As the war with Iran continues, farmers with already slim profit margins are struggling.
Billy and Greg Bridgeforth, who oversee a fifth-generation family farm in Tanner, say diesel prices through their distributor in Decatur have risen more than $2 since the war began, from $2.99 to $5.02. On a full day of farming, they said they can use up to 1,500 gallons of diesel on their tractors alone " meaning they could pay more than $3,000 extra on a full day.
The war has added pressure not only through fuel costs but also through fertilizer prices. The Bridgeforths say they are now paying $100 extra per ton.
"With the prices of the inputs going up so high, and if we were to have a disastrous cotton crop like we did last year, that could be real trouble," Billy said.
Three days after President Trump announced his "Complete and Total Endorsement" of the Louisiana congressional candidate Blake Miguez, the Republican contender posted a video from outside the West Wing boasting of his close relationship with Trump and his team. "I just got done having some great meetings with the White House," he told his supporters on February 7. What he did not say"either publicly or to Trump's advisers at the time"was that there was a political bombshell about to drop on his campaign for Louisiana's deep-red Fifth Congressional District. Months earlier, when Miguez was running for the U.S. Senate, a 2007 police report had surfaced that showed that Miguez's former girlfriend had accused him of rape and other abusive behavior, including locking her in bedrooms, taking away her keys, and holding her down.
A Douglas County judge gave a 62-year-old woman convicted of voter fraud the maximum sentence allowed under Colorado law, the 23rd Judicial District announced Monday. Elizabeth Ann Davis was sentenced to three years in prison after a jury last year convicted her of submitting fraudulent ballots in the 2022 General Election. Davis " who prosecutors say has a lengthy criminal history, including ten prior felonies " was found guilty of two counts of forgery and one count of personating an elector in October 2025 after she submitted ballots for both her deceased ex-husband and her son, in addition to casting her own vote. Davis attended the January 6th, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Deputy District Attorney David Bonner noted the irony in this case, given the January 6 event centered on unfounded claims of voter fraud.
Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth's stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff's home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of shellfish, including $2 million for Alaskan king crab and $6.9 million worth of lobster tail. read more
"All of the people that died through the roadside bombs. Died and are, right now, walking around with no legs, no arms," Trump said during the [press conference at his Doral ballroom in Florida on Monday], following remarks to Republicans. read more
What do you expect from the brain dead child rapist who stole from cancer charities to pay for Ivanka's bolt-ons?