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U.S. employers accelerated their pace of hiring in June, a sign of labor market growth eight years into the economic expansion, but wage growth numbers disappointed.

With just three weeks before the long August congressional recess, lawmakers face a daunting list of hard-to-get issues like health-care reform and a House budget resolution.

Health-care reform and budget resolution delayed | House to cut transportation funding | Emergency haying allowed on CRP land | Group wants quick action on Argentine biodiesel | WOTUS rule hurdle

The Federal Reserve today released minutes from its June 13-14 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, with several major items remaining in the murky category.

EPA proposed to reduce the volume of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel fuel next year as it signaled the first step toward a potential broader overhaul of its biofuels program.

North Korea’s successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile is the major focus of world leaders.

House committee action on a budget resolution, a deferred Senate vote, again, on the lingering health-care reform bill, and NAFTA 2.0-related developments are the focal points in Washington this week.

Addressing trade issues and provisions to bring down the U.S. trade deficits with Mexico and Canada have been released by the Trump administration as objectives to improve NAFTA.

Updates on ag spending and SNAP cuts, budget resolution, U.S.-China meeting, biodiesel tax incentive bill and more key policy topics.

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