Year: 2025
ABC Politics News
Trump and Senate Republicans still divided on how to implement his agenda
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump appeared ambivalent about the debate over whether to craft two legislative attempts to reshape fiscal policy [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says he could have won 2024 election, undecided on issuing preemptive pardons
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden believes he could have won the 2024 election if he had decided to stay in the race, he told USA Today in a wide-ranging interview. “It’s presumptuous to say [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jeremy Strong calls Springsteen movie ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’ one of his ‘greatest working experiences’
Disney/Randy Holmes Succession’s Jeremy Strong is set to play Bruce Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau in the upcoming movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, and he tells Deadline working on the film has “been one of the greatest [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump pays his respects to Jimmy Carter at the Capitol
Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects to former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday at the Capitol Rotunda. Trump is set to meet with Senate Republicans later Wednesday to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
LA wildfires halt production on ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Disney/Gilles Mingasson The deadly wildfires that continue to rage in Los Angeles County are disrupting scheduled awards season events and the filming of several TV shows. ABC suspended production on the shows Grey’s Anatomy and [Read More…]
Ag News
Low river levels remain a concern for inland waterways
Low river levels are expected to be a concern for the U.S. inland waterway system again in 2025. Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition says there was improvement following a dry summer across much [Read More…]
Ag News
Weather, migratory activity affecting H5N1 spread
An animal disease specialist says the recent uptick in avian influenza outbreaks is in part due to the milder winter weather. Dr. Keith Poulsen with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Center tells Brownfield many lakes and [Read More…]
Ag News
Optimism for 2025 ag land market
The senior vice president of real estate operations at Farmers National Company (FNC) says there are positive signs for the ag land market heading into 2025. Paul Shadegg tells Brownfield, “Every now and then we [Read More…]
ABC National News
California fires live updates: Unprecedented, deadly blazes explode in size
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least two people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Tens [Read More…]
ABC National News
Documentary explores death row inmate’s attempt to connect with victim’s son
Getty/James C. Cooper (NEW YORK) — John Henry Ramirez was executed in Texas in 2022 after being convicted of murder in the 2004 death of 46-year-old Pablo Castro. In her documentary “I am Ready, Warden,” director Smriti [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas prepares for severe winter storm
Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images (TEXAS) — As Texas prepares for severe winter weather, Gov. Greg Abbott expressed confidence Wednesday in the state’s power grid. Frigid temperatures — along with snow, sleet and freezing rain — [Read More…]
ABC National News
A perfect storm of weather and climate conditions led to the severity of the California fires
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (CALIFORNIA) — A perfect storm of weather and climate conditions led to the severity of the wildfires devastating Southern California. At least two people are dead and several others injured as the Palisades, [Read More…]
ABC National News
California wildfires maps show evacuations, power outages, air quality
Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires are tearing through thousands of acres in Los Angeles County in California, as strong Santa Ana winds stoke the blazes. The Palisades Fire has impacted more than 2,920 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump to meet with GOP senators to get ‘on the same page’ to advance his agenda
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Wednesday to try to get lawmakers “on the same page” on how to advance some of his major policy initiatives [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Action-packed ‘Reacher’ season 3 trailer arrives
Sophie Giraud/Prime The trailer for season 3 of Reacher has arrived. Additionally, the first three episodes of the thriller series will drop on Prime Video on Feb. 20. In the third season of the action [Read More…]
Ag News
Wheat continues to grind lower, soybeans, corn also down
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Any crop loss related to weather stress in Argentina should be canceled out by a big crop in Brazil. While parts of southern Brazil are dry, [Read More…]
Ag News
Broiler hatchery numbers continue faster pace
The weekly broiler hatchery numbers started 2025 a lot like they ended 2024. The USDA says 248.175 million eggs went into incubation last week, up 716,000 from the previous week and 4% above a year [Read More…]
Ag News
December in Wisconsin warm, mostly dry
December was warm and dry for Wisconsin. The USDA says average statewide temperatures were nearly 5 degrees above normal, while precipitation was just under usual levels, with some farmers reporting concerns about the effects of [Read More…]
Ag News
Widely mixed soil moisture in Tennessee
Late December rain pulled soil moisture levels in Tennessee above a year ago. The USDA says that while the western portions of the state have adequate to surplus sub and topsoil moisture, pulling state averages [Read More…]
Ag News
South Dakota starts 2025 very dry
Most of South Dakota started the year with low soil moisture levels. The USDA says 79% of the state is short to very short of soil moisture, with conditions across all of South Dakota ranging [Read More…]