Budget legislation closes in on an additional $610 million to fight wildfires in 2016, which still needs approval by the Congress. According to ABC News, the budget will be given to the US Forest Service, which spent $1.7 billion in extinguishing fires in 2015.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday asked China to drop a ban on imports of U.S. poultry imposed because of an outbreak of bird flu in chickens and turkeys.
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