For the first time in more than two decades, the United States did not export any soybeans in the month of October, the traditional start of the exporting season, to the world's largest market, China. read more
President Donald Trump's tough-on-crime rhetoric appears to come with a caveat for people in his political orbit. Trump this week quietly commuted the sentence of James Womack, son of longtime Arkansas Republican Rep. Steve Womack, granting clemency to a man who pleaded guilty in 2023 to distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine.
To all the federal agents who make up U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection " you know, the ones out there who are so humble they wear masks over their faces, lest they be publicly lauded for their good deeds " I want you to know something: You're doing great, everybody loves you and you're definitely going to wind up on the right side of history! I realize you've been getting some negative feedback on your recent visit to Minneapolis, due to things like shooting and killing a mother in her car, firing chemical agents directly into protesters' faces and breaking down doors to arrest hardworking migrants with no criminal records. And you've lost a podcaster. read more
The agency recorded a total of 30 deaths in its custody last year, but at the current rate it would see that number reached by April -- and a grim record of 120 set for the whole of 2026. read more
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland, setting up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in Europe. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff, Trump said in a social media post while at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The rate would climb to 25% on June 1 if no deal was in place for "the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland" by the United States, he said.
Speaking of slave labor.
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