Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn’t be influenced by politics, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday at ...

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Ag Secretary-nominee Brooke Rollins is on Capitol Hill today for her confirmation hearing with the Senate Ag Committee. She’s expected to face questioning about bird flu, biofuel policy and nutrition ...

Washington, D.C. — At Department of Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins’ Senate Confirmation hearing today, the prospective Donald Trump-appointee embraced several Big Ag legislative and ...

Rollins said that while she cannot make a commitment to opposing cuts, she can commit to “a lot of time, a lot of thought, a lot of conversation.” ...

Neither of Texas’ two senators serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee. But both Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz introduced ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins said Thursday she would support giving California the help it needs fighting fires regardless of the state’s political differences with the Trump ...

Bird flu, biofuels, and the ag trade deficit were among several topics discussed Thursday during Brooke Rollins’ Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. “I commit to you today ...

President Donald Trump is remaking the traditional boundaries of Washington, asserting unprecedented executive power and daring anyone to stop him.

President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday said she would consider direct payments to farmers to offset losses from proposed tariffs, modeled after the ...

Brooke Rollins, a longtime Texas political operative, took questions from senators as President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Agriculture.

Jennifer Tiller will serve as chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary and Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. Most recently, she was the Deputy Staff Director for ...