The U.S. Senate on Friday night averted a looming midnight shutdown of the federal government by passing a funding bill after approving a key procedural vote with the support of enough Democrats. The measure passed 54-46,

President Trump praised Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saying he would back the GOP spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

Texas farmers are taking yet another hit from President Donald Trump’s administration during the early weeks of his second term in the White House. The administration has already cut foreign aid programs that have left farm exports stalled at ports like in Houston,