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Migrants deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison sent to Venezuela in prison swap, Bukele says
(VENEZUELA) — The more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s mega-prison in March have left El Salvador to be sent to Venezuela as part of a prisoner [Read More…]

Trump suggests there is no ‘smoking gun’ in the Jeffrey Epstein files
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday suggested there is no “smoking gun” in the Jeffrey Epstein files as he seeks to downplay a case that’s long animated his MAGA [Read More…]

Late-night TV hosts react to ‘Late Show’ cancellation
CBS Photo Archive via Getty Images Late-night TV hosts and celebrities are reacting to news of the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and the entire franchise, effective May 2026. Jimmy Kimmel, host [Read More…]

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: July 18, 2025
Sep. corn closed at $4.08 and 1/2, up 6 and 1/2 centsAug. soybeans closed at $10.27 and 3/4, up 6 and 1/4 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $274.00, up $5.30Aug. soybean oil closed at 55.82, [Read More…]

Live and feeder cattle futures close lower, lean hog futures higher
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were lower, waiting for the rest of the week’s direct business after light trade Thursday. Also, boxed beef is showing signs of softening, when compared [Read More…]

Soybeans, corn up on weather concerns
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, adding to the weekly gains. Forecasts have hot, dry weather on tap for some key growing areas. It remains to be seen how long the pattern [Read More…]

Vomitoxin research funding being considered in House Appropriations
The government affairs advocate for Beck’s Hybrids says research funding in the U.S. House Appropriations Bill could help farmers combat mycotoxins. Kala Jenkins says this is the first year Congress is considering funding specifically for [Read More…]

China looking elsewhere for sorghum
U.S. sorghum is in the crosshairs as China responds to tariff threats by the Trump administration. U.S. Grains Council CEO Ryan LeGrand says Chinese buyers are looking elsewhere. “China imported about 70 percent of the [Read More…]

Kate Beckinsale shares tribute honoring late mother Judy Loe
Jon Furniss/WireImage via Getty Images Kate Beckinsale has shared a tribute to her late mother, Judy Loe. The actress mourned the death of her mom in a post shared to Instagram on Thursday. Loe died [Read More…]

‘John Proctor is the Villain’ film on the way from producer Tina Fey
John Lamparski/Getty Images A film adaptation of John Proctor is the Villain is on the way. Tina Fey and Marc Platt are producing a movie based on the hit Broadway play John Proctor is the [Read More…]

Trump administration unfreezes $1B in after-school funding: Source
William Campbell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has unfrozen over a billion dollars for critical after-school and summer education programming, a senior administration official told ABC News. “The programmatic review is over for 21st [Read More…]

Bondi says she’ll try to unseal Epstein grand jury records; the process could be long
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Facing uproar from his MAGA base over the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Donald Trump has called for Attorney General Pam Bondi “to produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony, [Read More…]

Another Biden aide invokes Fifth Amendment in deposition before House panel
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Annie Tomasini on Friday became the third Biden administration official to plead the Fifth Amendment in a House panel’s investigation into former President Joe Biden’s mental fitness and use of [Read More…]

Trump to sign 1st major federal cryptocurrency bill into law
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is slated Friday to sign the first major federal law governing cryptocurrency, a business that Trump’s family have begun forging strong ties to and have promoted in [Read More…]

Fashion tech executive arrested for alleged $300 million fraud
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Christine Hunsicker, the founder of clothing-rental company CaaStle, was arrested Friday on federal fraud charges accusing her of cheating investors out of $300 million. Federal prosecutors for the Southern [Read More…]

3 sheriff’s deputies killed in explosion at law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles
An incident was reported at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau compound in East Los Angeles, July 18, 2025. KABC (LOS ANGELES) — Three Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were killed in [Read More…]

Learning about tassel wrapping in real time, agronomist says
An extension agronomist says there are some pollination concerns across parts of the Corn Belt. Meaghan Anderson with Iowa State University says several Midwestern states have some reported cases of what she calls “tassel wrapping” [Read More…]

USDA limits specialty sugar imports
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will not allow additional specialty sugar imports into the U.S. during the next fiscal year. The Foreign Agricultural Service this week announced the annual tariff-rate quotas—or TRQs—for imports [Read More…]

Economist concerned about struggling farm equipment market
An ag economist says the farm equipment market is struggling. Ernie Goss with Creighton University says the latest Rural Mainstreet Index revealed higher input costs, tight credit conditions, and low farm commodity prices are having [Read More…]

Strong export demand could impact corn market
An ag economist at Purdue University says export demand could help stabilize the market for farmers continuing to face economic uncertainty. Michael Langemeier says corn exports remain strong. “Part of that’s due to low corn [Read More…]