Month: February 2025
Ag News
Tax discussion will affect ag
The senior director of government affairs with Invariant says several provisions of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire this year. Danielle Beck tells Brownfield many of them affect agriculture. [Read More…]
Ag News
Volatile start to 2025
It’s been a volatile first month of the year for grain markets. Shane Holtorf with Iowa-based Logic Ag Marketing says 2024 ended quietly. “Not much volatility in the markets, you were able to buy options [Read More…]
Ag News
Rollins gets unanimous support from Ag Committee
President Trump’s nominee for Agriculture Secretary received unanimous support from the Senate Ag Committee. All 23 committee members voted to approve Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA. During her nomination hearing last week, Rollins told [Read More…]
ABC World News
5 shot at adult education facility in Sweden, police say
Kicki Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Image (LONDON) — At least five people were shot on Tuesday at an adult education facility in Orebro, Sweden, police said. “The extent of the injuries is unclear,” police [Read More…]
ABC World News
DHS expected to end deportation protection for nearly 350,000 Venezuelans under TPS
Venezuelan community leaders speak to the media as they protest against the suspension of Temporary Protected Status in Doral, Fla., Feb. 3, 2025. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 350,000 Venezuelans who gained [Read More…]
ABC National News
Amid search for victims, crews begin delicate removal of wreckage from the Potomac
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Even as crews continued to comb the Potomac River for the remains of victims, the Army Corps of Engineers began on Monday the delicate task of removing from the frigid [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate Finance Committee advances RFK Jr.’s nomination to be Trump’s health secretary
Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Paid administrative hell’: Some Department of Education staff put on leave after Trump’s DEI reversal
Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of Department of Education employees received letters as business hours closed Friday placing them on administrative leave, according to a copy of one letter obtained by [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Marco Rubio says El Salvador’s president agrees to house US criminals in his country’s jails
Mark Schiefelbein / POOL AP / AFP (WASHINGTON) — United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and said the Central American nation has agreed to not only take [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump to hold private dinner with Republican senators at Mar-A-Lago on Friday
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is continuing his outreach to Senate Republicans — critical to advancing his Cabinet nominees and aggressive agenda. ABC News has exclusively obtained an invitation sent to GOP [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump order to dismantle the education department in the works, sources say
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump could soon sign an executive order directing the secretary of education to dismantle the federal Department of Education, according to sources briefed on drafts of the order [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Trump’s tariffs threaten job losses, experts say. These may be the hardest hit
Logan Cyrus/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Autoworkers, farmers and alcohol distillers are among a set of U.S. workers who risk losing their jobs as a result of potential tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ trailer out now: Watch here
Marvel Studios The first trailer for Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps has arrived. The stars of the film, including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, helped debut the highly anticipated trailer [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Heidi Klum departs ‘America’s Got Talent’ season 20 and more
Heidi Klum is departing the judges table for the upcoming 20th season of America’s Got Talent. Taking her place is returning judge Mel B, who previously appeared on the show for seasons 8 through 13. [Read More…]
Ag News
Driving Demand to Help Mitigate Risk
The Beef Checkoff is designed to promote, educate, and research beef with the ultimate goal of increasing demand for beef in domestic and global markets. In this episode, Tammy Bartholomew, secretary of the Missouri Beef [Read More…]
Ag News
Exporting Michigan Soybeans
In this Pods for Profit, U.S. Soybean Export Council CEO Jim Sutter offers perspective on where Michigan soybeans are being exported to and the supply chain that gets them there. The post Exporting Michigan Soybeans [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota Soybean president encouraged by tariff suspension
A state commodity group leader is encouraged by reports tariffs imposed by the U.S. on Mexico are being suspended for a month. Minnesota Soybean Growers Association president Darin Johnson tells Brownfield the Trump administration has [Read More…]
ABC World News
Why shutting down USAID could have major impacts on Gaza aid
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — International aid organizations are warning that humanitarian efforts in Gaza would be severely impacted if the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is shut down by Elon Musk’s Department [Read More…]
ABC World News
China counters Trump by announcing new tariffs, saying it ‘firmly opposes’ US plan
Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images (HONG KONG and LONDON) — Select American goods imported into China will be subject to tariffs of up to 15%, Chinese officials said Tuesday, as they rolled out a series [Read More…]
ABC World News
Wisconsin man dies after inhaler cost jumps $500, according to family’s lawsuit
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (APPLETON, WI) — A young Wisconsin man died from an asthma attack after the price of his inhaler skyrocketed nearly $500, according to a lawsuit filed by his family. Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, [Read More…]