A task force consisting of federal, state, and local officials began a sweeping round-up of 32 people charged with immigration and racketeering violations throughout Texas and Louisiana on Thursday.
On a vote of 251-166, the U.S. House voted on and passed a $956.4 billion-a-year farm bill that contains a cut-back of $9 billion to the SNAP, or food stamp program over ten years.
The Lower 48 is in the grips of yet another cold snap as weather outlets forecast winter storms for many in the deep south.
Legendary American folk singer and political activist Pete Seeger has died at the age of 94.