GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Congressman Don Bacon and Nebraska Farm Bureau President Mark McHargue spoke to NTV News on new policies the Biden Administration has put forward and how they're affecting agricultural business here in the Cornhusker state. Watch it here. Read more »

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Heeding concerns from rural America, Democrats have dropped a controversial tax proposal. It comes as farmers gather at the Husker Harvest Days, raising concerns about President Joe Biden's agenda.  It appears Congress has killed a proposal that would’ve increased taxes on farm ground transitioning from one generation to the next. Read the full story here. Read more »

U.S. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) recently unveiled a bipartisan bill that would expand free school meals programs for some 400,000 children living in kinship care, meaning they reside with their grandparents or in other arrangements. “Food insecurity poses a serious risk to a child’s health and development and the opioid epidemic has only exacerbated the issue,”… Read more »

The first female command chief of the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth had strong words for President Joe Biden on Friday. “He’s our commander in chief, but I would dare say he is undeserving of the title,” Jodi Stauber said Friday. [...] Nebraska U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, U.S. Air Force veteran, referred to the at-times chaotic and… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — The University of Southern California hosted a virtual forum with experts and politicians Thursday to talk about cyber-security. It was a chance to identify the problem and find possible solutions. “Disinformation is one of the most significant threats we are facing right now. It strikes right at something voters really need and that’s facts” Secretary of State of… Read more »

Twenty years after 9/11, some of the leading architects of the United States’ war on terror, both at home and abroad, can breathe a sigh of relief that there has not been another large-scale strike on American soil. Read the full story here. Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) joined SiriusXM's POTUS Channel with Julie Mason to discuss the latest on Budget and Afghanistan. Listen to the interview here. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and his fellow House Baltic Caucus co-chair on Wednesday commended the first-ever authorization of the Baltic Security Initiative being included in a federal defense bill currently under consideration in Congress. “The partnership and friendship between the U.S. and Baltic states must be maintained for years, and our provision achieves that,” said Rep. Bacon,… Read more »

WASHINGTON DC (The Hill): The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is over, but congressional oversight has just barely begun. Lawmakers continue to have lingering questions about a withdrawal that saw the deaths of 13 U.S. troops, as well as scores of Afghans, and are promising hearings and probes in the coming weeks. Already one House committee has moved to try to compel answers,… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. — Filling jobs in Nebraska crept to the front of people's minds as they celebrated Labor Day in downtown Omaha. Thousands of men and women who walked in Monday's Septemberfest parade downtown possess job skills that are currently in high demand. Even while having the lowest unemployment rate in the U.S., elected leaders — at a state and labor union level — want to help… Read more »