“Punxsutawney Phil,” the famous Groundhog Day rodent, exited his cozy tree stump that he calls home and promptly saw his shadow, signifying six more weeks of winter for North America. Emerging from his temporary home on Gobbler’s Knob, and surrounded by the Top Hatted and Tuxedo-clad “inner circle’ that is his handlers, he was […]
Rex Tillerson was sworn-in Wednesday night as the new U.S. secretary of state, hours after his confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Vice President Mike Pence gave the oath to Tillerson in the Oval Office of the White House as President Donald Trump looked on. Tillerson thanked Trump for giving him what he called an “enormous […]
With threats of trade and immigration wars with Mexico looming ever closer, food producers and shippers in the U.S. are working hard to speed up exports to Mexico and find alternative markets for their goods. Mexico in one of the largest export markets for farm production in the country. Producers and shippers are attempting […]
European Union President Donald Tusk says China, Russia and the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump are among the top external threats facing the bloc. His remarks came in a letter to 27 EU leaders before a summit Friday in Malta. “Particularly the change in Washington puts the European Union in a difficult situation; with […]