How a Run of Dud Harvests Spurred the Search for the Perfect Potato
McCain supplies a quarter of the world’s fries, but extreme weather is making it tougher for farmers to grow the spuds Source link
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Trump doubles down on $1.8 billion ‘slush fund’ that killed his agenda, spurred Republican rebellion
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his administration’s latest move that has blown up his agenda in Congress. Trump on Friday stood by the newly created “anti-weaponization” fund that some Republicans have described as a slush fund launched by the Department of Justice (DOJ) earlier this … Read more
Frustration mounts at airports amid TSA staffing shortages spurred by DHS shutdown
Airline passengers in some of the United States’ largest airports are seeing long security lines amid the ongoing partial government shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security. As Kris Van Cleave reports, more TSA employees are calling out sick as they work without pay. Source link
Decades after violence in Selma spurred the Voting Rights Act, organizers worry about its fate
SELMA, Ala. — Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands are gathering in the Alabama city this weekend, amid new concerns about the future of the Voting Rights Act. The March 7, 1965, violence that became known as Bloody Sunday shocked the nation and helped … Read more