Month: February 2025

Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s administration is filling one of the State Department’s top positions with a controversial conservative journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories related to the Jan. [Read More…]

Treasury Dept. gives Elon Musk’s team access to federal payment system: Sources

Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Treasury Department has given Elon Musk and representatives of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team access to the vast federal payment system responsible for handling trillions of dollars [Read More…]

Ahead of Kennedy confirmation vote, Senate Democrats demand more details on his finances

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With a committee vote scheduled Tuesday for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Senate Democrats are demanding more details on [Read More…]

‘Dog Man’ digs up #1 box office debut

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust Dog Man is sitting and staying at the top of the box office. The animated adaptation of the children’s graphic novel series, starring a police officer with the [Read More…]

Luka Doncic to the Lakers, Anthony Davis to the Mavs in blockbuster trade

Luka Doncic led Dallas to the NBA Finals last season. Anthony Davis won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. They’re switching teams now — in an absolute blockbuster. Doncic is being traded by the [Read More…]

Jackrabbits Stay Perfect in Summit League with Win at Omaha

OMAHA – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team saw 10 players score on its way to a 93-63 rout of Omaha Saturday afternoon at Baxter Arena. The Jackrabbits jumped out to an 8-0 lead over [Read More…]

North Dakota Ends 18 Game Losing Streak to South Dakota State

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – North Dakota produced a torrid first half offensively and maintained its advantage the final 20 minutes to complete an 80-75 victory over South Dakota State on Saturday, Feb. 1, in front of [Read More…]

Larkins moves into third on all-time scoring list, Yotes defeat North Dakota 76-66 Saturday

February 2, 2025 J.P. Skelly

VERMILLION, S.D. — Grace Larkins finished one point shy of becoming the first player in program history with two 40-point games as South Dakota women’s basketball defeated North Dakota 76-66 Saturday afternoon in Vermillion. Three weeks after [Read More…]

Top SD environmental regulator says Biden-era law created ‘water renaissance’ in state

South Dakota Searchlight-By Seth Tupper Though he didn’t credit the Biden administration by name, South Dakota’s top environmental official recently praised one of the administration’s laws for spurring a “water renaissance that was overdue” in [Read More…]

USDA’s APHIS announces the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico

February 1, 2025 nedvedmedia

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico. In late November, APHIS halted shipments of Mexican cattle and bison after a positive detection of [Read More…]

Trump administration announces tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China

February 1, 2025 nedvedmedia

President Trump has signed three Executive Orders imposing new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. The tariffs are set to begin Tuesday. New 25 percent duties will apply to all imports from Mexico and Canada [Read More…]

Medical transport jet was in the air for less than a minute before crash in Philadelphia: NTSB

Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A small medical transport jet carrying a child and her mother along with four other people was in the air for less than a minute after taking off from Northeast [Read More…]

Third Black Hawk soldier killed in DC crash identified

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Army identified Saturday the third soldier on the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the midair crash over the Potomac River Wednesday night as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach. Lobach, of [Read More…]

US orders airstrikes against ISIS targets in Somalia

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States used manned fighter jets to conduct an airstrike against Islamic State targets in Somalia on Saturday, three U.S. officials told ABC News on Saturday. President Donald Trump [Read More…]

Multiple health agency websites on HIV, contraception taken down to comply with executive orders