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Coke's shift to cane sugar would be expensive, hurt US farmers Jul 17, 2025 03:16PM

By Marcelo Teixeira and Karl Plume

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A possible move by Coca-Cola , and other beverage and food industries, to use cane sugar instead of corn syrup as a sweetener would be difficult and expensive to implement, while mostly negative for farmers in the United States.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Coca-Cola had agreed to use cane sugar in its beverages in the country after his discussions with the maker of... (continue reading...)


Trump effort to build food aid recipient database unlawful, lawmakers say Jul 17, 2025 03:08PM

By Leah Douglas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration's plan to amass a database of U.S. food aid recipients for the purpose of checking immigration status and avoiding duplicate enrollment amounts to an unlawful privacy violation, lawmakers said in a letter on Thursday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in June that it would gather information from states to build the database with the... (continue reading...)


US State Department draws criticism for shutting office that brings home deceased diplomats Jul 17, 2025 03:03PM

By Humeyra Pamuk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Among the scores of offices the U.S. State Department eliminated last week in its dramatic revamp, the shuttering of one little-known office has raised particular alarm among U.S. diplomats.

The small team at the Department's Office of Casualty Assistance, which supports U.S. diplomats and their families abroad in the event of death or serious injury, received termination notices last Friday along with... (continue reading...)


Democratic attorneys general sue to block HHS changes to ACA health insurance marketplaces Jul 17, 2025 03:00PM

CHICAGO (Reuters) -A group of Democratic attorneys general said Thursday they have sued to block the implementation of portions of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule set to go into effect next month that they say could lead to nearly 2 million people losing their health insurance.

The attorneys general of 20 states, including New Jersey, California and Massachusetts, joined with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, to file the... (continue reading...)


Ukraine offers its front line as test bed for foreign weapons Jul 17, 2025 02:55PM

By Sabine Siebold

WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) -Ukraine will let foreign arms companies test out their latest weapons on the front line of its war against Russia's invasion, Kyiv's state-backed arms investment and procurement group Brave1 said on Thursday.

Under the "Test in Ukraine" scheme, companies would send their products to Ukraine, give some online training on how to use them, then wait for Ukrainian forces to try them out and send... (continue reading...)


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