Factbox: USDA’s $12 billion farmer relief package
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would provide up to $12 billion in aid for U.S. farmers from early September to shield them from the repercussions of trade disputes between the United States and China, the European Union and others.
Trump-backed candidate wins Republican primary for Georgia governor: media
A candidate backed by President Donald Trump won a two-man Republican primary run-off for governor on Tuesday, a local media projection said, in a race that became a proxy battle between the president and the state’s popular Republican governor, Nathan…
EPA to keep pursuing biofuel changes under new leadership: Wheeler
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s acting administrator said on Tuesday he would follow up the work of his predecessor to overhaul the nation’s biofuel policy, including pursuing changes strongly opposed by the powerful corn lobby like counting…
Judge says government on track to reunify families split at border
A federal judge said on Tuesday the U.S. government appeared on track to reunite by a Thursday deadline most of the families separated at the U.S.-Mexican border as part of the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” toward illegal immigration.
Woman killed in Los Angeles grocery store standoff was shot by police
The bullet that struck and killed a woman at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Los Angeles in the chaotic early moments of a weekend hostage siege was fired by police during a gunfight with the armed suspect, authorities revealed on Tuesday.
Trump wants $12 billion in aid to U.S. farmers suffering from trade war
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it will use a Great Depression-era program to pay up to $12 billion to help U.S. farmers weather a growing trade war with China, the European Union and others that the president began.
U.S. gun control groups seek to block distribution of 3-D gun blueprints
Three gun control advocacy groups are banding together to try to block the Trump administration from allowing Americans to access blueprints for 3-D printable guns on the internet.
Woman killed in Los Angeles grocery store standoff shot by police
The bullet that struck and killed a woman at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Los Angeles in the chaotic early moments of a weekend hostage siege was fired by police during a brief gunfight with the armed suspect, authorities revealed on Tuesday.
Asylum seekers accuse U.S. guards of cracking down on hunger strike: lawsuit
Guards at a U.S. detention center for immigrants in California used pepper spray, beatings and scalding hot showers last year to punish eight Central American men who went on a hunger strike, two of the men and their attorneys said on Tuesday.
Yosemite park sections to close due to smoke from California wildfire
The Yosemite Valley and other parts of Yosemite National Park will close from Wednesday due to smoke from a raging California wildfire that is choking the air in the popular tourist destination, officials said on Tuesday.
