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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. President Trump says his administration is preparing to spend $12 billion to help struggling U.S. farmers who are caught up in the trade war. NPR's Anusha Mathur reports that many farm policy advocates are hoping that the next step will be a more comprehensive farm bill.
The American agriculture industry is deeply intertwined with federal policy. Most of the government support that U.S. farmers receive is outlined in the Farm Bill. The most recent bill passed in 2018 under the first Trump administration. Vanessa Garcia Polanco from the National Young Farmers Coalition says at this point it's outdated, but she hopes for a new one next year. There is still a strong appetite to build those bridges between farmers and consumers in a more partisan way. The current bill is in place through next September. Lawmakers from both parties have been pushing for a new bill for years. Trump administration officials say that further agricultural reform is an administration priority for 2026.
Anusha Mathur, NPR News.
The U.S. Supreme Court appears open to overturning a 90-year tradition that kept presidents from firing members of independent agencies. A ruling in the Trump administration's favor would upend the balance of power in Washington. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports that the court's conservative majority
What financial support is being provided to U.S. farmers amid the trade war?
has already largely endorsed Trump's claim that he should be able to fire people at will.
Now, the Supreme Court, through its emergency docket, already signaled that it might create a special carve-out for the Fed. And it will hear arguments on that in January. But in today's case, conservative justices dismissed the idea that granting the president more powers would destabilize the government. Instead, they raised their own hypotheticals of what could happen if the court continues to insulate independent agencies from the president's control. What if Congress decided to give members 20-year terms? Why couldn't Congress just convert traditional cabinet agencies to multi-member commissions?
NPR's Andrea Hsu. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett has launched a bid for the U.S. Senate. The Texas Democrat is running for a seat that's currently held by Republican Senator John Cornyn. KERA's Emanuel Rivas has details.
In front of a crowd in South Dallas, Crockett said she's running to address the affordability crisis.
bill won't stop going up.
People are being cursed by their rent or their mortgages. That's why I'm running now, to get Texas back on track, to be a
The news comes after former Congressman Colin Allred dropped his bid in favor of running in one of Texas' newly drawn districts. In the GOP primary, Cornyn is facing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Houston-area State Representative Wesley Hunt. If elected, Crockett would become the first Black woman to win a statewide office in Texas.
Emmanuel Rivas in Dallas. This is NPR. Tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing areas bordering Thailand and Cambodia amid renewed fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbors. Thailand launched airstrikes along its border with Cambodia Monday following the killing of a soldier in Thailand and the wounding of several others in new clashes Sunday. A spokesman for the Thai military says at least seven civilians were killed and 20 others were wounded in the latest skirmishes. Thailand and Cambodia reached a ceasefire in July and expanded the air agreement in October during a ceremony that was attended by President Trump. Both sides are now vowing to keep fighting. The Indian government is reviewing a proposal to force phone companies to enable satellite location tracking
according to a report by Reuters. As Shweta Desai reports from Mumbai, the plan comes amid controversy over India's previous efforts to force companies to install surveillance apps.
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