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Renee Hickman

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Reuters Reporter in Chicago. @Mizzou & Fulbright Ukraine alum. renee.hickman@thomsonreuters.com Signal: reneehickman.88

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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Border patrol commander Gregory Bovino returned with large numbers of agents to Chicago on Tuesday after a month long absence. Gov. Pritzker said this time, the state’s population is ready to respond.
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Border Patrol commander, agents reappear in force in Chicago immigrant communities
U.S. Border Patrol agents returned to Chicago in force on Tuesday after a month-long slowdown, renewing a conflict with opponents of the agency's methods, according to a Reuters witness, local officia...
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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
“he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys’.” www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
In Rep. David Valadao’s district, more than half of constituents are on Medicaid & 28% on SNAP. Yet he voted for a Republican budget blueprint with deep cuts to both programs. Here’s how it could impact people, and Valadao’s political future. New from me and my colleague @andysullivan.bsky.social
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Cuts to food stamps and Medicaid could imperil this California Republican
When Blair Isbell's food aid benefits arrive each month, the community college student and mother of two starts planning how to spend the roughly $7 per person per day she gets for groceries.
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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment on HHS decisions
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to rescind the longtime practice of giving the public a chance to comment on the health agency’s plans.
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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Beef tallow or rendered beef fat has been trending among right-leaning social media influencers who believe consuming seed oils such as canola leads to issues like heart disease and obesity. Now, the substance has a powerful advocate in the U.S. government. My latest @reuters.com
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Kennedy's confirmation could boost beef tallow demand
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lowered a raw Thanksgiving turkey into a bubbling pot of cooking fat in a video posted to social media last November.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 07/02/2025
The Trump administration’s effort to slash and reshape American foreign aid is crippling the intricate global system that aims to prevent and respond to famine reut.rs/3EsgU7r
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Halt in US aid cripples global efforts to relieve hunger
About 500,000 metric tons of food worth $340 million is in limbo as humanitarian organizations wait for U.S. State Department approval to distribute it.
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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The purchases were stopped despite the State Department’s waiver exempting food from the U.S. foreign aid freeze
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Exclusive: US food purchases for foreign aid halted despite waiver, sources say
The U.S. has stopped purchases for foreign food aid programs since the Trump administration began a sweeping review of federal aid spending, despite a waiver issued nearly two weeks ago for food assistance, according to nine sources.
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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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Pump prices set to rise as Trump tariffs hit Canadian, Mexican oil
Companies in wholesale fuel say they have little choice but to pass cost to consumers.
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Heather Timmons @heathertimmons.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
As Musk appears to take greater control of US federal government, it’s worth taking a look back at grave management issues in his own businesses. Here’s our 2023 series www.reuters.com/investigates...
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The Musk Industrial Complex
Reuters exposes grave harms to consumers, workers and laboratory animals across Elon Musk’s manufacturing empire, resulting in investigations by U.S. and European regulators and calls for action from U.S. lawmakers.
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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Experts say even the threat of tariffs can be inflationary, with food companies rushing to come up with contingency plans that add to the cost of business. New from me and my colleagues at @reuters.com
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Trump tariffs to stoke US food inflation despite pledge to lower costs
U.S. consumers grappling with soaring prices for beef and eggs will face even higher costs for meat, vegetables and fruit if President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports, economists and food industry executives said.
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Renee Hickman @reneehickman.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
My latest: Chicago is poised to end its tipped minimum wage thus fall. Experts say real changes are coming to the local restaurant industry but lessons from other states show it won’t fall apart.
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How Tipped Minimum Wage Bans Have Shaken Out Across the U.S.
More service fees and higher prices could be on the horizon
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