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President Donald Trump is flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, second from left, and White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks, right, at the White House on March 7.

White House

‘Manufacturing superpower’: Trump team eyes overhaul of US economy

Administration looks to the future and past, as Democrats raise recession fears

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 14, 2025 at 1:31pm

The United States on Tuesday escalated its trade war with Canada.

White House

As Trump ups trade war, Canada tariffs could hit consumers in unexpected ways

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 11, 2025 at 4:31pm
President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Feb. 4, 2020. (Leah Millis/Getty Images/Pool)

White House

Trump’s first-term joint addresses offer clues about Tuesday’s big speech

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 3, 2025 at 6:00am
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, seen at her Senate confirmation hearing in January, said farmers need relief from the avian flu and consumers need affordable food. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

White House

USDA $1B plan for bird flu, egg prices includes imports, ‘backyard chickens’

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 26, 2025 at 4:14pm
Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., became House Agriculture ranking member as the majority Republicans seek steep cuts to food stamps.

Craig, on defense over Democrats’ agriculture priorities, eyes Senate run

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 26, 2025 at 9:04am, Updated at 10:33am
Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as Agriculture secretary.

Rollins confirmed as Agriculture secretary

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 13, 2025 at 12:21pm
Brooke L. Rollins, the nominee to be Agriculture secretary, testifies during her Senate Agriculture Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 23.

Senate Agriculture advances Rollins to be Agriculture secretary

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 3, 2025 at 7:40pm
Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Agriculture secretary, testifies to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday.

USDA pick Rollins to ‘follow and listen’ to farmers on deportations

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted January 23, 2025 at 4:13pm
Syrian citizens take down a statue of the late President Hafez Assad in Damascus on Monday after his son Bashar Assad's government collapsed. (Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Syria chaos could complicate lawmakers’ holiday endgame

By John T. Bennett
Posted December 9, 2024 at 9:42am, Updated at 12:55pm
Brooke L. Rollins, the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, has been tapped to be Agriculture secretary in the second Trump administration.

Trump’s USDA pick could focus on foreign investments in agricultural land

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 27, 2024 at 9:32am