President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to use a portion of incoming tariff revenue to provide direct relief to U.S. farmers. Trump’s trade wars and lingering effects from Russia’s war in Ukraine have seen agricultural inputs, ranging from fertilizer to machinery, jump significantly in recent years. Furthermore, agriculture remains a particular sticking point […]
(The Center Square) – If the federal government comes through with funding, one of the country’s only uranium enrichment facilities expects to expand. Centrus Energy announced Thursday morning the expansion of its American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, the only facility in the country producing high-assay, low-enriched uranium. The expansion is expected to add 300 full-time jobs […]
Amazon will pay $2.5 billion in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to settle claims that it misled millions of customers into signing up for its Prime membership. The FTC said Thursday that Amazon will pay $1 billion in civil penalties, which marks the largest fine in FTC history, and $1.5 billion to customers […]
(The Center Square) – Tens of thousands of Illinois farmers are facing challenging conditions, with elevated fire risks due to the recent drought. The Illinois Department of Agriculture and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal issued a statement this week urging farmers and agricultural workers to prioritize safety during this year’s harvest. Illinois […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin was graded with a “B” with a $1,100 financial surplus per resident in Truth in Accounting’s new State of the State report. The Wisconsin numbers ranked the state 23rd out of 50 states while 25 states had negative obligations related to pensions and promised health care benefits to government workers. […]
President Donald Trump criticized former FBI Director James Comey as a “bad,” “sick” person as his Justice Department considers indicting him before they are prevented from doing so because of the statute of limitations. Despite Trump repeatedly putting pressure on the likes of Attorney General Pam Bondi to indict his political opponents and Erik Siebert, […]
President Donald Trump‘s unexpected pivot on the Russia-Ukraine War seems to have created headaches for the Kremlin, which has been insisting both that the president is wrong and also still a partner in peace. Following Trump’s dramatic declaration on Tuesday that he believes Ukraine is positioned to “fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in […]
President Donald Trump implored Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cease purchasing oil from Russia as he pushes for a swift end to the battle between Ukraine and Russia. “I’d like to have him stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine,” Trump said on Thursday as the two leaders spoke […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted former Vice President Kamala Harris’s book event on Wednesday night, forcing her to confront the war in Gaza at the first stop of her book tour. Harris’s memoir, 107 Days, was released on Wednesday and details her sprint to the White House after former President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 […]
A new poll shows New Jersey’s gubernatorial candidates, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli, locked in a dead heat with less than two months to the election. The survey from Emerson College, its first of the governor’s race, released Thursday, found both Sherrill and Ciattarelli polling at 43%. It found Sherrill leading with […]
