Huge reductions in foreign aid by the United States and Europe have led the U.N.’s emergency relief coordinator to slash its fund-raising targets for next year.

The U.N.’s humanitarian aid coordinator is downsizing its appeal for annual funding in 2026 after support this year — mostly from Western governments — plunged to the lowest level in a decade.

Chairs of both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are looking at farm aid through a Farm Bill 2.0. House Agriculture Committee Chair G.T. Thompson says a framework is already underway with the goal of committee action in September. Senate ...

"At the end of the day, the farmers, they just want to conduct business, not necessarily have to get these packages," one agricultural economist said.