Year: 2025
ABC Politics News
RFK Jr. passes key Senate panel vote to advance health secretary nomination
Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Gabbard gains support from 3 key GOP senators ahead of confirmation vote
Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to vote on former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence in a closed-door session Tuesday afternoon. The vote follows [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
New York attorney general calls on state health care providers to continue gender-affirming care
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to health care providers, calling on medical institutions to continue providing gender-affirming care amid reports, according the [Read More…]
Latest News
Vanessa Klock Named Cycle Source Magazine’s Woman of the Year
From: Cycle Source Magazine Vanessa Klock, CFO and Vice President of Klock Werks, has been honored with Cycle Source Magazine’s Woman of the Year Award in recognition of her leadership and contributions to the motorcycle [Read More…]
Latest News
Lutheran Social Services calls Musk’s illegal payment claims ‘completely baseless’
BY STU WHITNEY South Dakota News Watch The leader of South Dakota’s primary refugee resettlement program has condemned online attacks by tech billionaire Elon Musk regarding the legality of the organization’s federal funding. Rebecca Kiesow-Knudsen, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ sequel series nearing pilot order with Sarah Michelle Gellar returning
Warner Bros via Getty Images A sequel series to Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Sarah Michelle Gellar back in the iconic title role appears to be nearing a pilot order at Hulu, Good Morning America [Read More…]
Ag News
China targets ag equipment in retaliatory measures
China is planning to implement new tariffs on agricultural equipment next week as part of its retaliation to new U.S. duties. Chinese leaders say President Trump’s tariffs violate World Trade Organization rules and they will [Read More…]
Ag News
Some tariffs on hold, but concern remains
President Trump’s proposed tariffs on Mexico and Canada are on hold, but there is still concern about what happens if the tariffs become a reality. Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition tells Brownfield when [Read More…]
Ag News
Tax discussion will affect ag
The senior director of government affairs with Invariant says several provisions of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire this year. Danielle Beck tells Brownfield many of them affect agriculture. [Read More…]
Ag News
Volatile start to 2025
It’s been a volatile first month of the year for grain markets. Shane Holtorf with Iowa-based Logic Ag Marketing says 2024 ended quietly. “Not much volatility in the markets, you were able to buy options [Read More…]
Ag News
Rollins gets unanimous support from Ag Committee
President Trump’s nominee for Agriculture Secretary received unanimous support from the Senate Ag Committee. All 23 committee members voted to approve Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA. During her nomination hearing last week, Rollins told [Read More…]
ABC World News
5 shot at adult education facility in Sweden, police say
Kicki Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Image (LONDON) — At least five people were shot on Tuesday at an adult education facility in Orebro, Sweden, police said. “The extent of the injuries is unclear,” police [Read More…]
ABC World News
DHS expected to end deportation protection for nearly 350,000 Venezuelans under TPS
Venezuelan community leaders speak to the media as they protest against the suspension of Temporary Protected Status in Doral, Fla., Feb. 3, 2025. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 350,000 Venezuelans who gained [Read More…]
ABC National News
Amid search for victims, crews begin delicate removal of wreckage from the Potomac
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Even as crews continued to comb the Potomac River for the remains of victims, the Army Corps of Engineers began on Monday the delicate task of removing from the frigid [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate Finance Committee advances RFK Jr.’s nomination to be Trump’s health secretary
Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services under President Donald Trump. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Paid administrative hell’: Some Department of Education staff put on leave after Trump’s DEI reversal
Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of Department of Education employees received letters as business hours closed Friday placing them on administrative leave, according to a copy of one letter obtained by [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Marco Rubio says El Salvador’s president agrees to house US criminals in his country’s jails
Mark Schiefelbein / POOL AP / AFP (WASHINGTON) — United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and said the Central American nation has agreed to not only take [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump to hold private dinner with Republican senators at Mar-A-Lago on Friday
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is continuing his outreach to Senate Republicans — critical to advancing his Cabinet nominees and aggressive agenda. ABC News has exclusively obtained an invitation sent to GOP [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump order to dismantle the education department in the works, sources say
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump could soon sign an executive order directing the secretary of education to dismantle the federal Department of Education, according to sources briefed on drafts of the order [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Trump’s tariffs threaten job losses, experts say. These may be the hardest hit
Logan Cyrus/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Autoworkers, farmers and alcohol distillers are among a set of U.S. workers who risk losing their jobs as a result of potential tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, [Read More…]