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What happens during June will determine the evolution of the 2015 El Nino. DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Mike Palmerino says the Southern Oscillation Index has retreated from its very strong El Nino levels the last week or so - and he says this bears watching...

The Senate passed a motion by a vote of 65 to 33 last week to move forward with debate on trade promotion authority. The Senate also voted to pass the trade preference bill by a vote of 97 to 1 and the customs bill by a vote of 78 to 20. California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger spoke of the need for trade promotion authority saying farm exports have a real impact across the country - creating

A coalition representing family farmers, ranchers, consumers and rural affairs submitted testimony urging Congress to reject any policy riders in the Fiscal Year 2016 Ag Appropriations bill that would weaken or withdraw COOL or limit the rule making authority of GIPSA...

The retiring Fourth District Representative from Pasco was feted by the Washington Congressional Delegation on Wednesday night who will be retiring when congress adjourns for the year.

President Obama doesn’t get it.  Political pundits just don’t get it.  They didn’t get why the TEA party first formed and they don’t get it now.  How many bloggers, journalists, established politicians and observers are saying “the Tea Party doesn’t know when to claim victory when they’ve won”?

Facing allegations that he had inappropriate sexual contact with an 18-year old, Congressman David Wu (D-OR) has resigned, effective upon the completion of the debt ceiling negotiations.

As Congress continues its weeks of gridlock over reaching an agreement to raise the debt ceiling by the August 2nd deadline, a new poll shows that Americans aren't impressed and want fresh blood on Capitol Hill.

Both barrels from a gutsy American telling it like it is!  It’s what we need to hear and its sets the course for what we need to do…LEAD on  Representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, referred to Defense Department for a military trial at Guantanamo Bay by Attorney General Eric Holder, who suggests he knows more than Congress when it comes to the case.

Witnesses at a high-profile congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization said Thursday that America is "failing" to confront the threat posed by homegrown extremism, as lawmakers traded accusations over whether the inquiry unfairly singled out Muslims.