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(Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s administration will announce on Friday another $4.28 billion dollars in student loan relief for nearly 55,000 public service workers. The announcement will bring [Read More…]

Democrats dig in while GOP negotiates with themselves as shutdown looms

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday night that Republicans will “regroup” and “come up with another solution” after the government funding bill they negotiated with President-elect Donald Trump that would avert [Read More…]

Teamsters say ‘momentum continues’ as Christmastime strike against Amazon enters 2nd day

WABC (NEW YORK) — As the Teamsters’ cross-country Christmastime strike against Amazon entered its second day on Friday, the union said that “momentum continues to mount” as workers seek “fair treatment” from the online retailer. [Read More…]

Teamsters president to rally with workers as Amazon strike set to go into 2nd day

Amazon workers in New York striking Thursday morning. Image via WABC. (NEW YORK) — Workers affiliated with the Teamsters began striking at Amazon facilities across the country Thursday morning — in what the union calls [Read More…]

Rose Byrne, Meghann Fahy to star in ‘The Good Daughter’ limited series

William Morrow The limited series adaptation of The Good Daughter has found its stars. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Karin Slaughter, the upcoming Peacock series will star Rose Byrne and [Read More…]

Raw oysters linked to norovirus outbreak leaves at least 80 sickened in Los Angeles

Alexander Spatari/Getty Images/STOCK (LOS ANGELES) — An event celebrating the top restaurants in Los Angeles left at least 80 people sickened with norovirus due to an outbreak linked to raw oysters, LA County’s Department of [Read More…]

ICE removed largest number of people in US illegally since 2014: report

Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. immigration authorities in 2024 removed the largest number of people in the country illegally in a decade, according to a new report. In fiscal year 2024, Immigration [Read More…]

Trump endorses GOP leadership’s spending deal that would avert shutdown

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a spending deal that House Republican leadership said it had reached to continue to fund the government through March and avoid a government shutdown at the [Read More…]

‘The Housemaid’ film starring Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney gets release date

Grand Central Publishing The Housemaid film adaptation has a release date. On Thursday, the cast of the upcoming film shared a fun video announcing that the movie is coming to theaters on Dec. 25, 2025. The video, [Read More…]

Rep. Mann applauds decision to remove Kansas from NIETC project

A U.S. Congressman from Kansas is applauding the U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to remove the state from a proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. Tracey Mann tells Brownfield the primary concern for farmers was [Read More…]

Gonzalez named outstanding Wisconsin Ag in Classroom teacher

A second-grade teacher in the Milwaukee Public School system, has been named the 2024 Wisconsin Outstanding Teacher by Wisconsin’s Agriculture in the Classroom program. Ag in the Classroom coordinator Beth Schaefer tells Brownfield Joshua Gonzalez [Read More…]

U.S. Senate passes Water Resources Development Act

The 2024 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) is on its way to the President’s desk to be signed into law. Soy Transportation Coalition executive director Mike Steenhoek says last minute passage by the U.S. Senate [Read More…]

Government funding agreement falls apart, shutdown looms, new deal emerging

Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski says the proposed Continuing Resolution to fund the government, extend the farm bill, and bring disaster aid to producers is stumbling. “I’m very concerned about the fact that an unelected billionaire like [Read More…]

USDA makes additional investments in fertilizer expansion

The USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program is awarding $116 million in grants to eight new projects. Michigan Rural Development Deputy State Director Valarie Handy tells Brownfield nearly 70 percent of this week’s funding announcement has [Read More…]

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FBI says man was plotting attack with Madison school shooting suspect

Scott Olson/Getty Images (CARISBAD, Calif.) — A judge granted a gun violence protective order against a Carlsbad, California, man who authorities allege was communicating with the Abundant Life Christian School shooting suspect. Carlsbad police filed the [Read More…]

Judge in Uvalde criminal case denies motion to dismiss charges, sets tentative trial date

Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images, FILE A judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges in the Uvalde, Texas, criminal case stemming from the 2022 mass shooting and has set a tentative trial date. Former Uvalde [Read More…]

Democrats dig in while GOP negotiates with themselves as shutdown looms

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — GOP House leaders and Vice-President-elect JD Vance continue to meet behind closed doors in Speaker Mike Johnson’s office Thursday to craft a path forward and reach a budget deal — [Read More…]

Trump says he gave permission to Elon Musk to trash GOP-proposed spending bill on X

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, after rejecting House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avoid a government shutdown, worked the phones on Thursday, showing wavering confidence in Johnson and claiming he is aligned [Read More…]

‘Ghostbusters’ animated film coming from Sony Animation, Netflix: Report

Sony Who you gonna call? Sony Animation and Netflix are teaming up for a Ghostbusters animated film, Deadline reports. While plot details are under wraps and the project is currently in early development, Kris Pearn [Read More…]

Tom Holland on working with Zendaya: ‘Best thing that’s ever happened to me’