Items Tagged with 'Scott Bessent'

Republicans moved their farm bill out of the House Agriculture Committee early today after a marathon, highly partisan debate.

On the first of weekly visits across the U.S. ahead of the midterms, President Donald Trump used his speech in the nation’s top corn, pork, and ethanol-producing state to tout the benefits of his trade policies and express support for year-round E15, including a commitment to sign the provision into law if it reaches his desk. 

Senate Republican leadership is assembling one more package of Trump administration nominees for a floor vote this year.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer’s classification of commonly used weedkiller atrazine as “probably carcinogenic to humans” prompted a quick response from the herbicide’s supporters and critics.

The longest government shutdown in history is over after 43 days. President Donald Trump signed legislation last night that will fund USDA, FDA and the Department of Veterans Affairs for the rest of fiscal 2026, and other departments and agencies through January.

President Donald Trump and senior administration officials are reinforcing the administration’s arguments for why the U.S. needs emergency tariffs, after a bruising hearing at the Supreme Court. Legal analysts, however, say the justices appear broadly skeptical of Trump's case.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a historic case challenging the president’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. Ahead of the hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reiterated that the tariffs serve a legitimate national security purpose.

Key Senate Republicans still want emergency aid for farmers despite the end of the U.S.-China trade war. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that under the terms of a new U.S.-China deal, Beijing has pledged to continue buying soybeans in similar volumes to recent years. 

No ag officials in U.S.-China trade talks so far, according to three people familiar with the discussions. Industry figures and former officials say that suggests any announcement this week will reflect preliminary goals, without highly specific details.