P.M. Edition for Aug. 26. Big food companies were already reeling from shifting consumer preferences. Now, the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda has further shaken them. Jesse Newman, who covers food for the WSJ, describes what kinds of pressures these companies are under, and how they are responding. Plus, corn farmers in the U.S. Midwest are preparing to harvest what may be a record-sized crop this year. But as reporter Kirk Maltais discusses, that may not be the good news that it seems. And Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker has pushed back against President Trump’s plan to send federal troops to Chicago. We hear from Chicago-based national affairs reporter Joe Barrett about what’s going on in the city. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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