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US agriculture secretary says Medicaid recipients can replace deported farm workers

Brooke Rollins also claimed automation can replace the immigrant labor force despite repeated evidence of failure

The Guardian - US

Trump says ‘no amnesty’ for migrant farm workers after industry warns of disruption to food supply

Roughly 42 percent of farm workers didn’t have legal status between 2020 and 2022

The Independent UK

Trump Reiterates His Promise To Protect Farm and Hospitality Workers From 'Pretty Vicious' Deportation

The president is torn between the economic concerns of his supporters and the demands of immigration hardliners.

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Trump Official Suggests 'Adults on Medicaid' Take Migrant Farmworkers' Spots in Pledge to Continue Deportations

Trump Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested replacing undocumented farmworkers with "able-bodied adults on Medicaid."

Latin Times

RFK's proposal to let bird flu spread through poultry could set us up for a pandemic, experts warn

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have expressed interest in letting H5N1 outbreaks spread unchecked through U.S. poultry farms. Health experts warn it could lead to a new pandemic.

LiveScience

Denny's and Waffle House remove egg surcharges as prices fall

Denny’s and Waffle House have removed surcharges that the two restaurant chains added to their menus when U.S. egg prices spiked earlier in the year

The Independent UK

Cattle imports into US resume after flesh-eating parasite fears

The United States and Mexico plan to reopen the U.S. border to Mexican cattle imports in July

The Independent UK

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Plus: housing reform is killed in Connecticut, bonus ADUs are gutted in San Diego, and two decades of Supreme Court-enabled eminent domain abuse.

Reason

Trump rescinds protections on 59m acres of national forest to allow logging

Agriculture secretary to scrap ‘roadless rule’ that protects lands including largest old growth forest in country

The Guardian - US

Trump administration plans to rescind rule blocking logging on national forest lands

The Trump administration plans to rescind a nearly quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging on national forest lands

The Independent UK

Border Czar Announces New Change Of Course In Immigration Enforcement, Says 'Criminals' Will Be Prioritized

White House border czar Tom Homan said the Trump administration will continue conducting immigration raids at places like farms and hotels, but criminals will be prioritized

Latin Times

To fight screwworm, the U.S. is opening a South Texas facility to disperse sterile flies

Screwworm is a parasitic fly that targets warm-blooded animals and has the potential to disrupt Texas’ $15 billion cattle industry.

The Texas Tribune

America set to open Texas ‘fly factory’ in bid to breed millions of insects

The plan is to breed millions of the insects near the border with Mexico

The Independent UK

ICE Resumes Raids in Farms, Hotels, Restaurants and More Following Trump Admin Policy Reversal

A new batch of ICE workplace raids sent shock waves across industries that rely on migrant work after the Trump admin quickly reversed a policy that sought to exempt some employees from being targeted

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The Independent UK

Trump U-turn on deporting farm workers came after fury from Noem and Miller, report claims

Trump’s policy barring raids on agriculture and hospitality industries was short-lived

The Independent UK

Trump administration moves to lift Biden-era mining restrictions near Boundary Waters in Minnesota

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota

The Guardian - US

Dozens ill from salmonella outbreak linked to eggs from California

So far, 79 people have fallen ill from sickness linked to eggs from the August Egg Company

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr’s report calls farmers the ‘backbone’ of the US – but Trump’s cuts hurt them

Small farmers face ‘two personalities’ as Trump team slashes $1bn as Kennedy vows to protect them

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The Texas Tribune

Sodas, candy to be banned from Texas food stamp purchases

Buoyed by the Trump administration's willingness to place restrictions on food assistance programs, Texas moves to limit junk food.

The Guardian - UK

UK forging ahead with US trade talks, despite court block on Trump’s tariffs

Exclusive: British officials hope to have deals covering cars, metals and aeroplane parts within weeks

Latin Times

Congress Backs Plan to Air-Drop Flies Into Mexico to Stop Flesh-Eating Pest From Crossing the Border

A bipartisan push to fund sterile fly production aims to stop a flesh-eating pest creeping up from Mexico and threatening U.S. cattle

The Independent UK

Nebraska to ban soda and energy drinks from SNAP under first USDA waiver

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps

The Texas Tribune

Abbott wants to stop allowing federal benefits in Texas to be spent on unhealthy, high-processed food

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP program.

The Independent UK

‘Deeply creepy’: Enormous brooding banner of Trump now hangs next to Lincoln outside Department of Agriculture

X users are scoffing at the banner, saying it has a ‘North Korean aesthetic’ and gives off ‘Saddam Hussein vibes’

Evening Standard

UK ‘could take more US wood pellets to burn for electricity’ amid trade talks

The US agriculture secretary said the US is ‘100% confident’ that its wood chips meet the UK’s sustainability requirements.

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