
USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients
The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR by an official who was not allowed to speak publicly. The …
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The USDA will republish climate change information online following farmer lawsuit
Restoration is underway and should finish in about two weeks. In the early days of President Donald Trump's second administration, federal agencies including the US Department of Agriculture were ordered to remove information about climate change from their websites. Now, the USDA has committed to …
Tonight in Your Rights: Trump's tariffs face skeptical court
Donald Trump claims that he has the power to impose any tariff that he wants on any country, anywhere in the world, any time that he wants, and no …
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Egg prices fell for the first time in months. Will they get any cheaper?
U.S. egg prices fell in April for the first time in months but remain high as a dozen Grade A eggs are still running consumers $5.12 on average. The overall cost of eggs dropped 12.7% last month, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index. The drop represents the first month-to-month …
Privacy advocates urge states not to comply with USDA requests for food stamp data
As the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes sweeping demands on states and their contractors for the sensitive, personal data of tens of millions of food assistance recipients, one payment processor has so far signaled it intends to turn over data to the federal agency. USDA, DOGE demand …