Turek, a state representative from Council Bluffs, said the country is seeing "the beginnings of another farm crisis."

Attorneys general for Arkansas and Oklahoma are among more than a dozen calling for the U.S. Senate to protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in a newly released letter.

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Bill Lewis has been appointed to serve as a federal judge in the Middle District of Alabama. The U.S. Senate voted 58-40 on Oct. 27 to confirm the appointment, said U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama.

Daylight saving time - putting the clocks forward one hour during the summer half of the year to make the most of the longer evenings - has been in place in nearly all of the United States since the 1960s, but proponents have pushed to make it year-round.

The Senate held a tense hearing Tuesday examining the growing threat of politically motivated violence in America.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver received a letter from the US Senate asking for further details about Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups.

A United States Senate committee sent a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Monday, saying that last week's federal indictments of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and former NBA player and coach Damon Jones were a matter of "Congressional concern" and asking for details about the league's approach to investigating potential gambling violations.

The Trump administration nominated the Purdue associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics to be an assistant secretary of defense in April.