USDA previews plan for bird flu
Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is outlining a new strategy she says will mitigate the spread of bird flu and lower egg prices.
U.S. economy
Consumer confidence plunges amid inflation fears
According to several recent surveys, many Americans are worried about their wallets.
House Speaker Mike Johnson tries to push Trump’s ‘big’ agenda forward, but GOP votes are in jeopardy
House Speaker Mike Johnson will try against the odds to muscle a Republican budget blueprint to passage this week, a step toward delivering President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts over stiff opposition from Democrats — and even some Republicans.
U.S. turns to Turkey for eggs
The current U.S. egg shortage has led businesses to look for supply beyond our borders.
USDA scholarship for students at historically Black colleges suspended
A federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities has been put on hold.
The Trump administration is putting USAID staffers on leave worldwide and firing at least 1,600
The Trump administration moved its fast-paced dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development toward what appeared to be its final phases, telling all but a fraction of staffers worldwide that they were on leave as of Monday and notifying at least 1,600 of the U.S.-based staffers they were being fired.
Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments
Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired.
Trump backs idea to send some DOGE savings to American citizens
President Donald Trump said that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend.
Trump plans to impose 25% tariffs on autos, chips and pharmaceuticals
President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of around 25% on auto imports as well as semiconductor chips and pharmaceuticals shipped to the United States.
Americans finding it harder to pay off debt
Americans are finding it more difficult to pay off their debt, and in some cases have not been this overextended since the aftermath of the great recession.
