Secretary of Agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins on Thursday promised to protect the nation's farmers, ranchers and rural communities if confirmed by the Senate during her confirmation hearing.

He has frozen federal hiring and signed an order allowing career civil servants to be fired at will. Read more at straitstimes.com.

FOOD security is under siege from multiple fronts globally. Climate aberrations disrupt traditional farming cycles and economic fluctuations make essential groceries unaffordable for the vulnerable.

The British public are in favour of cutting or abolishing inheritance tax, a new poll has shown, as backlash over the government’s tax raid on family farms continues to grow. At such a critical moment ...

Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump's agriculture secretary nominee, faced questioning from senators on Thursday in Washington.

A bill that would provide the western side of the state their very own water hookup to the Missouri River has now passed through the Senate. In a vote of 31-4, ...

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa’s first female Prime Minister, emerged from Parliament on January 21, 2025, with her leadership intact, despite deep divisions within the ruling Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ...

Major opposition parties in Nigeria have urged the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to be transparent in the ...

Brooke Rollins, the president’s nominee to lead the Agriculture Department, will appear before the Senate agriculture committee on Thursday.

Senators from across the agricultural heartland pressed President Donald Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, on Thursday, seeking firm commitments to support struggling ...

Martin will have the opportunity to somewhat even out numbers when appointing ministers of State but after a tumultuous two days he will simply be relieved to finally return to the office of An Taoise ...

NEWLY-elected Taoiseach Micheal Martin has revealed his new Cabinet as a number of new faces have taken the reigns of difficult departments – but only three women have made the cut. The ...