Daily News Digest - Summary for January 14, 2026
Farmland Shock: Georgia Grower Drops 3,000 Acres, Warns Of Unplanted Ground In 2026
Farmland Shock: Georgia Grower Drops 3,000 Acres, Warns Of Unplanted Ground In 2026
Responding to crippling input costs, Alex Harrell slashes his cropland in half and predicts significant U.S. acres may be bare come spring

By Chris Bennett via AGWeb
There is a catastrophic collapse of American agriculture coming in 2026-2027. Say adios to generational farmers. Wave to the fields growing weeds instead of nutritious crops. Banks are expecting record bankruptcies, remaining farmers are cutting back acreage to try to survive. Monopolies, government meddling, the United Nations, and globalization all play a part, but collectively, they are killing the goose that laid the golden egg in the first place – the American farmer. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor…
Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry
The couple escalated their battle with Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, who said he would move to hold them in contempt of Congress.

By Annie Karni
Bill and Hillary Clinton refused on Tuesday to testify in the House’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation, escalating a monthslong battle with its Republican leader, Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, who quickly said he would take steps to hold them in contempt of Congress.
“Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences,” the Clintons wrote in a lengthy letter to Mr. Comer, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, which was obtained by The New York Times. “For us, now is that time.”…
Home Depot Deploys Havana-Style Sonic Weapon Against Day Laborers
“They chose to weaponize sound.”

By Joe Wilkins
While federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) are running up on migrant workers in Home Depot parking lots, the home improvement corporation has decided to take a stand — against the migrant workers…
Pentagon bought device through undercover operation some investigators suspect is linked to Havana Syndrome
Technical analysis of pulsed radio frequency technology and its link to anomalous health incidents

By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez, Jim Sciutto, Zachary Cohen
The Defense Department has spent more than a year testing a device purchased in an undercover operation that some investigators think could be the cause of a series of mysterious ailments impacting US spies, diplomats and troops that are colloquially known as Havana Syndrome, according to four sources briefed on the matter…
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s...

By Ernesto Londoño
Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned on Tuesday over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision…
Retired Argentine General, Opposition Party and Locals Claim Israelis Caused Patagonia Wildfires
A large wildfire in Patagonia began on January 5, 2026 and was said to be intentional

By Jerusalem Post
A large wildfire in Patagonia began on January 5, 2026 and was said to be intentional. Argentine retired military general César Milani, alongside several key figures from the opposition, claimed that two Israelis used an IDF grenade to cause a wildfire in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina. In a post on the wildfires, Milani placed the blame on “a foreign state, pointed out by the locals themselves as responsible,” alongside a picture of Argentine President Javier Milei waving an Israeli flag. Opposition lawmaker Luis D’Elia posted this message: “The ‘Israelis’ are going around burning Patagonia.”
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