Month: April 2025
ABC Politics News
‘Made up emergency’: Democrats try to block Trump tariffs on Canada
Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on the Senate to keep the United States’ tariffs on Canada in place — hours before Democrats in the upper chamber could [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Melania Trump honors women who bring ‘progress for all of humanity’
Pool via ABC News (WASHINGTON) — First lady Melania Trump honored women from around the world during an award ceremony at the State Department, calling the eight honorees’ love “a powerful catalyst” for their work [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paul Rudd says he ‘turned into a 15-year-old’ when Miley Cyrus shouted him out onstage
Miley Cyrus: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Paul Rudd: Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Why is Paul Rudd so beloved? It may be because the seemingly ageless actor is just like us: He’s a fan, too. [Read More…]
Ag News
Grain markets move higher on Tuesday
Soybeans ended the day higher, with May contracts up 19 and ½ cents at $10.34 and 1/4. Markets also found support from sharply higher bean oil. The USDA’s announcement of funding for the administration’s biofuel [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota PCA begins feedlot rulemaking process
A rulemaking process that will have implications for Minnesota livestock producers is underway. Minnesota Pork Producers Association director of public policy strategy and sustainability Lauren Servick tells Brownfield the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has initiated [Read More…]
Ag News
Produce prescriptions top request for MAHA nutrition policies
The International Fresh Produce Association is calling for the Trump administration to prioritize fruit and vegetable consumption as part of its new Make America Healthy Again Commission. Nutrition and Health Vice President Mollie Van Lieu [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 1, 2025
May corn closed at $4.61 and 3/4, up 4 and 1/2 centsMay soybeans closed at $10.34 and 1/4, up 19 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $292.30, down 40 centsMay soybean oil closed at [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rule to block Rep. Luna’s plan for proxy voting for new parents fails in House
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted on Tuesday to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Mass layoffs begin at HHS with far-reaching impacts on public health
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Employees at the Department of Health and Human Services began to receive notices of mass layoffs on Tuesday, days after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 people [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump nominee to be top general denies wearing MAGA hat
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Retired Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, denied on Tuesday that he has ever worn a [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Canada vows retaliatory tariffs if Trump escalates trade war: ‘We will respond’
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Canada vowed to respond with retaliatory tariffs if President Donald Trump slaps additional levies on Canadian goods as part of an expected announcement of sweeping new tariffs on Wednesday. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ trailer unites the franchise
Sony Pictures/Jonathan Wenk The new trailer for Karate Kid: Legends has arrived. The latest installment in the franchise follows kung fu prodigy Li Fong, played by Ben Wang, who moves to New York City to attend a new [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
No, Megan Fox & Machine Gun Kelly’s baby isn’t named Celestial Seed
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy At this point, it seems that no celebrity baby name would be too shocking. Even still, Machine Gun Kelly would like you to know that his baby with [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Holland’s upcoming ‘Spider-Man’ film gets title and release date
Columbia Pictures/Marvel Studios The adventures of Peter Parker continue, with the new Spider-Man film officially getting a title and release date. Spider-Man: Brand New Day will serve as the title for the forthcoming project slated [Read More…]
Ag News
Rollins acknowledges trade “on everyone’s mind” during Iowa visit
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture made clear the administration understands farmers are nervous about tariff retaliation during a stop in Iowa Monday. Brooke Rollins was the keynote speaker at the Iowa Ag Leaders Dinner in [Read More…]
Ag News
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovations looks to the future of ag
A curator at the Henry Ford Museum says drone technology and ‘AI’ are now being preserved as great agricultural innovations. Debra Reid oversees agriculture and environment collections. She tells Brownfield agriculture was key to Henry [Read More…]
Ag News
2025 affiliate radio station KNUJ Farm Forum
Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp moderates the 2025 affiliate radio station KNUJ Farm Forum. The post 2025 affiliate radio station KNUJ Farm Forum appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
ABC World News
Remains of 4th missing US soldier found in Lithuania
U.S. Army (PABRADĖ, Lithuania) — The fourth U.S. Army soldier who went missing during a scheduled training exercise near Pabradė, Lithuania, last week was found dead on Tuesday, according to the Army. “The Soldier was found after [Read More…]
ABC World News
US pledges $2 million for Myanmar quake, but China already filled the void
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command military personnel continue to work alongside Thai military and first responders near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok, Thailand, which fell after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, March 28, 2025. (U.S. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Woman pulled alive out of Myanmar earthquake rubble after 91 hours: Officials
Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via Getty Images (MANDALAY CITY, MYANMAR) — A 63-year-old woman was pulled alive from under the rubble Tuesday about 91 hours after Myanmar was struck by a devastating, 7.7 magnitude earthquake, the [Read More…]