Ohio governor tells the Trump administration to hurry up bird flu response Ohio has lost 15.5 million commercial poultry birds and reported its first suspected human bird flu case last month The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
Trump Admin Struggling To Import Eggs As It Seeks To Bring Their Price Down The Trump administration is struggling to carry out a plan to lower the price of eggs: importing massive amounts of them Latin Times · Mar 7, 2025
US added 151,000 jobs last month but sees unemployment tick up in first report on Trump’s economy Economists forecast that the figure would be 160,000 ahead of the eagerly awaited report The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
Trump blames workers for economic chaos When Grandma's Social Security check goes missing, Trump and Musk plan to call her a "fraud" Salon · Mar 6, 2025
Trump's Secretary of Agriculture: Raise Chickens Like I Do to Combat Surging Egg Prices Trump administration Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently addressed rising egg prices, suggesting that Americans struggling to cope with inflation should begin maintaining backyard coops and produce their own eggs. Latin Times · Mar 4, 2025
Trump tells US farmers to up production ahead of tariffs from April 2: ‘Have fun!’ The president did not specify what products would be subject to the tariffs or if there would be any exceptions to the ‘external’ agriculture tariffs The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2025
Egg Smuggling Surges Amid Record Prices And Avian Flu Outbreak US Customs and Border Protection reports a surge in egg smuggling from Mexico due to high prices caused by avian flu. CBP seizes eggs at borders, issues fi... Top News · Feb 28, 2025
At the Races: Great egg-spectations - Roll Call Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including gubernatorial bids and health care politics. Roll Call · Feb 27, 2025
What’s in Trump’s $1bn plan to bring egg prices down? A dozen eggs in the US currently cost $4.95, an all-time high. Can Trumponomics bring that down? Al Jazeera · Feb 27, 2025
Farmers Express Concern Over Trump Administration's Agricultural Policies US agricultural communities face challenges due to recent policy changes impacting farmers like John Boyd Jr. and Kim Barnes. Top News · Feb 27, 2025
Trump promised to lower egg prices on ‘day one.’ Now his administration admits there’s no ‘silver bullet’ The Trump administration says they’ll spend up to $1 billion to lower skyrocketing egg prices as the virus continues to spread The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025
Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled The Trump administration believes a renewed emphasis on biosecurity can help in the battle against bird flu and ease egg prices, but the Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices are going to get much worse this year The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025
USDA $1B plan for bird flu, egg prices includes imports, 'backyard chickens' - Roll Call The USDA's plan to attack bird flu and lower egg prices includes $1 billion in funding, more imports and encouraging "backyard chickens." Roll Call · Feb 26, 2025
Trump Appointees' Contradictions In Statements Vs. Actions Explore how Trump appointees' actions post-confirmation differed from their initial promises and the potential impact on policies and agencies. Top News · Feb 25, 2025
The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025 How Trump's mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources will be available to help prevent and fight wildfires
The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2025 DOGE embarrasses Trump again with accidental bird flu expert firings ANALYSIS: The firing of bird flu experts while Trump’s team boasted about the federal response to the crisis was a misleading self-own by the White House
The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2025 DOGE accidentally fired federal staff who were working to contain bird flu outbreak, report says ‘We know that work will make us better here at USDA. It will make us stronger, it will make us faster, and it will make us more efficient’ said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins just days before the misfiring
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025 As egg prices soar, Trump administration plans new strategy to fight bird flu With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2025 White House scrambles to combat bird flu outbreaks and blasts Biden plan to ‘just kill chickens’ ‘Why does it make any sense to have a big perimeter of dead chickens when it's the ducks and the geese that are spreading it?’ Kevin Hassett asks
Top News · Feb 16, 2025 Trump Administration Developing Plan To Combat Avian Flu Trump administration strategizes to combat avian flu outbreak affecting egg supplies and prices. Efforts include vaccination programs and biosecurity measures.
The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025 Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs Federal workers were responding with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration’s latest effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify for civil service protections
Top News · Feb 14, 2025 Department Of Agriculture Announces Layoffs And Contract Cancellations Agriculture Secretary Rollins announces layoffs, contract cancellations, and payment delays in the Department of Agriculture.
Latin Times · Feb 13, 2025 Full List of Democrats Who Voted to Confirm Trump's Pick to Lead Department of Agriculture Rollins, who served during Trump's first administration, was expected to sail through her confirmation vote after being unanimously approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee
Top News · Feb 13, 2025 Senate Confirms Brooke Rollins As Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins confirmed as agriculture secretary, praised for bipartisan support and qualifications to lead the Department of Agriculture.
The Texas Tribune · Feb 13, 2025 Former TPPF leader Brooke Rollins confirmed by Senate for agriculture secretary The Senate voted 72-28 to confirm her nomination. She easily sailed through the Senate Agriculture Committee earlier this month on a unanimous vote.