The letter from the federal government arrived in an email Thursday. It informed the Department of Agriculture worker that he was fired.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson is proposing $4 billion in budget cuts to help address the state's $15 billion shortfall.

The Department of Agriculture warned egg prices may increase more than 20% this year, after December saw a year-over-year increase of 36.8%.

The Trump administration plans to overhaul food assistance programs, with the new Department of Agriculture leadership promising to fix what they call Biden-era “financial mismanagement” of food benefits.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA is working to send $31B in economic, disaster aid to farmers, acknowledging 'a lot of questions' about release

Soaring egg prices have consumers boiling, and on Wednesday, the United States Department of Agriculture blamed rising costs on the bird flu epidemic and said it will take new steps to quell the outbreak.

Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general Phyllis Fong was not arrested after she was ousted from her role, a spokesperson for the USDA has said.

Rollins stated this week that the USDA will make a $1 billion investment to lower the price of eggs in the country.

Concord resident Becca Sheets says the job cuts were a surprise to even her supervisors. "No one knew anything. A lot of people had questions. No one had any answers.”

Some former employees are opting instead for more lucrative private-sector jobs, according to two people familiar with the situation.

The US Department of Agriculture’s website shows they’ve lifted suspension of a scholarship for students who enroll at Tennessee State University and other land grant historically Black colleges.