One of the Nation’s Largest Chicken Producers Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing and is Sentenced to $107M Fine

Pilgrim’s is the first company to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for...

Wife of “El Chapo” Arrested on International Drug Trafficking Charges

The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, leader of a Mexican drug trafficking organization known as the Sinaloa Cartel, was...

U.S. Dept of Ed Releases Guidance to States on Assessing Student Learning During the Pandemic

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is providing guidance to states emphasizing the importance of flexibility in administering assessments this year

WWII Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Removed to Germany

A Tennessee resident with German citizenship was removed to Germany for participating in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution while serving as an...

Change to Definition of ‘Agricultural Products’ in Reporting Trade Data

USDA will adopt the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) internationally recognized definition of “agricultural products”

USDA: Announcement of Key Leadership in Farm Production and Conservation Mission Area

"With their leadership of USDA farm and conservation programs, we will create new market opportunities and streams of income for farmers,...

Dietary Supplement Executive Sentenced for Scheme to Fraudulently Sell Popular Dietary Supplements

A federal court in Texas sentenced a former dietary supplement company executive to prison for his role in fraudulently selling popular...

FCC Place Add’l Limits on Robocalls and Require Phone Companies to Better Police Networks

The Commission adopted two different new rules.

Auto Insurance Rates Decreasing in 2021 for the First Time in a Decade

The rate decrease in 2021, they say, is an anomaly caused by fewer Americans driving in 2020 due to the COVID-19...

USDA Will Buy Another $1.5 Billion in Food to Support Farmers

The additional funding for the program was included in the most recent COVID-19 relief package.