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The past few months have made tremendous demands on members, officers and staff of the National Grain and Feed Association, who have taken leading roles in establishing partnerships, some unconventional, to address pressing tax, trade and other issues facing the grain trade, growers and the food industry as a whole, said John Heck, outgoing NGFA chairman and senior vice-president, The Scoular Co., Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. The NGFA proved up to the task by demonstrating "strength and success through collaboration," Heck asserted in his address to members of the NGFA at their annual meeting in Scottsdale on March 20. The most pressing immediate challenge was forwarding "a stakeholder-led" solution to resolve the Section 199A tax issue.
Once faced with devastating cuts , a research facility in Colorado now looks as if it will emerge unscathed in the federal government's next budget. Included in Congress' $1.3 trillion spending plan for the rest of the fiscal year is $2.3 billion for a program within the U.S. Department of Energy that provides the bulk of the funding for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden.
The final piece of Republican Gov. Nathan Deal's years-long criminal justice overhaul is expected to see a vote in the Georgia House early next week, after passing through the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee Thursday. The proposal, which backers say seeks to keep fewer non-violent offenders behind bars, would give judges more leeway in forgoing cash bail for low-income offenders and more opportunities to impose community service rather than fines.
John Nicholson, the top American commander in Afghanistan, speaks to reporters at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Nicholson says America has a role to play in ... The top U.S. commander for the war in Afghanistan says America has a role to play in setting the conditions for members of the Taliban to lay down their weapons and move back into Afghanistan's society.
National Democrats are endorsing ironworker Randy Bryce in a Wisconsin congressional primary battle for the right to challenge Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan in the November midterm elections. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee selected Bryce over educator Cathy Myers.
A sweeping $1.3 trillion budget bill that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant "Dreamers" cleared an important procedural hurdle Thursday as lawmakers struggled to meet a Friday deadline to fund the government or face a shutdown. The bill negotiated by congressional leaders, who hope for a final House vote later in the day, would deprive President Donald Trump of some of his border wall money and take only incremental steps to address gun violence.
The budget bill before Congress includes an update to federal law that makes clear that authorities with a warrant can obtain emails and other data held by American technology companies but stored on servers overseas. Passage of the Cloud Act probably would end a Supreme Court dispute between Microsoft and the Trump administration over emails the government wants as part of a drug trafficking investigation.
For the second time this week, Congressional Democrats pressed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson for answers over the agency's decision to order a $31,000 dining set for Carson's office. Add Trump Administration as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Trump Administration news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
Marine researcher Charles Moore holds a sample of water with debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which he first discovered in 1997. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the world's largest collection of floating trash-and the most famous.
Government officials in Kentucky could discuss public business on their personal devices without having to disclose it according to a surprise amendment moving quickly through the state legislature. A legislative committee amended House Bill 302 on Wednesday to change the definition of public record to say it shall not include calls, text messages and emails if they are sent or received on a device paid for with private funds or a nongovernment email account.
On Tuesday, Republicans in the House of Representatives reinstated the so-called "Holman Rule," which is an obscure provision in floor rules that allows legislators to make changes to federal employees' salary for another year. Lawmakers slipped in a provision to extend the Holman Rule through the end of the current Congress while coming up with floor rules on debate over two unrelated House bills on financial services and health policy.
A sweeping $1.3 trillion budget bill that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant "Dreamers" has cleared a procedural hurdle. The Republican-controlled House narrowly approved a measure allowing the bill to go forward as lawmakers struggle to meet a Friday night deadline to fund the government or face a federal shutdown.
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke , a former U.S. Navy Seal and Montana congressman, is scheduled to serve as one of two keynote speakers for the upcoming event. Zinke has worked closely over the past year and a half with the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association , the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association , the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds and their allies in the emerging Outdoor Recreation Roundtable .
The Republican chairman and top Democrat of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee said on Thursday they will in the coming days formally ask Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to testify, saying the company has left many questions unanswered about its data privacy practices. "The latest revelations regarding Facebook's use and security of user data raises many serious consumer protection concerns," Committee Chairman Greg Walden and Frank Pallone, its top Democrat, said in a statement.
Gina Haspel, President Trump's nominee for CIA director to succeed Mike Pompeo. President Trump vowed during his campaign to bring back torture as a weapon against terrorism.
A battle within the White House over how to address Vladimir Putin is intensifying as U.S. President Donald Trump shows little desire to confront the Russian leader on the most controversial issues facing the two nations. The internal divisions flared this week after Trump congratulated Putin on his re-election without first reviewing written guidance for the phone call, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The collision between President Trump and Robert Mueller appears to be drawing ever closer. The President now openly attacks Mueller on Twitter, calling his staff "hardened" Democrats and sounding the constant "witch hunt" refrain.
Republican Rick Saccone conceded defeat to Democrat Conor Lamb on Wednesday night in a closely watched special election in Pennsylvania, more than a week after the end of a remarkable race that has shaken GOP confidence ahead of the November midterm elections. Lamb, 33, claimed the seat by about 750 votes in a Republican-held district that President Donald Trump won by almost 20 percentage points just 16 months ago.
... John Kelly was "frustrated and deeply disappointed". In a pair of tweets on his call with Mr Putin, Mr Trump said US news organisations "wanted me to excoriate him. They are wrong! Getting along with Russia (and others) is a good thing, not a bad ...