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New corn growers’ leader calls for year-round ethanol fuel, more markets

The new president of a key corn growers' lobby on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to find new markets for U.S. agricultural products as farmers struggle with low crop prices, foreign trade barriers and high fertilizer and equipment costs.

Virginia governor’s race tightens to 3-point margin, new poll shows

A new poll on the Virginia gubernatorial race shows the contest narrowing, with Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears just three points behind Democrat Abigail Spanberger.

Trump’s new tariff blitz targets sectors like pharma and trucks, skirts Supreme Court fight

President Trump is leaning heavily into tariff powers that allow him to tax imported timber from Canada, furniture from Asia and heavy trucks from Germany without fearing a reversal from the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court allows Fed Reserve member Lisa Cook to remain in job despite Trump firing

The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve board member whom Donald Trump is trying to fire, can remain on the job at least into early next year, when the court will hear oral argument on the case.

Republicans double down on not negotiating with Democrats during government shutdown

Republican congressional leaders said Wednesday they will not negotiate with Democrats while they hold government funding "hostage" for their "radical" demands of $1.5 trillion in health care and other spending.

Trump administration puts on hold $18 billion in funding for New York City infrastructure projects

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it was putting a hold on roughly $18 billion to fund a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey and the city's expanded Second Avenue subway project because of the government shutdown.

Where immigrants went during an unprecedented influx at the US border, by the numbers

Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver; and Fort Myers, Florida, were hot places to settle. California lost some of its appeal.

Florida was a top destination for immigrants who came to the U.S. under Biden

After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing.

Trump signs an executive order vowing to defend Qatar in the wake of Israel’s strike

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including U.S. military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar - though it remains unclear just what weight the pledge will carry.

Kimmel mocks Trump’s shutdown threats, Hegseth’s ‘no fatties allowed’ policy

Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday night tore into President Trump over the government shutdown while also criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his speech decrying "fat generals" in the U.S. military. "I was recently the victim of a government shutdown," Kimmel, who was reinstated last week ABC after a brief suspension. "They are...

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