The first Trump administration's strategy caused a "brain drain" and a generational blow to American agricultural research.

Phyllis Fong, the former inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture who was recently fired by the Trump White ...

Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran, said the Trump administration had not followed proper protocols, according to Reuters ...

Less than a fortnight in office, President Donald Trump has quickly targeted federal employees in his attempt to remake the ...

Trump has repeatedly vowed to impose tariffs on the United States' closest trading partners, citing concerns over drugs, ...

Senators’ top questions for Rollins included how she would support U.S. agriculture as Trump rolls out his tariff and mass deportation plans.

In a statement to HuffPost prior to Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, a USDA spokesperson called ERS and NIFA “two of our nation’s premier scientific institutions” and said that under the ...

President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of agriculture -- was asked about tariffs, bird flu, the effect of mass ...

With Donald Trump’s hands yet again on the levers of power, what happened at the USDA is just the start. Trump campaigned last year on a promise to “dismantle the deep state,” and his pick to lead the ...

In a dramatic turn of events, Phyllis Fong, the USDA Inspector General, was escorted out of her office for refusing to comply with her dismissal by the Trump administration. This incident raises ...