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East and Gulf Coast dockworkers have reached an agreement on a new six-year contract, ending a long-running labor dispute and avoiding a port strike set for next week.

Republicans are back in charge on both sides of Congress for the first time in six years, facing pressure to make good on President-elect Donald Trump’s tax and border policies and to prepare his slate of nominees for quick confirmation.

The 39th president regularly showed minimal regard for the political implications of his decisions, notably in farm policy. From commodity price supports to the Soviet grain embargo, Carter often made a choice he felt was right for the country, only to see the decision backfire politically.

Jimmy Carter, the former president and statesman who died Sunday at 100, was famously proud of being a peanut farmer and is being remembered for working to address food insecurity through modern farming practices and technology, and for giving time to help his old industry.