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The federal funding package to reopen the government included a one-year extension of certain 2018 Farm Bill programs. Several expired Sept. 30 or would have been null by the end of the year.

More than 230 Texas-based small business owners traveled to Washington D.C. last week to tell lawmakers about how uncertainty tied to tariffs and the federal shutdown is hurting them.

Food assistance for almost 700,000 Oklahomans in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will be suspended next month because of the federal government shutdown. People use the program to help buy groceries for their households.

Texas' congressional delegation obtained tentative funding for infrastructure improvements, university research and other initiatives, but the nearly 350 earmarks are all in jeopardy.

State Rep. Briscoe Cain kicked off what operatives expect to be a flurry of campaign announcements with a bid for Houston's 9th Congressional District.

Uniting more than 200 sites across eastern Kansas and western Missouri, Freedom's Frontier preserves the story of the border war and the settlement of the western frontier. But the Trump administration has blocked funding for National Heritage Areas.

Reps. Veronica Escobar and Joaquin Castro were among the 45 elected officials placed on a hit list by a man accused of killing a former Minnesota House speaker and her husband.

Several members of the Texas Legislature are expressing their support after Gov. Greg Abbott asked the federal government to reimburse Texas for money it spent securing the border during the Biden administration.

The historical bipartisan legislation includes a bevy of policies from crop insurance to food stamps.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore served Kansas' 3rd Congressional District from 1998 to 2010. Later, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, he spoke out in support of more resources and research. Moore died Nov. 2.