Renee Hickman

Border Patrol commander, agents reappear in force in Chicago immigrant communities U.S. Border Patrol agents returned to Chicago in force on Tuesday after a month-long slowdown, renewing a conflict with opponents of the agency's methods, according to a Reuters witness, local officia...

Border patrol commander Gregory Bovino returned with large numbers of agents to Chicago on Tuesday after a month long absence.
Gov. Pritzker said this time, the state’s population is ready to respond.

“he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys’.” www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

Cuts to food stamps and Medicaid could imperil this California Republican When Blair Isbell's food aid benefits arrive each month, the community college student and mother of two starts planning how to spend the roughly $7 per person per day she gets for groceries.

In Rep. David Valadao’s district, more than half of constituents are on Medicaid & 28% on SNAP. Yet he voted for a Republican budget blueprint with deep cuts to both programs. Here’s how it could impact people, and Valadao’s political future. New from me and my colleague @andysullivan.bsky.social

Kennedy's confirmation could boost beef tallow demand Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lowered a raw Thanksgiving turkey into a bubbling pot of cooking fat in a video posted to social media last November.

Beef tallow or rendered beef fat has been trending among right-leaning social media influencers who believe consuming seed oils such as canola leads to issues like heart disease and obesity. Now, the substance has a powerful advocate in the U.S. government. My latest @reuters.com

Halt in US aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger About 500,000 metric tons of food worth $340 million is in limbo as humanitarian organizations wait for U.S. State Department approval to distribute it.

The Trump administration’s effort to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global system that aims to prevent and respond to famine reut.rs/3EsgU7r

Exclusive: US food purchases for foreign aid halted despite waiver, sources say The U.S. has stopped purchases for foreign food aid programs since the Trump administration began a sweeping review of federal aid spending, despite a waiver issued nearly two weeks ago for food assistance, according to nine sources.

The purchases were stopped despite the State Department’s waiver exempting food from the U.S. foreign aid freeze

Pump prices set to rise as Trump tariffs hit Canadian, Mexican oil Companies in wholesale fuel say they have little choice but to pass cost to consumers.

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The Musk Industrial Complex Reuters exposes grave harms to consumers, workers and laboratory animals across Elon Musk’s manufacturing empire, resulting in investigations by U.S. and European regulators and calls for action from U.S. lawmakers.

As Musk appears to take greater control of US federal government, it’s worth taking a look back at grave management issues in his own businesses. Here’s our 2023 series www.reuters.com/investigates...

Trump tariffs to stoke US food inflation despite pledge to lower costs U.S. consumers grappling with soaring prices for beef and eggs will face even higher costs for meat, vegetables and fruit if President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, economists and food industry executives said.

Experts say even the threat of tariffs can be inflationary, with food companies rushing to come up with contingency plans that add to the cost of business. New from me and my colleagues at @reuters.com

How Tipped Minimum Wage Bans Have Shaken Out Across the U.S. More service fees and higher prices could be on the horizon

My latest: Chicago is poised to end its tipped minimum wage thus fall. Experts say real changes are coming to the local restaurant industry but lessons from other states show it won’t fall apart.