Year: 2025
ABC National News
Rubio says it’s ‘not our intention’ to uproot USAID workers abroad
Photo by MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Secretary of State Marco Rubio told embassy officials in Guatemala this week that it was “not our intention” to uproot families deployed overseas with USAID, despite the agency [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Service members sue Trump administration over transgender military service ban
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lambda Legal and Human Rights Campaign, two leading LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning transgender [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Border czar’ Tom Homan threatens military action against Mexican cartels if necessary
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — “Border czar” Tom Homan said President Donald Trump won’t hesitate to use the U.S. military if Mexican cartels target American troops on the southern border. “I think the cartels would be foolish [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Federal judge issues 2nd preliminary injunction against Trump birthright citizenship order
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (SEATTLE, Wash.) — A federal judge in Seattle has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship — one day after a judge in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘What’s going to break?’ DOGE staffers ‘scorching the earth’ as they reshape federal government
Photo by Kevin Lamarque – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Before deciding to resign from the Office of Personnel Management, a senior agency official was asked a question by a staffer from Elon Musk’s Department of Government [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Percentage of emergency visits related to fire, smoke inhalation rose eightfold after LA wildfires: Report
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The percentage of emergency department (ED) visits related to fire and smoke inhalation rose dramatically in the days immediately after the Los Angeles wildfires last month, new data published [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sarah Michelle Gellar confirms ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ reboot: ‘This will be for you’
Warner Bros via Getty Images Buffy is coming back. Sarah Michelle Gellar has confirmed she is returning to her iconic character Buffy Summers in a reboot of the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In a [Read More…]
Ag News
Federal milk marketing order changes will affect profitability
An economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) says recently approved changes to the federal milk marketing orders will affect dairy producers’ profitability. Danny Munch says the newly updated system that regulates minimum payments [Read More…]
Ag News
Brownfield introduces Innovations in Agriculture podcast
Brownfield Ag News is introducing a podcast that focuses on the latest advancements and breakthroughs in the agricultural sector. Cyndi Young hosts this weekly podcast featuring interviews about cutting-edge technologies, practices, and research that are [Read More…]
Ag News
Proposed Michigan ag budget targets diagnostics, development
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director says the governor’s 2026 budget will provide more resources to respond to animal disease outbreaks. Tim Boring tells Brownfield, “These investments in biosecurity and disease response are multifaceted.” “It’s standing [Read More…]
Ag News
CME cash dairy prices lower
Cash dairy prices closed lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thursday in sluggish trade. Dry whey down $0.02 at $0.59. Blocks unchanged at $1.86. Barrels unchanged at $1.8050. Butter down $0.01 at $2.40. Seven trades [Read More…]
Ag News
Gains reported for December dairy product production
The USDA says production of most dairy products in December was up on the year, aside from dry milk products, as processors focused on categories with the strongest demand. Total cheese production was nearly 1.2 [Read More…]
ABC World News
4 dead after DOD-contracted aircraft crashes in Philippines
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A DOD-contracted aircraft flying an “intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance” mission crashed in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur, killing all four on board, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Thursday. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Combative’ man restrained by fellow passengers on Frontier Airlines flight after breaking window plexiglass
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (HOUSTON) — A man aboard a Frontier Airlines flight en route to Houston had to be restrained by fellow passengers on Wednesday after he began kicking seats and hitting a window, eventually breaking [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge to consider request to block Trump’s federal government employee buyout
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BOSTON) — As more than two million federal employees face a midnight Thursday deadline to accept the Trump administration’s buyout offer, a federal judge in Massachusetts will consider an eleventh-hour request [Read More…]
ABC National News
Internet-connected cameras made in China may be used to spy on US infrastructure: DHS
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Internet-connected cameras made in China are giving the Chinese government the ability to “conduct espionage or disrupt US critical infrastructure,” according to a Department of Homeland Security bulletin obtained by ABC [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge considering restraining order to block FBI from releasing list of agents who investigated Jan. 6
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Department of Justice and lawyers representing a group of FBI agents involved in investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack were in active negotiations Thursday [Read More…]
ABC National News
Olympics figure skaters to honor DC plane crash victims in tribute show
John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Champion figure skaters are coming together for a tribute show called “Legacy on Ice” to honor the victims of the American Airlines plane crash. The event will be on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Republicans meet with Trump to ‘move the ball forward’ on his agenda
Melina Mara /The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson led a cross-section of House Republicans for a trip down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Wednesday, where they’re huddling with [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Committee vote on Kash Patel’s nomination to be FBI director delayed after Democrats object
Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Senate Judiciary Committee vote on advancing Kash Patel’s nomination to be FBI director was delayed Thursday after Democrats raised objections. The move will require the committee to [Read More…]