Far-reaching federal budget cuts have put a longstanding California grape breeding program in jeopardy after key members of the research team were among the thousands fired in the Trump Administration’s effort to downsize government.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate more than 5,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, according to a ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Fired USDA employees said terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive crop diseases.

Faster Pussycat frontman Taime Downe's fiancée, Kimberly Burch, has died after a tragic fall from a cruise ship. DOGE has terminated the lease at the Obama Presidential Library site, although it is unlikely to impact operations there since it is due to shutter later this year and move to Maryland.

President Trump’s new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China have gone into effect. While the economic consequences are unknown, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has promised to have a plan ready for farmers,

The USDA has reopened the 1890 Scholars Program after suspending it for several days. The program was suspended as part of President Trump's efforts to cut federal funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The USDA has reopened the application ...