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Steelworkers attend a rally in support of the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel in Clairton, Pa., on Dec. 12.

Biden blocks Nippon purchase of US Steel

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted January 3, 2025 at 10:10am
Kelly Loeffler, a former Republican senator from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Small Business Administration.

Trump chooses former Sen. Kelly Loeffler for SBA

By Mark Schoeff Jr. and Olivia M. Bridges
Posted December 4, 2024 at 7:07pm
Brooke L. Rollins, the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, has been tapped to be Agriculture secretary in the second Trump administration.

Trump’s USDA pick could focus on foreign investments in agricultural land

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 27, 2024 at 9:32am
Trucks wait in a queue Thursday to cross into the U.S. at the Otay commercial crossing port in Tijuana, Mexico.

Countries criticize Trump tariff plans, which could flout trade pacts

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 26, 2024 at 3:02pm
Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif., is the second-most senior Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee.

Costa to challenge Scott as top House Agriculture Democrat

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 20, 2024 at 4:51pm, Updated at 5:42pm
Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who is retiring at the end of this Congress, said the farm bill text released Monday is "my vision."

Senate farm bill differs from House on CCC, food stamp benefits

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 18, 2024 at 4:59pm
President-elect Donald Trump's proposed tariffs are expected to bring similar retaliation from China that dealt a heavy blow to exports in 2018 and 2019.

Trump’s tariffs seen delivering a repeat blow to US farm exports

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 14, 2024 at 4:16pm
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., center, looks likely to become the top Democrat on Senate Agriculture next year, working with Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., right, now the ranking member. Chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, is retiring.

Boozman, Klobuchar lined up to follow Stabenow on Agriculture

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted November 1, 2024 at 3:34pm
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., left, introduced the bill on Chinese garlic, and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., right, offered the bill on seafood.

Chinese garlic and seafood at US military bases? Republicans think that stinks

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted October 28, 2024 at 10:56am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the energy project funding would help farmers expand their operations and cut energy costs.

USDA offers clean energy funding, including swing-state projects

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted October 21, 2024 at 4:44pm
Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and his teammate, Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill., center, serve up their concoction at Anheuser-Busch’s Congressional Brewing Competition at Nationals Park on Wednesday night.

Nunn, Budzinski offer a signature brew in beer contest

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 19, 2024 at 6:15am
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, said the White House action mirrors committee legislation. Ranking member Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., said Congress still has to act on comprehensive legislation.

White House says Congress has to act on ‘de minimis’ tariffs

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 16, 2024 at 11:20am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Farmfest agricultural forum in April 2023 in Morgan, Minn.

Harris’ VP pick Walz backed farmers during time in Congress

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted August 6, 2024 at 4:55pm
Jon Arizti Sanz works in a Massachusetts lab on May 14 testing milk purchased at area grocery stores for the presence of bird flu.

Health officials report more Colorado workers infected with bird flu

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted July 30, 2024 at 5:46pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., is pushing to rein in food stamp costs and curb climate change funding.

Food stamps fight

By David Lerman and Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 28, 2024 at 4:05pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., left, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speak before a committee hearing in March, 2023.

Vilsack says House proposal threatens farm bill coalition

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 22, 2024 at 12:46pm
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., has scheduled the farm bill markup for Thursday.

Thompson’s animal welfare, whole milk priorities in farm bill

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 20, 2024 at 11:17am
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks during a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.

House, Senate farm bill summaries show SNAP, climate division

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted May 1, 2024 at 1:41pm
The highly contagious bird flu virus can impact both domestic and wild birds and is deadly to poultry.

Lawmakers gather information after Texas bird flu case

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted April 4, 2024 at 2:52pm
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., stops to speak to reporters as she arrives for the last votes of the week in the Capitol on Jan. 12, 2024.

In Congress and courts, a push for better care for trans prisoners

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 21, 2024 at 6:30am
House Agriculture Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson isn't saying when he expects to bring a farm bill to the committee.

Lawmakers wrangle over rescissions from 2022 law for farm bill

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted February 7, 2024 at 5:30am
California Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs is part of a congressional coalition hoping to overhaul current privacy laws to give consumers more agency over their personal data, including the right to delete their information.

Lawmakers look at data privacy in post-Dobbs world

By Olivia M. Bridges
Posted September 28, 2023 at 6:00am
Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., makes a statement prior to a closed-door Ways and Means Committee meeting to review additional evidence submitted by IRS whistleblowers regarding allegations of misdeeds by President Joe Biden and his family in the Longworth House Office Building on Wednesday.

Ways and Means votes to release more Hunter Biden documents

By Olivia M. Bridges and Laura Weiss
Posted September 27, 2023 at 5:42pm
Remote testimony can boost witness diversity, Democrats argue, but Republicans are rolling it back. Above, Ways and Means members prepare for a hybrid meeting in 2021.

As Republicans end remote testimony, Democrats worry about diversity

By Olivia M. Bridges and K. Sophie Will
Posted February 8, 2023 at 1:51pm