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Trump wants USDA jobs moved to Kansas City. It wouldn't be the first time
During Trump's first administration, the USDA in 2019 moved two offices to Kansas City, triggering a mass exodus of ...
Trump administration chooses Indy as a USDA hub in sweeping agency reorganization. Here's why
Indianapolis will soon serve as one of five U.S. Department of Agriculture hubs as the federal agency reduces and reorganizes ...
Grassley dismisses Trump’s ‘personal insults’ over Senate blue slips
Trump urged Grassley to have the “courage” to break the practice of “blue slips,” which gives home-state senators veto power over nominees for lower-level judgeships and U.S. attorneys.
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Acting deputy for food safety named by USDA while wait for Brashears confirmation continues
In what may be a sign that the USDA is in for a long wait before the U.S. Senate confirms Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety, Trey Forsyth ...
Republicans move to clear final hurdles to funding bill before recess
Senate Republicans are moving swiftly to clear key hurdles in their effort to pass a set of spending bills before the August ...
NY sues Trump administration for targeting gender-affirming care for youths
New York is joining over a dozen other states in suing the Trump administration over directives targeting gender-affirming ...
USDA to scatter half its Washington staff to field offices, including in Fort Collins
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will move thousands of employees out of the nation’s capital in a reorganization the ...
Texas Tech Regents chair Cody Campbell named to Trump's Council on Sports, Fitness
Texas Tech Regents chairman Cody Campbell will help lead President Donald Trump's commission on future of college athletics.
Trump confirmations split Senate Dems
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is staring down a confirmation backlog of more than 130 nominees — with President Donald ...