Month: June 2025
ABC Politics News
Senate GOP ‘frustrated’ by parliamentarian’s Medicaid ruling in Trump’s bill — but won’t overrule her
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many Republican senators dismissed the idea of overruling the Senate parliamentarian after she rejected key Medicaid provisions in Trump’s tax and immigration bill Thursday, which dealt a blow to Republicans’ [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump admin launches full-court press defending Iran strikes as questions remain
Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday offered enthusiastic praise of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s briefing at the Pentagon, where he provided more information about the U.S. strikes on Iran and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted 5-1 on Thursday to recommend against [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Disney announces ‘Lilo & Stitch 2’ in development
Disney You can bring your Ohana to see even more Stitch in theaters sometime soon. Disney has announced plans for a second live-action Lilo & Stitch film. The reveal was made on Thursday, June 26, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Emma Stone stars in teaser trailer for new Yorgos Lanthimos film ‘Bugonia’
Atsushi Nishijima/Focus Features The teaser trailer for Emma Stone‘s latest film collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos has arrived. Focus Features released the first trailer for Lanthimos’ film Bugonia on Thursday. The movie, which arrives in theaters [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Zak Starkey offers advice to Barry Keoghan on playing his dad Ringo Starr: ‘Get a big rubber nose’
Photo credit Keoghan: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Photo Credit Starr: Disney/Randy Holmes Barry Keoghan is set to play Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics, and Ringo’s son, drummer Zak Starkey, has some thoughts about the casting. [Read More…]
Ag News
Proactive approach to fungicide
An agronomist encourages farmers to consider a proactive approach to fungicide use. Darrin Holder with Winfield United says there’s a growing database that shows a favorable return on investment. “I tell people all the time, [Read More…]
Ag News
Klobuchar joins governors in expressing SNAP cut concerns
The Ranking Member of the Senate Ag Committee has concerns about proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Amy Klobuchar says the One Big Beautiful Bill would raise grocery costs for many families. “Take [Read More…]
Ag News
23 US pork plants approved to export to China
The U.S. Meat Export Federation says recent trade cooperation between the U.S. and China has led to a boost for U.S. pork producers. USMEF’s Joe Schuele tells Brownfield that 23 pork processing plants have been [Read More…]
Ag News
Cash dairy prices steady to higher Thursday
Cash dairy prices were steady-to-higher Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.01 at $0.5775. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $1.61. Seventeen sales were recorded on both [Read More…]
Ag News
South-central Iowa rains beneficial to crop, livestock producers
A south-central Iowa farmer says the amount of rain his farm received this week was a pleasant surprise. Steve Kuiper raises corn and soybeans in Marion County. He tells Brownfield some parts of the county [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court decision bolsters efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said individual Medicaid recipients do not have a right to sue over their state’s decision to cut off Planned Parenthood from the government-funded health insurance [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate parliamentarian blocks Medicaid changes in Trump’s bill — a blow to GOP
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate’s rule enforcer dealt a major blow to Senate Republicans Thursday morning by ruling a key Medicaid provision in the megabill that advances President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda is out of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Zohran Mamdani tells ABC News he plans to win over moderate Dems, other voters after upset in NYC mayoral primary
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, told ABC News in a wide-ranging interview aired Wednesday that he plans to win over moderate voters — even as [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump, Hegseth slam news coverage of US intel report on Iran attack, say B-2 pilots upset
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday both continued to counter a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment that the attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities did [Read More…]
ABC National News
Wife of Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect speaks out: ‘Completely blindsided’
Minnesota State Capitol building. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minn.) — The wife of accused Minnesota lawmaker gunman Vance Boelter said she’s “completely blindsided” by the shootings allegedly carried out by her husband. “On behalf of my [Read More…]
ABC National News
Severe storms hit the Midwest and Southeast as more heat targets the East: Latest
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Relief from the extreme heat is moving in for some cities on Thursday, but more than 60 million people in the East are still on alert for dangerously high temperatures. Meanwhile, severe [Read More…]
ABC National News
5 killed after train hits vehicle that allegedly attempted to go around crossing gate
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (GARY, Ind.) — Five people have been killed after a train hit their vehicle when the driver allegedly went around the crossing gate, authorities said. The incident occurred near Highway [Read More…]
Latest News
Hail Hunters headed north from Pierre
A group of meteorologists and scientists studying hail in severe thunderstorms made an overnight stop in Pierre Wednesday night. ICECHIP 2025 stands for In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail in the Plains. Using [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC vaccine advisory panel to study child immunization schedule, recommends RSV shot for babies
Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee voted on Thursday to recommend infants receive a newer monoclonal antibody shot for respiratory [Read More…]