Marcia Brown

1 week ago | politico.com | Marcia Brown

With help from Samuel Benson and Grace Yarrow— President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” could be in trouble. And here’s what the White House’s budget proposal would mean for food and agriculture. — EXCLUSIVE: The Center for the Environment & Welfare is launching a six-figure campaign against California’s animal welfare law known as Proposition 12. — USDA confirmed that more than 15,000 employees across the department have agreed to take the Trump administration’s offer to resign.

1 week ago | politico.com | Marcia Brown

Their departures will affect how the department administers food safety and nutrition programs, conducts research and offers services to farmers. The resignations account for roughly 15 percent of USDA's overall workforce. | Jose Luis Magana/AP At least 15,000 Agriculture Department employees have taken the Trump administration’s offers to resign, according to a readout of a USDA briefing with congressional staff that was shared with POLITICO.

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Grace Yarrow |Marcia Brown

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Adam Cancryn |Marcia Brown

“Midterm success, in a large way, depends on MAHA success,” said one Trump adviser who, like others in this story, was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. “This is about President Trump, and this is about the House and the Senate.” Kennedy, who has his own base of superfans and polled as high as 15 percent before dropping out of the 2024 race and allying with Trump, has already sought major changes to programs run by the Agriculture Department.

1 month ago | politico.com | Adam Wren |Marcia Brown

Kennedy and Oz were steps from the statehouse at the Indiana State Library to herald Republican Gov. Mike Braun, who announced nine MAHA-related executive orders, including applying to USDA for permission to ban soda and candy from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Hundreds of miles away in Arkansas, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins appeared with Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to make a similar announcement.