Tariff Mitigation Payments Maybe Over Inflated

Posted on January 28, 2019

  A senior USDA official says the amount of money sent to farmers in California and across the nation to help mitigate the financial damage from the trade war may not be as much as expected. An Agriculture Dot Com article quotes USDA Under Secretary Bill Northey as saying up to two-thirds of the Trump…… MORE

Mulvaney: Trump Will Use Executive Authority to Build Wall, If Necessary

Posted on January 27, 2019

Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney maintained Sunday that President Donald Trump will use his executive authority to get funding for a wall on the southern border if he doesn’t get it through Congress. Mulvaney, speaking on “Fox News Sunday” two days after Trump agreed to reopen the federal government despite not receiving any money…… MORE

FPD Busts Suspected Serial Armed Robber

Posted on January 27, 2019

FRESNO, CA (KMJ)  Fresno Police have arrested a man they say is responsible for a series of recent armed robberies. 27 year old Daniel Franco was nabbed Friday while leaving his Northeast Fresno home.  He was armed with a handgun, according to police. Investigators say the string of robberies began Christmas day 2018 when Franco…… MORE

Suspected Fresno Drug Dealer Indicted in 2 Fentanyl Deaths

Posted on January 25, 2019

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A suspected Fresno drug dealer is indicted in deaths of two people. A federal grand jury has returned a two count indictment against 40-year-old Darnell Pearson. He’s charged with distribution of the drug, fentanyl, resulting in death. Federal prosecutors say Pearson was supposed to sell the victims cocaine, instead, he…… MORE

Trump, Congressional Leaders Reach Deal to End Shutdown

Posted on January 25, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president’s demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump announced the agreement to break the 35-day…… MORE