Federal Regulation May Offer Financial Protection to Thousands of Poultry Farmers in North Carolina

Craig Watts, who once made a career of raising hundreds of thousands of chickens in North Carolina, knows the torment and the crushing financial stress that can come with the job. In the 1990s, he needed $400,000 in loans to build four chicken houses on his Robeson County farm. A decade later, Watts spent $100,000 to upgrade the…

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Trump Delays TikTok Ban, Allowing More Time for App to Secure Buyer

President Donald Trump temporarily halted a ban on TikTok in the US, granting the company and its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. more time to reach a deal for the popular app that would resolve long-standing U.S. national security concerns. TikTok’s lifeline came via an executive order signed by Trump on Monday in one of his first acts after taking office. The…

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