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Trump planning aid package for US soybean farmers while seeking trade deal with China

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning a significant aid package to U.S. soybean farmers to help them survive China’s boycott of American beans in response to his trade war even as the president says he is still seeking a soybean deal with Beijing. But farmers are worried that time is quickly running out to reach a deal in time to sell any of this year’s crop to their biggest customer. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said on CNBC that the public could expect news of “substantial support for our farmers, especially the soybean farmers” as soon as ...

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can’t end birthright citizenship

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily, adding to the mounting legal setbacks for the president’s birthright order. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals became the fifth federal court since June to either issue or uphold orders blocking the president’s birthright order. The court concluded that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on their claims that the children described in the order are entitled to ...

Nineteenth century quilts from Ohio discussed at Watt Center in Barnesville

BARNESVILLE — Terry Tickhill Terrell is coming to The Watt Center for a second time in 2025. She will be speaking at 6 p.m. Thursday. Doors at the center, located at 515 Watt Ave. in Barnesville, will open at 5 p.m. A donation of $5 will support the work of The Watt Center. “All are ...

Steubenville High School is set to crown homecoming queen

Photo Provided Steubenville High School is set to crown its 2025 homecoming queen this Friday with a series of upcoming events on the calendar. A kickoff pep rally will be held in the high school’s Crimson Center at 1:45 p.m. Friday, followed by the traditional parade from Belleview Park ...

A conviction may be beside the point for the Justice Department as it pursues the case against Comey

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a Justice Department facing intense White House pressure to investigate perceived presidential enemies, indicting former FBI Director James Comey was the easy part. Building a case that can sway a jury beyond a reasonable doubt is a significantly tougher task, but like in other cases of investigations of President Donald Trump’s critics, it increasingly seems to be almost beside the point. As the administration aims to comply with Trump’s ordered prosecutions, officials have signaled that making life uncomfortable for targets of the retribution — ...

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday. The bureau last spring had reassigned the agents but has since fired them, said the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss personnel matters with The Associated Press. The number of FBI employees terminated was not immediately clear, but two people said it was roughly 20. The photographs at issue showed a group of ...