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September 24, 2025

Department of Agriculture Places Hunger Researchers on Leave
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The Department of Agriculture has placed a team of hunger researchers on
leave. This came just days after the Trump administration said it would
end a long-standing annual food insecurity report, which officials
described as "redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous." The
annual report helped shape policy on how to combat hunger in the United
States.


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