A look back at the year that was By MID-CO Commodities staff

With the calendar flipped to 2025, we are revisiting some of the biggest headlines and events from the past year. From politics to natural disasters to pop icons and sports, 2024 had no shortage of headline-making events.

Starting with politics, obviously the election that decided the next U.S. president in November was the biggest headline for those here in the United States. Now-elected Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in July during a rally in Pennsylvania, while his debates over the summer with President Joe Biden, and later Vice President Kamala Harris, who were both Democratic presidential nominees at the time, also garnered plenty of attention.

From a global perspective, more than 60 countries held elections for new leaders in 2024, which represents more than one-half the...