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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced several program changes that aim to help farmers and ranchers. The department is also expanding disaster and pandemic assistance programs.

Federal officials are encouraging four Mountain West states to jointly apply for funding to develop more hydrogen energy infrastructure in the region. Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah have partnered up to create the Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub and in November submitted preliminary plans to compete for federal dollars.

The White House is expanding a pandemic-era program allowing the administration to quickly expel people from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti who illegally cross into the country from Mexico.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Washington to meet with President Biden and Congress on Wednesday. The trip comes as lawmakers are debating billions more in aid for Ukraine.

President Joe Biden pledged to protect an expanse of land in the Mountain West that tribes have been trying to defend for decades during a speech Wednesday at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit.

"I'm prepared to work with my Republican colleagues," the president said in remarks from the White House on Wednesday. He also said he intends to run for reelection.

The Biden administration announced a plan last week to improve the nation’s nutrition and health. Its goals include promoting exercise, improving food access and affordability and decreasing obesity for both adults and children.

In an interview from last weekend, President Biden said the COVID-19pandemic was over. We check in with our Doctors Roundtable to see what health experts are saying.

Nearly 38 percent of Wyoming borrowers will be completely student loan-free due to this forgiveness initiative, according to a recent analysis from Student Loan Hero. That’s the highest share in the country, and Nevada and Utah aren’t far behind.

The event marked the first time in 10 years that a sitting president has invited former leadership back for a revealing of portraits — a tradition that stalled during the Trump years.