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Trump administration to offer $12 billion in aid to farmers

The announcement follows retaliatory tariffs China has placed on agriculture.

Farm Bill fails in House of Representatives

A dispute about immigration split conservative support and derailed the bill.

U.S. loses 33,000 jobs in September

The monthly job report attributes the losses to recent storms.

Persistent drought kills millions of California trees

Years of drought have strained California's forests, killing millions of trees and fueling wildfires.

U.S. economy adds 138,000 jobs according to May jobs report

The unemployment rate also dropped to 4.3 percent, the lowest rate since 2007.

U.S. economy adds 211,000 jobs in April according to new jobs report

The unemployment percentage and unemployed persons numbers changed only slightly.

U.S. Senate confirms Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture

Perdue formerly served as the governor of Georgia.

U.S. job growth slows according to March job report

The U.S. economy added only 98,000 jobs over the last month.

U.S. economy adds 235,000 jobs in February

Unemployment dropped a tenth of a percent over the same period.

Scott Pruitt confirmed as the head of the EPA

The former Oklahoma Attorney General is expected to change the direction of the agency.