NEW: MAHA activists warn Trump could lose their support in the November midterms over Wednesday's order promoting domestic production of the weedkiller glyphosate. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

MAHA activists aligned with RFK Jr, encouraged by his overhaul of federal vaccine guidelines, want to ban state vaccine mandates for schools and employment. Here’s why, how and where: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

My latest for @Reuters was featured on the front page all day yesterday. Miss it? Read more: USDA searched for terms like 'diversity,' 'climate modeling' to target grants for cancellation - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

US Supreme Court allows Trump's passport policy targeting transgender people reut.rs/3Jk5Qw4

The start of November has brought confusion, concern and painful choices for many SNAP recipients as benefits lapse for the first time ever. Some are forgoing medications or eating less to stretch tight food budgets. My latest: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Two of the top three stories on @reuters.com are the latest news on SNAP and WIC. Keep with us for the latest.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO USE CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO PARTIALLY PAY FOR NOVEMBER'S SNAP FOOD BENEFITS, COURT FILING SAYS - Reuters

Neither party shows signs of changing its position to end the 29-day federal shutdown, as SNAP benefits for 42 million people are set to lapse Nov. 1. Meanwhile, the USDA defends a legal U-turn on contingency funds. From Bo Erickson and I for @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

A banner on the USDA website says SNAP benefits will not go out on November 1. “Bottom line, the well has run dry.” An agency memo yesterday said the USDA will not use contingency funds for Nov. benefits: www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

Food banks, already under strain, say there is little they can do to prepare for the likelihood that SNAP and WIC benefits will lapse in November. We talked to 9 food banks in 8 states and heard the same thing again and again. “We’re in some real trouble.” www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

NEW: the USDA says it will not use $5 billion in contingency funds to pay for November SNAP benefits. The benefits are set to lapse at the end of this month due to the federal shutdown. States, mayors, House Democrats etc have been urging the agency to use this money. Story TK

🚨Two dozen states have warned SNAP recipients that November benefits will not go out if the gov’t shutdown continues. November could see a historic benefit gap for nearly 7 mln WIC and 41 mln SNAP recipients. “This could get really bad.” www.reuters.com/business/env...

U.S. farmers on Monday criticized Trump's suggestion that the country may import more beef from Argentina. Farmers have also lost out to the South American nation on soybean sales to China. "This plan only creates chaos,” said one cattle group. With Tom Polansek: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Federal Layoffs Update 🚨 We could have a better sense today of the # of federal staff laid off since the shutdown began. A judge ordered the Trump admin to provide an accounting of the firings by 2 p.m. ET today, October 17. The Trump admin previously said 4,108 people lost their jobs.

Thanks very much to the team at 1A for having me on @npr.org / @wamu.org today to talk about the government shutdown and risks to WIC, and the broader context of rising hunger and federal food aid cuts. Listen to the segment here: the1a.org/segments/wha...

The Trump administration is expected to announce a plan as soon as Tuesday to bail out U.S. farmers - as much as $15B - but the plan could be difficult to roll out because of the government shutdown. Read more from me and Bo Erickson at @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Democrats say the Trump administration is violating the Hatch Act by posting political messages on government websites, like the USDA. Reporting by me and Steve Holland.

🚨The WIC nutrition program could face funding shortfalls in days if the government shutdown continues. Bo Erickson and I report for @reuters.com on why this key aid is now in jeopardy: www.reuters.com/business/hea...

There's a lot of news today (!). But take a moment to read this @reuters.com story about a less-covered impact of Trump's federal funding cuts: the end of SNAP-Ed, a nutrition education program that has served millions over 30 years. Its funding ends today. www.reuters.com/world/us/sta...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change the childhood vaccine schedule in September, former CDC head Susan Monarez told Congress on Wednesday. Kennedy asked her to commit to approving the changes before reviewing scientific evidence, Monarez said. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

NEW: A FEMA disaster management tool that emergency managers use to communicate may no longer be supported Wednesday, according to a notice posted and later deleted from a federal government website. My latest w/ @courtneyrozen.bsky.social: www.reuters.com/business/env...

The recent loss of 2,500 staff and 24 senior career officials could compromise FEMA's ability to respond to natural disasters this year, according to a report by a government watchdog agency. My latest for @reuters.com: www.reuters.com/business/env...

