Economic News

Two Weeks of the Democrat Government Shutdown
Oct 14, 2025

Senate Democrats have kept the government closed for two weeks -- voting seven times against a clean, NONPARTISAN, short-term continuing resolution. Each time, they voted against paying our troops, funding nutritional programs for women, infants, and children, and against reopening…

Oct 9, 2025

Chuck Schumer’s disgusting claim that “every day gets better“ is a sickening display of elitist indifference as the Democrat Shutdown plunges hardworking Americans into anxiety, despair, and financial ruin. His arrogance lays bare the Democrats’ sick betrayal of service members…

FMC Suspends Operations Due to Federal Government Shutdown
Oct 1, 2025

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) is closed effective October 1, 2025, as part of the federal government’s shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations. The Commission will resume normal operations when appropriations legislation is enacted, and the federal…

Idaho, Taiwan Flour Millers sign $1.2 billion wheat deal
Sep 24, 2025

Boise, Idaho — Idaho and Taiwan signed a $1.2 billion, four-year letter of intent for U.S. wheat exports. Lt. Governor Scott Bedke, Idaho wheat officials and representatives of Taiwan Flour Mills Association (TFMA) and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO)…

Taxpayer Dollars Blocked for Solar Panels on Prime Farmland
Aug 18, 2025

Lebanon, TN – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator Bill Hagerty, Representative John Rose, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden, announced USDA will no longer fund…