Month: March 2025
ABC Politics News
EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Environmental Protection Agency staff members across the country have been told by supervisors they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to supervise and monitor, according to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
AG Bondi to report back to Trump on whether Biden policies infringe on 2nd Amendment
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The deadline has quietly passed on Attorney General Pam Bondi delivering a report to President Donald Trump on whether any leftover Biden administration policies infringe on Americans’ right to bear [Read More…]
Ag News
ECAP assistance expected to start next week
The USDA is expected to roll out the first round of Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) funds starting next week. Brooke Appleton, USDA’s deputy under secretary for farm production and conservation, says the funding was allocated [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ceasefire ‘in Russia’s hands,’ Ukraine says after US meeting in Saudi Arabia
State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The prospects for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine are “in Moscow’s hands,” a top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following successful U.S.-Ukraine talks in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge blocks parts of Trump executive order that targeted Perkins Coie law firm
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Wednesday entered an emergency order barring the Trump administration from implementing major parts of its executive order that sought to target the law firm [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Upsetting’: Civil servants across the US part of Department of Education’s mass layoffs
Win Mcnamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education’s mass layoffs on Tuesday affected some 1,315 employees — including civil servants around the country who are now left wondering who will advocate for those they served. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
After hitting Ukraine hard on peace talks, how far will Trump go to pressure Putin?
Photo by Kremlin Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump‘s “trust” in Russia’s Vladimir Putin now faces a major test as the world waits for Moscow to respond to a 30-day ceasefire [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pentagon ‘cherry picked’ studies to support transgender service member ban, judge says
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge spent Wednesday morning grilling a Department of Justice lawyer about the legality of the Pentagon’s transgender service member ban, repeatedly suggesting the policy relies on a flawed understanding [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sadie Sink joins Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man 4’
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Sadie Sink is slinging into Spider-Man 4. The actress, known for playing Max on Stranger Things, is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the fourth Tom Holland Spider-Man film, Deadline reports. ABC [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Disney unveils live-action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ official trailer
Disney Fans of Lilo & Stitch are saying “Aloha” to the first official trailer for the live-action reimagining of the animated classic. Disney unveiled the first trailer for the highly anticipated film on Wednesday. The [Read More…]
Latest News
Mitchell CTE student “takes the cake” in state wide culinary competition
Teams of South Dakota high school students put their culinary and hospitality management skills to the test at the 2025 South Dakota ProStart Invitational, held March 11 in Pierre. Champion high schools include Mitchell CTE, [Read More…]
Latest News
Final Ballot Explanation Released for Proposed Draft Constitutional Amendment on Legislative Changes to Initiatives
The final ballot explanation for a draft constitutional amendment, proposed by Rick Weiland of Sioux Falls, that would require legislative changes to initiatives and referendum procedures be approved by a vote of the people has [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope’s condition remains ‘stationary’ on 27th day in hospital, Vatican says
Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON and ROME) — Pope Francis’ condition remained “stationary” on Wednesday, with tests confirming his improvement, according to the Vatican. A chest X-ray performed on Tuesday confirmed improvements recorded over [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ceasefire ‘in Russia’s hands,’ Ukraine says after US meeting in Saudi Arabia
State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The prospects for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine are “in Moscow’s hands,” a top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following successful U.S.-Ukraine talks in [Read More…]
ABC World News
21 passengers killed on Pakistani train after hundreds taken hostage
Mazhar Chandio/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Twenty-one passengers were killed after a train in Pakistan was attacked and hundreds were taken hostage by the militant Balochistan Liberation Army on Tuesday, according to the Pakistani [Read More…]
ABC World News
Satellite appears to show new highway cutting through Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Satellite images appear to show a new highway cutting through the rainforest in the Brazilian state set to host the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
ICE arrests over 32,000 migrants in US illegally in 1st 50 days
Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has arrested over 32,000 migrants who are living in the United States without legal status since Jan. 21, according to Department of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US to require Canadians who are in the country for longer than 30 days to register with government
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Canadians who are in the United States for 30 days or longer and cross the land border will soon have to register their information with the U.S. government, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation cools in first full month of Trump term but egg prices soar
Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer prices rose 2.8% in February compared to a year ago, easing slightly over the first full month under President Donald Trump and offering welcome news for markets roiled [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘This Is Spinal Tap’ sequel, ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’, to be released in September
Pete Cronin/Redferns/Getty Images The long-awaited sequel to This Is Spinal Tap now has a release date. Variety reports that the film, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, which reunites director Rob Reiner with stars Christopher Guest, [Read More…]