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

The U.S. Senate briefly took up a long-stalled effort on Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-yearly practice of switching clocks, but again failed to reach consensus. Senator Rick Scott,

The Senate confirmed assistant U.S. Attorney Rebecca Taibleson as a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The hearing will focus on concerns that consolidation in the U.S. seed and fertilizer industries contributes to higher input costs for farmers.

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

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.

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.

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