Tag: Department of Agriculture

Biden sending 500 USDA employees to border to assist with migrant children

Anna Giaritelli · April 30, 2021 4:38 pm

Then and Now: Beef

Grant Addison · April 30, 2021 3:00 am

Supporting a strong farm economy for all

Supporting a strong farm economy for all

Rep. Glenn Thompson · March 25, 2021 12:00 am

White House senior advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, arrive on the South Lawn for a ceremony for the signing of the Abraham Accords, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at the White House.

Washington Secrets

Spotlight off, but Ivanka Trump is still helping the needy

Paul Bedard · March 10, 2021 6:26 pm

Left seethes over Tom Vilsack agriculture secretary pick

Naomi Lim · December 12, 2020 12:00 pm

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally.

Fight brewing over who Biden will pick as agriculture secretary

Mica Soellner · November 27, 2020 8:33 pm

Beltway Confidential

USDA may adopt new drinking guidelines unsupported by science

Patrick Gleason · November 14, 2020 1:00 pm

Trump administration doling out billions to farmers before the election

Nihal Krishan · September 25, 2020 10:30 am

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testifies on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 11, 2019, during a Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Subcommittee on the FY2020 budget request for the department of Agriculture.

USDA Secretary Perdue visits central Illinois farmers after handing out food boxes

Washington Examiner · September 22, 2020 5:00 pm

USDA invests nearly $10M on broadband for rural Tennessee

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2020 5:30 pm

In this Nov. 1, 2013 file photo, a volunteer at right helps a customer at the St. Ignatius Food Pantry in Chicago. According to a report released Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, by the Chicago-based Social IMPACT Research Center, the overall Illinois poverty rate is the same as it was a half century ago, despite scores of state and federal aid programs and a dramatic drop in the number of elderly considered poor. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Where did all the poor people go?

Nathan Mayo · August 6, 2020 8:11 am

Migrant farm workers from Mexico carry a cooler of drinking water into the the field while working at the Grant Family Farms on September 3, 2010 in Wellington, Colorado. (Photo by John Moore/Getty images)

Colorado farmers receive $21.8M in coronavirus relief from USDA program

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2020 1:00 am