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Senate confirms Brooke Rollins to lead USDA
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly confirmed Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture as the chamber kept up its intense pace to confirm President Trump's choices to head his ...The Hill - Feb. 13 -
USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.Wired - 2h -
Former USDA worker fired by Trump administration shares her story
The Department of Agriculture is one of the many federal agencies hit by President Trump's mass layoffs. According to several staffers, emails started going out on Thursday without warning, leaving ...CBS News - 2d -
USDA working to rescind terminations for fired officials working on bird flu efforts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it was working to take back the termination notices sent over the weekend to several employees who aid in the federal response efforts to the bird flu ...The Hill - 1d -
USDA says it is trying to rehire bird flu experts it mistakenly fired
USDA said it's trying to rescind the firings this weekend of several employees who had worked on the bird flu.CBS News - 1d -
Bird flu confirmed in rats for first time, USDA says
The latest bird flu detections come as the U.S. Department of Agriculture is trying to rehire bird flu experts​ that were fired as part of DOGE cost-cutting efforts.CBS News - 4h -
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said it accidentally fired "several" employees to combat the bird flu and is working to rehire them.NBC News - 1d