Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture over the inability for migrants to access Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins revealed that thousands of deceased individuals have been receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Dr. Ben Carson, President Trump's former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development during his first term, has been sworn in as an advisor for nutrition, health, and housing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Twenty-one Democratic attorneys general have filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from accessing data revealing the immigration statuses of recipients.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced during a press conference with Trump administration officials that the U.S. will move to ban Chinese ownership of farmland.
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins affirmed at a recent House Agriculture Committee hearing that while California has the legal right to enact Proposition 12—a law requiring space minimums for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and veal calves—the state cannot force compliance on producers beyond its borders. Secretary Rollins emphasized, “The minute that crosses the border and begins to compromise… our pork producers we need to act.”
Nebraska has become the first state in the nation to prohibit the purchase of sodas and energy drinks with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
An Illinois lawmaker is leading a charge to relocate the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from Washington, D.C., into the heartland of America. State Rep. Regan Deering, R-Decatur, introduced House Resolution 177, urging President Donald Trump and Congress to move the USDA to central Illinois.
