Trump 2.0

News

EPA Moves To Decimate Clean Water Protections With Support From the Farm Bureau

The agency’s “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history” spells serious concern for climate change, clean air, water and public health.

Policy•5 min read

Explainer

Trump’s Plan to Lower Egg Prices, Explained

“What they're suggesting conceptually makes sense. Practically, it is not a solution.”

Policy•11 min read

News

New Avian Flu Plan Hatched by USDA, but Experts Are Wary

“I would hate to look back in five or 10 years at this moment and think, 'wow, what we could have done right now could have prevented so much.'”

Policy•7 min read

Reported

MAHA Commission Poised to Extend RFK’s Reach. Food System Reformers Remain Wary.

For now, plenty of roadblocks to food system change still stand in the way.

Policy•6 min read

Reported

Exclusive: the USDA’s Farm Animal Welfare Research Lab — With Just One Scientist Remaining — Dismantled by Trump

Sentient has learned that the primary federal laboratory for farm animal welfare research has lost its probationary scientists to the mass firings.

Policy•6 min read

Reported

Avian Flu Research Funding Caught in Crosshairs of Trump Administration

Zoonotic disease spread and vaccine research projects are among those under review.

Policy•5 min read

Investigation

Meat Industry Group Asks Trump To Deregulate Meatpacking and Factory Farms

Amid a deregulatory blitz, trade group pushes for rollback on environmental regulations, worker protections and food safety.

Policy•6 min read

Reported

Trump Says He’s Sending Water to L.A. It’s Actually Going to Megafarms.

The president’s executive orders on California water will help irrigate Central Valley farms. They won’t do anything to fight wildfires.

Policy•8 min read

Explainer

Trump Halts Government Agency Communication, Making Bird Flu Even More Precarious

Amid ongoing outbreaks, the flow of vital information between public health organizations ceases.

Policy•4 min read

Investigation

New Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership Has Extensive Ties to Meat Industry

Arkansas Senator John Boozman has received tens of thousands of campaign donations from employees at Tyson Foods.

Policy•7 min read

Explainer

What To Expect from Congress on Ag & Climate Now That Republicans Are in Control

A few informed predictions.

Policy•7 min read

Explainer

Farm Bill’s Fate Hangs in the Balance as Congress Returns

Here’s what to expect as lawmakers hash out a new Farm Bill.

Policy•8 min read

Explainer

Is Prop 12 Under Threat With Republicans in Control?

What a Republican majority means for the country’s strongest animal welfare law.

Policy•10 min read

Conversations

What Animal Advocates Are Bracing for With Trump’s Return

An interview with Delci Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Policy•14 min read

Explainer

How Trump’s USDA, EPA & HHS Appointees Will Affect Food Systems

While much is still speculative, here’s what we might expect.

Policy•12 min read