Bird Flu Found in Rats for First Time, USDA Confirms
USDA Admits Firing People Working On Bird Flu Was A Mistake
Roy Wood Jr. reacts to USDA accidentally firing employees working on bird flu, then trying to rehire them
USDA launches review at University of Maine over transgender sports policy after Trump-Gov. Mills blowup
Trump administration launches probe into Maine's transgender sports participation policy
The Education Department on Friday launched a probe into Maine's transgender student sports participation policy after the president threatened the state's federal funding at a meeting of governors at the White House.
Trump administration orders investigation after Gov. Mills publicly defies president over transgender policy
Gov. Janet Mills and President Donald Trump got into a heated exchange at the White House on Friday over his threats to cut off all federal funding to Maine because transgender athletes are allowed to compete in girls' sports.

HBCU, scholars and US Department of Agriculture

USDA suspends 1890 Scholarship that helps Mississippi HBCUs. These students are impacted
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USDA scholarship for students at historically Black colleges suspended
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USDA suspends its HBCU scholarship program
USDA will not ban cattle imports from Mexico over latest screwworm case, agency says
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after a pest called new world screwworm was detected in another cow south of the border.
US Senate confirms Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Brooke Rollins, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump and former White House policy advisor who has expressed doubt about climate change, to lead the U.
A Texan is taking over the USDA as it targets funding for food stamps and school nutrition
For the first time, a Texan will be leading the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs federal nutrition programs like school lunches and food stamps.
Trump Agriculture pick confirmed as president racks up Cabinet wins
Brooke Rollins was confirmed to be secretary of the Department of Agriculture on Thursday as Trump continues to rack up wins in his new Cabinet.
Senate confirms Brooke Rollins, longtime Trump ally, as agriculture secretary
Rollins served in the final year of Trump’s first term as acting director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council.

USDA investigating University of Maine

USDA announces Title IX investigation into UMaine
USDA investigating University of Maine for state's alleged Title IX violations
USDA launches Title IX compliance review into UMaine, threatens to withhold funding
The United States Department of Agriculture is launching a compliance review of the University of Maine, for Title IX violations.
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USDA to follow ‘president’s lead’ on foreign farm ownership policy
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says she’s in lockstep with President Donald Trump regarding foreign investment into American land and potentially banning China from further ownership.
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USDA resumes a portion of funding to growers
The USDA has announced it will release the first tranche of funding that had been paused after a review of the Inflation Reduction Act dollars. $20 million in payments will go to farmers who signed contracts under the Environmental Quality Incentive Program or EQIP,
DOGE cancels Topeka lease for empty USDA office that was 'a huge waste of money'
After DOGE canceled a lease for USDA's Risk Management Agency regional office in Topeka, the building owner called it an example of government waste.