US Treasury chief sees ‘big breakthrough’ ahead in China trade talks
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday he expects coming talks with China to yield a “big…
MAGA Official’s Trump Trade War Fears Exposed in Leaked Text
A member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet has sounded the alarm on a brewing trade war in a…
House Democrats seek block on DOGE access to Agriculture Department data
A group of House Democrats have introduced legislation to bar DOGE from accessing U.S. Department of Agriculture databases…
Trump inks trade deal with Japan to increase ag sales by $8 billion
Rice plant. (Photo by Pixabay via Pexels.) On Sept. 4, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to…
USDA expects fewer employees will refuse relocation, as laid-off feds struggle to find jobs
The Agriculture Department is planning to move significantly more of its employees out of the D.C. metro area…
USDA to relocate more than half of D.C. area employees under reorganization plan
USDA to relocate more than half of D.C. area employees under reorganization plan USDA said the reorganization plan…
Trump marks celebration of America’s 250th anniversary in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to deliver a “spectacular” yearlong birthday…
What are the LGBTQ+ records of Trump’s cabinet secretaries?
President Donald Trump, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (far right) and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum…
RFK Jr.’s looming MAHA report worries farmers, Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) — A highly-anticipated White House report about childhood diseases has provoked a tug-of-war pitting farmers and…
Trump administration ordered to unfreeze Maine’s funding
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze Agriculture Department aid…
Of tariffs, markets and the Iowa economy
Dan Piller was a business reporter for more than four decades, working for the Des Moines Register and…
A comprehensive look at DOGE’s firings and layoffs so far
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of…