The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Brooke Rollins, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump and former White House policy advisor who has expressed doubt about climate change, to lead the U.

Brooke Rollins was confirmed to be secretary of the Department of Agriculture on Thursday, as President Donald Trump continues to rack up wins in his new Cabinet.

Although farm loans appear unaffected by President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, the administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives has cast uncertainty over USDA programs vital to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.

Iowa Republican politicians and other state agriculture leaders have praised the confirmation of Brooke Rollins, an attorney and close ally of President Donald Trump, to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Although farm loans appear unaffected by President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, the administration’s rollback of DEI initiatives has cast uncertainty over USDA programs vital to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.

Brooke Rollins has been confirmed as secretary of agriculture. The Senate confirmed Rollins in a vote Thursday, placing a close ally of President Donald Trump into a key Cabinet position at a time when mass deportation plans could lead to farm labor shortages and tariffs could hit agricultural exports.

U.S. Senate voted to confirm Brooke Rollins as the 33rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under the Donald Trump administration. The Senate vote was 72-28 in favor of installing Rollins to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

"Each time I voted for you, it was because I knew you'd make things right and you'd fix the wrongs. I'm counting on you now to make this right too."

US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked on the government response to bird flu before being fired over the weekend,

The Department of Agriculture is trying to re-hire several employees it accidentally fired over the weekend who were working on the US response to bird flu.

Farmers complaining about Trump’s ongoing funding freeze to Agriculture Department programs are receiving mixed messages from Republicans in Congress.

The United States Department of Agriculture is launching a compliance review of the University of Maine, for Title IX violations.