells Brownfield bonus depreciation, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Governor Larry Rhoden unveils property tax relief legislation
Governor Larry Rhoden announced his plan to address the property tax burden on owner-occupied property in South Dakota: SB 216A. He made the announcement at his weekly legislative press conference, and he was joined by [Read More…]