BREAKING: Changes to the CDC's vaccine advisory board and other vaccine policies drove three senior officials to resign on Wednesday, they told @reuters.com in an interview today shortly after they were escorted from the CDC HQ. Follow our coverage here: www.reuters.com/world/live-u...

Here's the story: www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

NEW: The USDA has moved to end union contracts with some workers at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the latest move by the Trump administration to strip federal workers of collective bargaining rights. Story TK @reuters.com

The USDA spent $16,400 on the 31-foot banners of Trump and Lincoln that hang from its HQ building in DC, according to records obtained by @washingtonian.com via public records request. www.washingtonian.com/2025/08/12/u...

'MAHA' Activists Urge Trump To Oppose Limits On #Pesticide Regulation @leahjdouglas.bsky.social reports for @reuters.com #news #environment #climatechange EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list www.reuters.com/business/env...

"“We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families," say @reuters.com, BBC, @apnews.com and @afp.com. reutersagency.com/media-centre...

Trump officials defended their immigration tactics on Sunday, including a California farm raid on Thursday that left one worker dead. Border czar Tom Homan said ICE officers were doing their jobs at the raid. "It's always unfortunate when there's deaths," he said. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

A California farmworker died on Friday from injuries sustained a day earlier when US immigration agents raided a cannabis operation and arrested hundreds of workers, according to a farmworker advocacy group. @leahjdouglas.bsky.social www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

A farmworker died today from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during yesterday's immigration raid on a California cannabis farm. Other workers are injured and US citizens are detained and unaccounted for, says the United Farm Workers. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

The National Guard showed up with ICE today at two California cannabis farms, where they were later met by throngs of protestors. The latest impact of the Trump administration’s deportation campaign on agriculture: www.reuters.com/world/us/imm...

NEW: The USDA will no longer consider race and sex in many of its farm programs, ending a decades-long effort to address its history of discrimination. The agency has adequately addressed its past bias, it said in a final rule published Thursday. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

There will be "no amnesty" for US farmworkers from deportation, per Ag. Sec. Rollins. Trump wants a 100% American workforce, she said. "There are 34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program. There are plenty of workers in America." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

ICE walks back limits on raids targeting farms, restaurants and hotels - www.reuters.com/world/us/ice... via @tedhesson.bsky.social @leahjdouglas.bsky.social

The House tax bill would push $22 billion in spending for SNAP to states. They say they can't afford it - and could be forced to scale back the program. My latest: www.reuters.com/world/us/sta...

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Staff at FEMA were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, sources said. with @tedhesson.bsky.social and Nathan Layne: www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... @leahjdouglas.bsky.social @reuters.com

Safety trainings for workers in America's most dangerous jobs - farming, fishing and logging - could be scaled back or wound down entirely as soon as July as a result of Trump's drive to slash the size and cost of the federal government, @reuters.com has found. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

EXCLUSIVE: The USDA has terminated 17 projects under a foreign aid program that funds school meals for children in low-income countries, according to an email seen by @reuters.com. In Honduras, the cuts will mean "more desperation, and more migration." www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

New dietary guidelines will be four pages long and direct Americans to "eat whole food," RFK told a House committee today. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

US farm agency staff warn Congress of food safety risks, political interference reut.rs/43khtsL

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - U.S. House lawmakers on Monday laid out a plan to increase work requirements for some recipients of SNAP benefits, and to eventually require states to share more of the cost of the program. Developing story: www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - David Richardson, the newly appointed head of FEMA, told staff on Friday that all delegation of authority in the agency is suspended and decisions must go through him, and that he will "run right over" staff that resist changes to the agency.

More than 15,000 USDA staff - about 15% of the agency workforce - have taken Trump's financial incentive to quit, according to data shared with congress by the agency. And that number could rise. Who's leaving? Details in the chart below, and story here: www.reuters.com/world/us/mor...

US farm agency to require DOGE approval for some loans - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

The National Academy of Sciences has canceled a workshop on preventing human bird flu infections after being told to stop work by the CDC. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

US CDC cancels science group workshop on preventing human bird flu infections reut.rs/3YOyWIg

News: FEMA plans to require nearly all employees, including headquarters and regional staff, to deploy to emergency zones, according to a draft memo seen by @reuters.com. About 2,000 FEMA staff have left the agency since the start of the Trump administration. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

New: The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by @reuters.com. www.reuters.com/business/hea...