Jordan Wolman

2 months ago | politico.com | Jordan Wolman

USDA canceled two programs that gave schools and food banks money to purchase food from local farms. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) speaks at a POLITICO event Thursday, March 13. | Pixelme Studio for POLITICO Sen.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jordan Wolman

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) seemed to defend the Trump administration’s cuts to local food purchasing for schools and food banks, saying Thursday that “canned food” and other non-perishable options can also be “wholesome.”“I think there's different avenues we can take on that to make sure that still meet the needs of people,” Fischer said at POLITICO Playbook’s First 100 Days breakfast series.

2 months ago | politico.com | Jordan Wolman

“The way to negotiate this is in the USMCA,” the Minnesota senator said at POLITICO Playbook’s First 100 Days breakfast series Thursday. Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks at a POLITICO event on Thursday, March 13. | Pixelme Studio for POLITICO Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, bashed President Donald Trump’s tariffs as “devastating” for U.S. farmers and producers.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Jordan Wolman

2 hours agoTrump threatens retaliatory 200% tariff on European wine after EU proposes American whiskey tariffWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200% tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned tariff on American whiskey.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jordan Wolman

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, bashed President Donald Trump’s tariffs as “devastating” for U.S. farmers and producers. Klobuchar, speaking at POLITICO Playbook’s First 100 Days breakfast series, said Trump should be working through trade issues in the context of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, “not by just declaring yourself a king.”“The way to negotiate this is in the USMCA,” she said.